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In Lycia, of St. Themistocles, mar- tyr, who under Decius, emperor, offering himself to the persecutors in the place of Dioscorus, who was sought for to be put to death, being racked upon the torture Equuleus, dragged about, and beaten with cudgels, obtained t…

Feast: 21 December

Martyrological notice

In Lycia, of St. Themistocles, mar- tyr, who under Decius, emperor, offering himself to the persecutors in the place of Dioscorus, who was sought for to be put to death, being racked upon the torture Equuleus, dragged about, and beaten with cudgels, obtained the crown of martyrdom.

Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness

In Lycia sancti Themistoclis Martyris, qui, sub Decio Imperatore, pro sancto Dioscoro, qui quaerebatur ad necem, se obtulit, et, equuleo tortus, raptatus ac fustibus caesus, martyrii coronam adeptus est.

Martyrologium Romanum (Latin historical edition) · Language: Latin