CONCERNING SAINT EUPHROSYNUS, MARTYR
CommentaryEuphrosynus, Martyr (Saint)
Only two things are related about this Martyr: his name and the manner of his martyrdom. Indeed, thus far we have found in the sacred Fasti only this one Martyr by the name of Euphrosynus, concerning whom the Greeks in the Great Menaea and in Maximus of Cythera's Lives of the Saints commemorate the following: "On the same sixth day, Saint Euphrosynus, having been ordered to drink boiling water, expired." In the Menaea these verses are added:
"Having drunk a boiling draught from a hollow cup, The Martyr Euphrosynus was exceedingly gladdened."
That is: "When the Martyr Euphrosynus had drunk the boiling potion from a concave bowl, he arrived at the greatest delight."
The rest, together with the place and time of his martyrdom, are lacking.