Saint Aetios of Amorium
Profile
Member of the Byzantine patrician class. General of the Anatolian division of the imperial army. One of the 42 Martyrs of Amorium who were captured by invading Muslims, imprisoned for seven years, and then murdered when they refused to convert to Islam. Martyr.
- beheaded on 6 March 845 in Samarra (in modern Iraq) on the banks of the Euphrates river by Ethiopian slaves
- body thrown into the river, but later recovered by local Christians and given proper burial
- one of a large group of men (the head count varies) dressed as imperial Byzantine courtiers
MLA Citation
- “Saint Aetios of Amorium“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 March 2017. Web. 20 August 2018. <>