SAINT OF THE DAY, SEPTEMBER 2, ST.ZENON, MARTYR OF NICOMEDIA

 SAINT OF THE DAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 

ST.ZENON, MARTYR OF NICOMEDIA

St Zeno, with his two sons Concordius and Theodore, suffered martyrdom under Julian the Apostate. Julian had rejected Christianity, and attempted to restore paganism as the official religion of the Roman Empire. The execution of Zeno and his sons is related in an ancient Latin passio.