Martyrs of Ephesus

Also known as

• Ephesus Martyrs

Memorial

• 12 January

Profile

Forty-two monks martyred at a monastery in Ephesus (modern Turkey) during the persecutions of the Iconoclast Byzantine Emperor Constantine V. Their names have not come down to us.

Died

• martyred c.762

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Ephesus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 28 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>