Great men at the court of Emperor Maximian. The emperor respected them for their wisdom, courage and loyalty. But when he heard that they were Christians, he got angry and called them to sacrifice to idols with him. They refused to obey him and the emperor, enraged, ordered them to take off their military uniforms and dress them in women's clothes. They also put an iron ring around their necks and led them through the streets of Rome. Then he sent them to Asia, the governor of Antiochus, who became the governor thanks to their recommendation to the emperor, and the latter first put Bacchus to the torture. They beat him until his soul came out of his broken body. They put Sergius in iron shoes, studded with nails, and thus drove him to the town of Rosaph in Syria, where he was beheaded. They died around the year 303.

Holy Martyr Polychronius.