Church today venerates memory of Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon

The Church today venerates the Holy Righteous Martyr Nicon and His 199 Disciples. St. Nicon was born in Naples. At first he was a soldier, he later went to the East, where he was baptized and in time became a bishop. After several years, he arrived in Sicily, where he and many of his disciples were put to death by beheading because they would not worship the idols.