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Martyr · 4th century

Martyrs Quiricus and Julitta

Also known as Kerykos · Cyricus · Julitta

A Christian widow of Iconium and her son Quiricus, but three years old, who fleeing persecution were seized at Tarsus; when the child cried out that he too was a Christian, both were put to death together.

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Notes

Named mother-and-son pair commemorated as one.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints