Saint Cyriacus the Martyr
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- Also known as
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Cyriac
Cyriaci
Cyriacus of the Baths
- Memorial
- 8 August
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- Member of the Roman patrician nobility.
Adult convert who gave away his wealth to the poor.
Deacon.
Ministered to the Christian slaves who worked to build and staff the baths of Diocletian.
Legend says that Cyriacus exorcised devils from Diocletian's daughter, Artemisia, who along with her mother, Saint Serena, converted to Christianity, and from Jobias the daughter of Shapur, King of Persia, which led to the conversion of the king's family and household.
Tortured and martyred with Saint Largus, Saint Smaragdus, and twenty others whose names have not come down to us during the persecutions of Maximian.
One of the Fourteen Holy Helpers.
- Died
- excoriated and beheaded in 303 on the Salarian Way, Rome, Italy;
buried near the Salarian Way;
relics translated to Santa Maria in Via Lata, Rome, at Neuhausen, and the Saint Cyricus Abbey, Altorf, Alsace, France
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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against diabolical possession
against eye disease
against temptations (especially at time of death)
Altidona, Italy
eyes
Saint-Cierges, Vaud, Switzerland
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