The Seven Robbers ( la, Septem latrones) were

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s on the island of Corcyra (

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) in the 2nd century AD. Their names were Saturninus, Insischolus (Jakischolus), Faustianus, Januarius, Marsalius, Euphrasius, and Mammius.

Life

The Greek

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(calendars of the saints) inform us that Sts.

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and

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, who had been instructed in Christianity by the Apostles or by

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himself, came to the island of Corcyra to preach Christianity. After making numerous conversions they were cast into a dungeon where the above-named seven robbers were imprisoned. They succeeded in converting the robbers who were then taken outside the city and martyred by being cast into cauldrons that were filled with seething oil and pitch.

Commemoration

Some Greek menologies mention them on April 27, others, on April 29. In the Roman martyrology, The Seven Robbers are commemorated on April 20.

References

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