Showing posts with label SS John and Paul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SS John and Paul. Show all posts

Saturday, June 25, 2016

SS John and Paul, martyrs (memorial, June 26)

The original Roman house below the present-day
Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo
SS John and Paul were martyred under Julian the Apostate circa 361-3.  The Martyrology says:
At Rome, on Mount Coelius, the holy martyrs John and Paul, brothers. The former was steward, the other secretary of the virgin Constantia, daughter of the emperor Constantine. Afterwards, under Julian the Apostate, they received the palm of martyrdom by being beheaded.