October 30: Saints Zenovius and Zenovia are celebratedtranslated

Today the Church honors the memory of Saint Zenovius, who was a physician, from Cilicia, and his sister Zenobia. Saints Zenovius and Zenovia lived and were martyred during the time of Diocletian. The two brothers came from the Aiges of Cilicia and came from a rich and pious family.

Zenobius was a physician and practiced his science uncharitably. The two brothers carried out a great charity work and this provoked the wrath of the pagans and in particular the ruler Lysias, who ordered the arrest of Zenovius.