The Holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus.
The holy Nine Martyrs of Cyzicus, Theognis, Rufus, Antipater, Theostichus, Artemas, Magnus, Theodotus, Thaumasius, and Philemon, who were from various regions, suffered martyrdom together when they were beheaded in Cyzicus, a city in Asia Minor on the southern coast of the Sea of Marmara.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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