Saints Tygrius and Eutropius (died 405) were two early Roman martyrs who supported Saint

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at the time of his exile. Eutropius was tortured and died, while Tygrius was exiled, but both are considered martyrs. Their feast day is 12 January.

Lives

Tygrius and Eutropius were supporters of the exiled Saint

, and were arrested on false charges of trying to burn down the cathedral in

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. Eutropius was tortured and died of his injuries in 405, while Tygrius was exiled to

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. Tygrius, priest, and Eutropius, lector, who suffered in the time of the emperor

Arcadius Arcadius ( ; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408. He was the eldest son of the ''Augustus'' Theodosius I () and his first wife Aelia Flaccilla, and the brother of Honorius (). Arcadius ruled the eastern half of ...

(r. 383–408), are honoured on 12 January.

Butler's account

The hagiographer

Alban Butler Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiography, hagiographer. Born in Northamptonshire, he studied at the English College, in Douai, Douay, France where he later taught philosophy and theology. He s ...

wrote,

Doney's account

Mgr. Doney, in the ''Grande vie des saints'' (1872) wrote,

Notes

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* * * * {{Authority control Saints from Constantinople 405 deaths Year of birth unknown