Saint Sergius
Saint Sergius. The
Catholic and
Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the martyrs Sergius and Bacchus,
Roman officers who suffered under
Maximian, on
October 7. Both were martyred in
Syria, Sergius at Rosafa (Rasifta, Rosafat Hisham) near Rakka.
Sergius was a very famous saint in Syria and Christan
Arabia; and Rosafa, which became a bishop's see took the name of Sergiopolis, and preserved his relics in a fortified basilica. The church was adorned and the place further strengthened by
Justinian.
From the 9th edition (1886) of an unnamed encyclopedia.