EUPLO, Saint, Martyr. — He was killed on 12 August 304 at Catania, during the persecution of Diocletian. His cult spread between the 5th and 7th centuries in Sicily and Italy. Accounts of his glorious martyrdom exist in Greek and Latin, but the former are certainly more genuine, although interpolated between the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th century, and derive from the official court records.
Found with a copy of Holy Scripture, EUPLO was first examined on 29 April by the corrector Calvisian, after which he was imprisoned. Brought back to the tribunal on 12 August, he was subjected to cruel torments, following which he died. Later hagiographers, influenced by the circumstances of his martyrdom, believed that EUPLO was a deacon, but this ecclesiastical dignity is absolutely unproven.