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Saints Helladius, Crescentius, Paul and Dioscorides are honored as Christian martyrs who were burned to death in Rome either in 244 or 326. According to Professor Mauricio Saavedra OSA, "this group was introduced by Baronius and is fictitious."

The old Roman and British Martyrology places their deaths at Corinth.

They are commemorated in the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church on 28 May.

This Crescentius should not be confused with Crescentius of Rome, who died in 303; this Helladius is not the bishop and martyr commemorated on the same day.

References

1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome
2. Monks of Ramsgate. "Crescens, Dioscorides, Paul and Helladius". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 October 2012 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
3. Janos, S. "The Holy Martyrs Crescentius, Paul and Dioscorides", Holy Trinity Orthodox Church
4. Saavedra, Mauricio. The Church of Smyrna: History and Theology of a Primitive Christian Community Peter Lang, 2015, p. 199, ISBN 978-3631662359
5. The Roman and British Martyrology: Dublin, O'Neill, 1846. p. 167
6. "The Twenty-eighth Day of May", The Martyrology of the Sacred Order of Friars Preachers (W.R. Bonniwell O.P., trans.) The Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland. 1998, p. 111

• Ancient Roman saints
• 4th-century Christian martyrs
• Groups of Christian martyrs of the Roman era