Victorinus of Corinth

Holy Martyr Victorinus of Corinth was one of the disciples of Saint Quadratus and suffered at Corinth, in the persecution of Decius (249-251).

Quadratus's mother, Rufina, had fled from Corinth to the mountains before the persecution and died after giving birth to him. The child was fed by a cloud with sweet dew and grew up in the wilderness. Later he learned the faith from Christians, then letters and medicine, but preferred the quiet of the mountain. Friends and followers came to him, among them Victorinus. Under Decius the commander Jason came to Corinth and seized Quadratus with his disciples. They were tortured, thrown to beasts that did not touch them, dragged bound to chariots through the city, pelted with stones by the crowd, and then condemned to the sword.

Some died in another way. Victorinus, Victor and Nicephorus were crushed alive in a huge stone mortar. Dionysius, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion, Papias and Leonides suffered in other ways, and several women went willingly to the torments.

Victorinus is commemorated on 13 February and on 23 March, in the new style, together with Quadratus and the others.