Вавила, св. муч. Никомидийский
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Babyla, St. much Nicomedia (comm. 4 September) - was a teacher of children (boys and girls) and together with them (there were 84 of them) suffered under Maximian (305-311) for the refusal of him and his students and female students to bow and sacrifice to idols (they were beheaded with swords). - In Prol. and in new monthly books (starting the month of Apollo 1784 M.), by mixing with the bishop. Vaviloy, Patr. Antioch., whose memory is also September 4th, Elder Vas.. who suffered with his children, his disciples (of which the names of two are known: Ammonius and Donatus), is called “Bishop. Antioch,” while according to ancient hagiological monuments he was always considered a layman, a school teacher (cf. Sergius, M.V., ed. 1901, vol. II, Deputy, 356).