Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Diodorus, Claudius, Serapion and Papias (+251)

The holy Martyrs Victorinus, Victor, Nicephorus, Claudius, Diodorus, Serapion and Papias suffered in Corinth during the persecution of the Christians by the Emperor Decius (249–251), in 251. Saints Victorinus, Victor and Nicephorus were put into an iron mortar and killed with a huge iron pestle. Saint Claudius was put to death by having his hands and feet cut off; Saint Diodorus was burned; Saint Serapion was beheaded; and Saint Papias was drowned in the sea.