St Cyriacus the Martyr – Feast Day – August 8 2023

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St Cyriacus the Martyr, also known as Ciriaco of the Baths or of Rome, Cyriac, or Cyriaci, was born in the 3rd century AD.

He was beheaded and died as a martyr in 303 AD on the Salarian Way, in Rome, Italy.

He was buried near the Salarian Way and later his relics were translated to Santa Maria in Via Lata, Rome, at Neuhausen, Switzerland, and the St Cyricus Abbey, Altorf, Alsace, France.

We celebrate his feast day on August 8 every year in the Catholic Church.

St Cyriacus the Martyr Biography
St Cyriacus the Martyr - Feast Day - August 8
St Cyriacus the Martyr – Feast Day – August 8 2023
Date of Birth 3rd Century AD
Place of Birth Roman Empire
Place of Work Italy
Date of Death 303 AD
Place of Death Rome, Italy
Feast Day August 8
Canonization Pre-Congregation
Patron Saint of
  • Eyes
  • Against eye disease
  • Against diabolical possession
  • Altidona, Italy
  • Saint-Cierges, Vaud, Switzerland
  • Against temptations (especially at a time of death)

St Cyriacus the Martyr Biography

St Cyriacus the Martyr was a member of the Roman patrician nobility. He converted to Christianity as an adult and gave away his wealth to the poor.

He became a Deacon and ministered to the Christian slaves who worked to build and staff the baths of Diocletian.

There is a legend that Cyriacus exorcised devils from Artemisia, Emperor Diocletian’s daughter, who consequently, along with her mother, St Serena, converted to Christianity.

He also exorcised devils from Jobias the daughter of King Shapur of Persia, which led to the conversion of the king’s family and household.

St Cyriacus was tortured, beheaded, and died as a martyr in 303 AD together with twenty others during the persecutions of Diocletian and Maximian Herculeus.

He was buried near the Salarian Way and later his relics were translated to

  • Santa Maria in Via Lata, Rome
  • Neuhausen, Switzerland
  • St Cyricus Abbey, Altorf, Alsace, France

St Cyriacus the Martyr is the Patron Saint of

  • Eyes
  • Against eye disease
  • Against diabolical possession
  • Altidona, Italy
  • Saint-Cierges, Vaud, Switzerland
  • Against temptations (especially at a time of death)

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