Seven Blessed Sleeper Brothers
During the persecution of Decius, seven young Christians of Ephesus hid in a cave where they were walled in. They fell into a miraculous sleep for nea…
First name and chronology
Malchus
2 saints and blesseds bear the name Malchus, between 201 and 400; the most famous is Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, celebrated on July 27th.
Chronology of the name Malchus
Dated figures are ordered from earliest to latest.
- 201-300 Seven Blessed Sleeper Brothers During the persecution of Decius, seven young Christians of Ephesus hid in a cave where they were walled in. They fell i…
- 301-400 Saint Malchus of Maronia A monk in Syria in the 4th century, Malchus left his monastery despite his abbot's warnings. Captured by Bedouins, he pr…