Ten Martyrs of Crete

Memorial

• 23 December

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A group of ten Christians who died in the persecutions of Decius. They were

• Agathopus of Crete
• Basilides
• Cleomenes
• Eunician
• Euporus
• Evaristus
• Gelasius
• Saturninus
• Theodulus
• Zeticus

No other information has survived.

Died

• in 250 on Crete

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Ten Martyrs of Crete”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 August 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/ten-martyrs-of-crete/>