Zoticus and Companions

The Holy Martyrs Zoticus and Companions, Irenaeus, Hyacinth, Amantius and others, were a group of soldier martyrs at Rome around 120, buried on the Via Lavicana. The calendars speak of a company of ten soldiers. The Roman Martyrology says only: at Rome, the holy martyrs Zoticus, Irenaeus, Hyacinthus and Amantius.

The sources available to us preserve no other details of their lives. The same company is commemorated in other calendars as the ten soldier martyrs of Rome. They are saints of the undivided Church, commemorated on 10 February (new style).