A young man of Neocaesarea in Pontus who endured torture and was martyred under the emperor Decius; his suffering was revealed in a vision to Saint Gregory the Wonderworker.
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Troadius of Neocaesarea was a young Christian of Neocaesarea in Pontus (Asia Minor) who was martyred during the persecution under the emperor Decius in the mid-third century. The synaxarion records that he endured severe tortures before being put to death for confessing Christ.
His martyrdom is closely linked to Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, bishop of Neocaesarea, who is said to have foretold his death and to have witnessed his sufferings in a vision. Beyond this account, little biographical detail survives; the sources note that he suffered together with other martyrs whose names are not recorded.
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c. 251Martyrdom at NeocaesareaDuring the Decian persecution, Troadius confessed Christ at Neocaesarea in Pontus, endured severe tortures, and was killed.
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The Vision of Saint Gregory
According to the tradition preserved in the synaxarion and the Prologue of Ohrid, Saint Gregory the Wonderworker, bishop of Neocaesarea, foretold the martyrdom of Troadius. During the saint's sufferings Gregory beheld in a vision how bravely the young man withstood his tortures for Christ until he was killed.
In the same vision Gregory is said to have seen the soul of Troadius, after it had been separated from his body, hastening joyfully toward heaven. This account is the principal reason the martyr's memory was preserved, the brief written record otherwise giving few details of his life.
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Bishop of Neocaesarea who foretold Troadius's martyrdom and witnessed his sufferings in a vision (commemorated November 17).
Gregory the Wonderworker of Neocaesarea
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints
