Zosimus

Holy Martyr Zosimus was a Christian of Philippi in Macedonia who suffered at Rome around the year 107, together with Saint Rufus. The two had been brought to Rome with Saint Ignatius of Antioch the God-⁠bearer and were thrown to the beasts in the Roman amphitheater, two days before the martyrdom of Ignatius.

The names of Zosimus and Rufus are recalled, as examples of endurance, in the epistle of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna to the Philippians, which shows that they were known in that community (this is general tradition, not from the sources consulted for this entry). Their memory is kept on 18 December. He is a saint of the undivided Church.