ABSTRACT
A warrior named Zosimus, who lived during the reign of the Emperor Trajan (98-117), resigned from the Roman army at Pisidia on becoming a Christian. When he refused to offer sacrifice to Jupiter and Juno, publicly proclaiming his faith, he was tried, tortured and put to death. He was encouraged to be obdurate by a voice from heaven and some of his sufferings were miraculously cured by an angel. He is commemorated in the Sirmondianus on 19 June, the reputed anniversary of his execution; also his Passion, probably incorporating his Acts, has been published by the Bollandists.1 Zosimus is said to have come from Apollonia, the port on the Black Sea now known as Sozopol. His cult seems to have been for the most part local.
