Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius

Who they were

Four Roman martyrs said to have died under Diocletian, named together in the Roman Martyrology and in Bede's for 12 June. Their names come from the ancient Martyrology of St Jerome, which places a group of martyrs on the Via Aurelia at the fifth milestone from Rome.

The date and circumstances of their deaths are unknown. Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius, with Basilides added later, had their own prayer in the Mass in the Gelasian Sacramentary. Bishop Chrodegang of Metz took the relics of Nazarius and Nabor to his diocese.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: they have been honoured as martyrs since the early Church.

Why that counted as sanctity

They are honoured as martyrs who gave their lives for Christ.