From Tarsus of Cilicia, of senatorial origin. He was only 18 years old when he was subjected to persecution for the Christian faith. For a whole year, Diocletian's governor led him from town to town, torturing him and persuading him to renounce his faith. The governor caught Julian's mother, who had followed them from a distance, and sent her to advise her son to renounce Christ, but she encouraged him for three days not to do so. The tormentors sewed St. Julian into a bag with scorpions and snakes, and with sand, and threw him into the sea. The sea washed his relics ashore, from where the Christians took them to Alexandria and buried them honorably in the year 290. They were later transferred to Antioch. Many miracles happened on them.

Venerable Anastasia Srpska. Venerable Julius and Julian. Holy Martyr Archil II, Emperor of Georgia. Holy Martyr Luarsab II, King of Kartalin. St. Peter's Day fast.