The Holy Martyrs Hyacinth, Alexander, and Tiburtius of the Sabine Country
Life
Hyacinth, Alexander, and Tiburtius are three early martyrs commemorated together on September 9. According to the Roman Martyrology, they suffered in the Sabine country of central Italy, at the thirtieth milestone from Rome. Beyond their names and the place of their commemoration, virtually nothing is recorded of their lives or the circumstances of their deaths.
The martyrs are remembered among the saints of the pre-schism See of Rome, who are venerated within the Orthodox tradition as part of the common heritage of the undivided Church of the West. The brevity of the record is characteristic of many of the early Italian martyrs, whose memory survived in local commemoration and in the martyrologies even when the details of their passion were not preserved.
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The Record
The principal witness to these martyrs is the Roman Martyrology, whose entry for September 9 reads simply that, among the Sabines, thirty miles from Rome, the holy martyrs Hyacinth, Alexander, and Tiburtius are commemorated. The Dominican Martyrology likewise places them in the Sabine mountains at the thirtieth milestone from Rome. Both notices give their names and location without any account of their suffering.
Later listings of the saints of the pre-schism Roman see repeat this same limited information, describing the three as martyrs of the Sabine Hills of whom nothing further is known. The date of their martyrdom is not preserved; only their joint commemoration on September 9 has come down through the calendar.
