Orthodox · † 251
Martyr Isidore of Chios
Commemorated: May 27 (May 14, Old Style)
Life
Isidore, a native of Alexandria, was a strong young man living on the island of Chios when, in the first year of Emperor Decius, c. 251, the commander Numerius came to raise troops and enrolled him in the army. When the emperor ordered soldiers to sacrifice to the gods, a centurion named Julius denounced him as a Christian.
His Passion tells that after he refused and was tortured, he was beheaded and his body thrown out unburied, but his friend Ammonius secretly buried him; Ammonius was later martyred at Cyzicus. After the persecution a church was built over Isidore's grave on Chios.
Places
- Place of birth: Alexandria
- Place of death: Chios
Retold briefly in our own words from: the Lives of the Saints by St Dimitry of Rostov (1902–1916).
The commemorations of the day: Ponomar (ponomar.net), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places and years: Wikidata (CC0), each saint matched by hand.