Martyr · 2nd century
Martyr Hesperus and his Family at Attalia
Also known as Hesperus · Zoe · Cyriacus · Theodulus
A Christian household of slaves at Attalia — Hesperus, his wife Zoe, and their sons Cyriacus and Theodulus — who refused to eat of the food offered to idols and were tortured and martyred together under Hadrian.
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Notes
Named family group commemorated as one.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints