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Christians today honor St. the holy martyr Eleutherius and his mother Antia. Translated from the Greek, the saint’s name means “liberation.” Naming Day is celebrated by ladies named Svoboda, writes offnews.bg
Prayers to the saint are believed to help pregnant women give birth more easily. All those who want to free themselves of any burden of his pray to Saint Eleuterio.
S t. Eleutherius was a Roman of noble birth. He received from his mother Antia, who had converted to Christianity from the Apostle Paul himself, an education in the faith. He also received a good education and dedicated himself to serving God from a young age.
At the age of 15, he was ordained a deacon to Pope Anacleto, and at the age of 18 he was ordained a priest. At the age of 20 he was elevated to the rank of Illyrian bishop and soon showed himself at the height of his vocation with the sanctity of his life and with the active diffusion and strengthening of Christianity among his flock.
The rumor of his successful work for persecuted Christianity reached Rome. The emperor Hadrian summoned him and, after many tortures, ordered that this confessor of Christ be beheaded. Overwhelmed by the miracles that took place during the torture of Eleutherius, who was untouched by the beasts released against him and who was left unharmed in the fire, Prefect Corivon himself turned to Christ and accepted martyrdom with Eleutherius.
Eleuterio’s mother, Antia, who went to kiss her dead son, was also injured. She was also beheaded. The two executioners of Eleuterio, who believed in Christ during the torture, were killed by the sword.
The relics of the holy martyr Eleutherius are now in Rome, in the church of the Holy Martyr Susanna.
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