TOLOMEO and LUCIO, saints, martyrs. - They suffered around 161 AD and are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on September 19.
The only author who speaks of them is St. Justin, who drew inspiration from their martyrdom to write his Second Apology. T. had converted a woman who was living dissolutely with her husband. The husband, annoyed by his wife’s new way of life, accused her before the prefect, and since the trial was dragging on, he retaliated by accusing T. of being the cause of his wife’s conversion. Arrested by Prefect Urbicus, T. was first handed over to a centurion who tortured him, then brought before the tribunal, where he confessed his Christianity and was condemned to beheading. Lucio, who was present at the trial, protested against the prefect’s injustice. In response, after a summary interrogation, the prefect condemned L. to the same punishment. Another Christian, whose name St. Justin does not mention, was likewise condemned for the same reason.