Dometius of Persia

Saint Dometius the Persian
Martyrdom of St. Dometius and his two disciples. From the Menologion of Basil II.
Martyr
Died	363 AD Nisibis, Mesopotamia
Feast	August 7
Patronage	invoked against sciatica[1]

Saint Dometius (Domitius) the Persian (d. 363 AD) is venerated as a Christian martyr and saint. According to tradition, he was martyred by lapidation during the reign of Julian the Apostate with two companions.^[2] He was killed at Nisibis in Mesopotamia.^[2]

The name Domitius appears three times in the Roman Martyrology on different feast days (August 7, March 23, July 5); “it is uncertain that they were indeed the same person.”^[2]

Dometius of Persia was depicted in an 8th century fresco in the church of Santa Maria Antiqua, in Rome.^[3] This may indicate that there were Greek-speaking monks at Santa Maria Antiqua,^[3] as evidenced by these frescoes, which not only depicted Dometius but also Saints Barachisius, Euthymius, and Sabas of Palestine.^[3]

References

1. ^ Sean Kelly, Rosemary Rogers, Saints preserve us!: Everything you need to know about every saint you'll ever need (Random House, Inc., 1993), 78.
2. ^ ^{a b c} "St. Patrick Catholic Church Saint of the Day: August 7". St. Patrick Catholic Church. 2010. http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0807.shtml. Retrieved January 29, 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} Éamonn Ó Carragáin, Carol L. Neuman de Vegvar, Roma felix: formation and reflections of medieval Rome: Church, faith and culture in the medieval West (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007), 148 and 148n.

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Name	Dometius Of Persia
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Date of death	363
Place of death	Nisibis, Mesopotamia