New Martyr Stamatius of Volos, Thessaly (1680)

Martyr

Commemorated August 16

The Martyr Stamatios was a native of the city of Boleia (Thessaly). They slandered him as having accepted Islam, but he bravely confessed himself a Christian and was beheaded by the sword at Constantinople in 1680.

Source: Crkveni Kalendar