Saint Euplos the Deacon of Catania and Great Martyr

Orthodox icon of Saint Euplos the Deacon of Catania and Great Martyr on thick plywood 20mm, which does not sting and keeps its shape over time. Preparation with acrylic stucco and have been used acrylic colors. It has been covered with varnish to keep the colors undiluted in time and humidity. Hanging clip included on the back of the icon. 

St. Euplos was a deacon in Catania, Sicily. Emperor Diocletian ordered Governor Calvisianus in Sicily to exterminate any Christians he found there. Calvisianus did not find a single Christian. Then someone accused Euplos of taking a book to secret Christians and reading to them. This book was the Holy Gospel. They soon brought Euplos to court, hung that book around his neck and led him to prison. He was handed over for torture. They first tied his hands, feet and knees and hung him on wooden pole, where they tore at his skin with iron claws. Then with an iron hammer they struck him in the legs and threw him back into prison. The judge commanded that the Saint's ears be torn off and that he be beheaded. He was beheaded in 304 and his holy relics are in the village of Vico della Batonia, near Naples. With Saint Agatha, he is a co-patron of Catania in Sicily and patron saint of Francavilla di Sicilia and Trevico and his feast day is on August 11.