06 July 2009

Isaurius of Apollonia

6 July

Isaurius, deacon and martyr, with companions, beheaded at Apollonia in Macedonia in 283-284. Isaurius and his companions Innocent, Felix, Hermias, Basil, and Peregrinus were Athenians, suffering for Christ in the Macedonian city of Apollonia under the emperor Numerian (283-284). Beheaded with them for believing in Christ were two city officials, Rufus and Ruphinus.

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