Zosimus

Saint Zosimus the Martyr was a martyr of the time of the emperor Trajan, commemorated on 19 June. The sources do not agree about the place where he received the crown of martyrdom: according to some he was put to death at Spoleto, in Umbria, in Italy, and according to others he was a soldier at Apollonia of Pisidia (hence Zosimus of Conana). A Bulgarian source calls him Zosimus of Sozopol.

According to the sources that speak of him, Zosimus was born in Greece, in the year 93. In the reign of the emperor Trajan he became a soldier and lived in the city of Apollonia in Pisidia. At the beginning of his reign Trajan issued a decree by which Christians were persecuted. Hearing of the persecution of Christians, Zosimus left military service, was baptized and joined the Christians. The ruler of the city of Apollonia, Domitian of Antioch of Pisidia, was informed of Zosimus's act. Considering it disrespect to the emperor Trajan, Domitian brought Zosimus to trial and then to torments and torture. The sources do not say more of his life or end.