Holy Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus the Presbyter, Abibus the Deacon and the Eleven Martyrs with Them (+c. 250)

The holy Martyrs Cyriacus, Faustus the presbyter, Abibus the deacon and eleven martyrs with them died in Alexandria in the reign of the Emperor Decius (249–251). During the persecution of the Christians they firmly confessed the true faith before the governor Valerius, for which they were beheaded around 250. The Christians committed the martyrs’ bodies to the earth in Alexandria.