Martyr Eutropius of Cilicia

Martyr Eutropius was one of five blood brothers, natives of the city of Aegae in Cilicia — together with the Unmercenary Wonderworkers Cosmas and Damian "the Arabians," and their brothers Leontius and Anthimus. During the persecution under Emperor Diocletian (r. 284-305), all five brothers refused to sacrifice to pagan idols, for which they were subjected to cruel torments: attempts were made to drown them, burn them at the stake, stone them, and shoot them with arrows, but each time they remained unharmed by the power of God — the arrows and stones, tradition holds, rebounded and struck their own tormentors instead. In the end, all five brothers were beheaded. Their memory is kept on October 17/30. (This group of five brothers is a separate tradition, distinct from the better-known Unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian of Rome and Cosmas and Damian of Asia Minor.)