Hesychius of Durostorum

Who they were

All that is known of Hesychius comes from the genuine acts of St Julius, a martyr of Durostorum in Moesia (now Silistra in Bulgaria), about 302. As Julius was led to execution, Hesychius asked him to pray that he might follow him, and sent greetings to two Christians who had just been martyred.

Julius embraced him and told him to hurry, and Hesychius was put to death soon after his friend. He is honoured in the old Hieronymian martyrology and the Roman Martyrology, and Delehaye identifies him with the Hesychius venerated at Constantinople, where his relics were probably taken.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

A martyr of Durostorum on the Danube, companion of St Julius.