Communio Sanctorum

Calocerus and Parthenius

Moreover, at Rome, in the way called Appia, the birth-day of the Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs of whom the former, being chief chamberlain to the wife of Decius the emperor, and the other also a principal officer, for refusing to sacrifice unto idol…

Feast: 19 May

Martyrological notice

Moreover, at Rome, in the way called Appia, the birth-day of the Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs of whom the former, being chief chamberlain to the wife of Decius the emperor, and the other also a principal officer, for refusing to sacrifice unto idols, were by the said Decius put to death.

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

Item Romae, via Appia, natalis sanctorum Caloceri et Parthenii eunuchorum; quorum prior, cum esset praepositus cubiculi uxoris Decii Imperatoris, posterior vero alterius muneris primicerius, et ambo nollent idolis sacrificare, idcirco, ejusdem Imperatoris jussu variis ac diris sunt excruciati suppliciis, ac tandem, cervicibus ardenti fuste contusis, spiritum Deo tradiderunt.

Martyrologium Romanum (Latin historical edition) · Language: Latin