Saint Peter of Nicomedia
Also known as
- Peter Cubicolario
- 12 March
- 28 December as one of the 20,000 Martyrs of Nicomedia
Profile
Chamberlain in the palace of Diocletian in Nicomedia (in modern Turkey). Overheard lamenting the cruelty shown to the Martyrs of Nicomedia during persecutions of Diocletian, he was exposed as a Christian, arrested, tortured and martyred faith.
- whipped until his bones showed, had salt and vinegar poured on the wounds, and then was roasted to death over a slow fire in 303 in Nicomedia, Bithynia (modern Izmit, Turkey)
MLA Citation
- “Saint Peter of Nicomedia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 March 2017. Web. 28 January 2021. <>