Zosimus
saint
Feast: 18 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Rufus and Zosimus (died 107 AD) are 2nd century Christian martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox churches. They lived in Antioch and were martyred with Ignatius of Antioch during the persecution of Christians under the Roman emperor Trajan. They were killed by beasts in the Roman arena two days before Ignatius suffered the same fate. Their feast day is December 18.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
- The Roman Martyrology (English ed. 1916), 19 December — 'At Sozopolis, under the governor Domitian, during the persecution of Trajan, St. Zosimus' — the martyr who died c.107 under Trajan. The index of the same volume lists 'Zosimus mart. Sozopoli sub Trajano'. Wikidata gives
- Wikidata Q54578199 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.