ON SAINT RHODIANUS, MARTYR, AMONG THE GREEKS.
CommentaryRhodianus, Martyr, among the Greeks (Saint)
The commemoration of this Martyr is appended after the aforesaid women in the printed Menaia, and these few things are indicated: "On the same day, the holy Martyr Rhodianus ended his life by the sword." The same is read in the manuscript Menaia of Chifflet and in Maximus Cytheraeus. The former Menaia add this couplet:
"Rhodianus was brought to you, O Christ, like a red rose, His body steeped in blood."
In the Menologion rendered into Latin by Sirletus, these words are found: "On the same day, of the holy Martyr Rhodianus, who, struck by the axe for the confession of the Christian faith, having attained the palm of martyrdom, departed to heaven." Galesinius depicts him in other words: "On the same day, of Saint Rhodianus the Martyr, who, slain by the sword for the glory of Christ, received from him a heavenly reward." Ferrarius inscribed him in his General Catalogue. All else is hidden.