A 15th-century Novgorod icon of Sts. Florus and Laurus
Martyrs
Born
Byzantium
Died
Illyricum
Venerated in
Eastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church
Feast
August 18
Saints Florus and Laurus are venerated as Christian martyrs of the 2nd century.[1] According to a Greek[2] tale, they were twin brothers who worked as stonemasons.[1] They were originally from Constantinople, Byzantium[3] but settled in Ulpiana, Dardania, south of Pristina, Kosovo[4] in the district of Illyricum.[5] They were educated in the art of masonry by two men named Maximus and Proculus,[1] who were Christians.[5]
According to their legend, Likaion, the prefect of Illyricum, employed the brothers in the construction of a pagan temple.[5] The brothers gave their salaries to the poor.[5] When the son of a local pagan priest named Mamertin was injured by a chip of stone from the saints' temple, Florus and Laurus cured the boy after the boy converted to Christianity. Mamertin also decided to convert to Christianity as a result of his son's recovery.[5]
After the temple was built, Florus and Laurus brought together many local Christians there. The group smashed all of the statues of the pagan gods, and a cross was set up in the temple.[5]
The Christians spent the whole night in prayer in the converted temple. As a result of this action, the local authorities had 300 Christians, including Mamertin and Mamertin's son, burned to death.[5]
Florus and Laurus were executed in a different manner; Likaion had them thrown down an empty well.[5] The well was covered over with earth.[5]
^Lives of the saints, Tome 3, by Alban Butler,Herbert Thurston,Donald Attwater,"FLORUS AND LAURUS, MARTYRS (DATE UNKNOWN) ACCORDING to a Greek tale Florus and Laurus were brothers, stonemasons, who were employed upon the building of a..."
^Tortures and Torments of the Christian Martyrs: The Classic Martyrology by Reverend Antonio Gallonio,2004,page 204: "... Julitta, virgin and martyr, Saints Florus and Laurus, and many others. The two last named are commemorated in ..."
^Elsie, Robert (2000). "The Christian Saints". University of Mississippi.
^ abcdefghi"Martyr Florus of Illyria". Orthodox Church in America. 2009. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
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