Prologue: hagiographies of the saints
 
 
 
 
 
 

Holy Martyrs Romanus, James, Philotheus,
Hyperechius, Abibus, Julian and Paragorius
     2/11/2013

They all suffered martyrdom for the Lord Jesus Christ in Samosata during the reign of Emperor Maximilian in the year 297 A.D. Philotheus and Hyperechius were aristocrats and the others were young men of noble birth. The pagans inflicted a terrible death upon them, hammering nails into the heads of each of them. They suffered martyrdom honorably and entered into eternal joy.