Martinian and Processus

Processus and martinianus were Christian martyrs and saints. The exact time at which they suffered martyrdom, is not known. According to tradition, Processus and martinianus guards were the Apostle Peter in Carcer Tullianus.

The two martyrs were buried first at the second milestone of the Via Aurelia in a directory named after them Coemeterium. In the 4th century was followed by a basilica, which was restored several times by the popes. Among the relics of the two Paschal I arrived in St. Peter's Basilica. It is believed that in truth it is a martyr of the Diocletian persecution of Christians in 303 with them. Only the legendary Passio from the 6th century laid the story of the two in the first century AD and reported that they had been the jailer of Peter and been converted by him to Christianity. They were then tortured with sticks and scorpions and eventually executed.

Processus and martinianus be venerated as a saint; their Memorial Day in the Catholic Church is the 2nd of July.