Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus of Amasea

Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus were the companions of the martyr Theodore the Recruit (Tiro) at Amasea in Pontus. Eutropius and Cleonicus were brothers from Cappadocia; Basiliscus was Theodore's nephew. The three called one another brothers and had vowed never to part. After Theodore's death they remained in prison.

Under Maximian a new governor, Asclepiodotus, read the records of Theodore's trial and sent for his friends. After tortures Eutropius and Cleonicus were crucified outside the city on 3 March, c. 308; two citizens of Amasea buried them in their villages. The governor deliberately kept Basiliscus back so that the friends would not die together. He was beheaded later under another governor and is also remembered on 22 May.