Commemorated on September 17
They suffered for Christ the Lord in the year 310 – some by sword and others by fire. Among them were two old bishops, Peleus and Nilus; a priest, Zeno and two prominent men, Patermuthius and Elias. Bishop Silvanus and John, an eminent, blind elder (who knew the Holy Scriptures by heart and recited them at the gathering of Christians), were also with them. All were crowned with martyr’s wreaths and took up their habitation in the Eternal Kingdom of God.