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A group of six Christians martyred. No other information about them has survived.

• Aquila
• Cyril
• Domitian
• Menander
• Peter
• Rufus

Died

• in Philadelphia (modern Alasehir, Turkey)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
• Roman Martyrology, 3rd Turin edition

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Philadelphia“. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 December 2017. Web. 23 April 2024. <>