Christians from Persia. Akindinus, Pigasius and Anempodistus were servants at the court of Emperor Saporius (Savorios). When it was discovered that they were Christians, the emperor tortured them and threw them into prison, where an angel of God appeared to them several times, and once the Lord himself. When Aftonius, one of the torturers, saw that the molten lead did not harm the martyrs, they exclaimed: "Great is the Christian God," and immediately cut him down. Then they sewed the three martyrs into leather sacks and threw them into the sea, but they were saved by Saint Aftonius with three angels. Finally, they were thrown into the fiery furnace, along with 28 soldiers and the emperor's mother. The emperor's nobleman Elpidiphorus disparaged the emperor for killing innocent people, said that he was a Christian, so he was also cut down, followed by 7,000 more people. They died in 355.

Venerable Marcian of Kirsky. Martyr Victorin, Bishop of Patavski.