The Martyr Syncletica and her two daughters suffered under
the Arabian king Dunaan. St Syncletica was a descendant of an
illustrious family. Left widowed while still quite young, she devoted
herself to the Christian upbringing of her daughters, and she herself
led a life both chaste and virtuous.
Dunaan in the meantime had
begun a persecution, intending to eliminate Christians from his realm.
He summoned St Syncletica and her daughters before him, and in urging
her to forsake her “folly,” he promised as reward to take her into the
retinue of his wife.
“How can you not be afraid, O King, to speak evil of Him Who has given you both royal crown and life?” replied the holy martyr.
Dunaan
gave orders to lead St Syncletica and her daughters through the city as
though they were criminals. Women, looking on at the disgrace of the
saint, started crying, but she told them that this “shame” for her was
dearer than any earthly honor.
Again they brought the martyr before Dunaan, and he said, “If you wish to remain alive, you must renounce Christ.”
“If
I do, then who will deliver me from eternal death?” the saint asked. In
a rage, the tormentor ordered that St Syncletica’s daughters be killed
first, and then for the mother to be beheaded with a sword.
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