is the name of several Christian saints:
(1) of Damascus (Acts 9:10), commemorated in the old Roman martyrology on Jan. 25; in the Byzantine calendar on Oct. 1; in the Armenian on Oct. 15;
(2) a martyr in Persia, commemorated in the old Roman martyrology on April 21;
(3) a martyr commemorated with Azarias and Misare in the old Roman martyrology on Dec. 16; in Bede's on April 23; in the Byzantine calendar on Dec. 17.