Martyrs of Corfu

Also known as

• Martyrs of Corcyra
• Seven Holy Thieves
• Seven Holy Robbers

Memorial

• 29 April
• 27 April (some calendars)
• 20 April (some calendars)

Profile

A gang of thieves who converted while in prison, brought to the faith by Saint Jason and Saint Sosipater who were had been imprisoned for evangelizing. When the gang announced their new faith, they were martyred together. They were

• Euphrasius of Corfu
• Faustianus of Corfu
• Insischolus of Corfu
• Januarius of Corfu
• Mammius of Corfu
• Marsalius of Corfu
• Saturninus of Corfu

Died

• boiled in oil and pitch in the 2nd century on the Island of Corcyra (modern Corfu, Greece)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Corfu”. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 April 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/martyrs-of-corfu/>