Exuperius and Zoe

Saints

Exuperius and Zoe
Martyrs
DiedAD 127
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church[1]
CanonizedPre-congregation
Feast2 May

Exuperius and Zoe are Christian martyrs who were murdered in AD 127. They were spouses and slaves of a pagan in Pamphylia, in modern Turkey. They were murdered with their sons, Cyriacus and Theodolus, for refusing to participate in pagan rites when one of their sons was born.[2]

Notes

  1. ^ (in Greek) Οἱ Ἅγιοι Ἕσπερος καὶ Ζωὴ οἱ Μάρτυρες καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῶν Κυριάκος καὶ Θεόδουλος. 2 Μαΐου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
  2. ^ "St. Exuperius - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online.
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