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Zacharias
March 15
+ 752. He was born in San Severino in Calabria in Italy of a Greek family. Chosen Pope of Rome in 741, he was influential in helping Europe remain Orthodox.
Zachary
May 26
+ c 106. By tradition the second Bishop of Vienne in France, martyred under Trajan.
Zama
Jan 24
+ c 268. The first Bishop of Bologna in Italy.
Zeno
April 12
+ 371 Born in North Africa, he became Bishop of Verona in Italy at the time of Julian the Apostate. He was remembered as a fervent pastor and a fierce opponent of Arianism.
Zenobius
May 25
+ c 390. Bishop of Florence in Italy. A friend of St Ambrose and St Damasus, he raised a dead child to life and cast out demons.
Zephyrinus
Aug 26
+ 217. Pope of Rome from 198/9 to 217. He defended Orthodox Christology against heresies.
Zöe (Zoa)
July 5
+ c 286. With a Greek name, she lived in Rome. Married to a high official of the imperial court, she was martyred for the faith.
Zöellus, Servilius, Felix, Silvanus and Diocles
May 24
? Early martyrs in Istria.
Zoilus and Companions
June 27
+ c 301. A youth martyred in Cordoba in Spain under Diocletian. The monastery of San Zoil de Carrión in León in Spain was founded to enshrine his relics.
Zosimus
March 30
+ c 660. At the age of seven he was taken to the monastery of Santa Lucia near Syracuse in Sicily. After thirty years as a monk, he was successively made abbot and bishop of the city. He reposed at the age of ninety.
Zosimus
June 19
+ 110. A martyr in Spoleto in Umbria in Italy under Trajan.
Zosimus
Dec 26
+ 418. A Greek Pope of Rome.
Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus and Companions
Jan 12
? A group of between forty and fifty soldiers martyred in North Africa.
Zoticus, Irenaeus, Hyacinth, Amantius and Companions
Feb 10
+ 120. A group of ten soldiers martyred in Rome and buried on the Via Lavicana.
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