During the persecutions of Christians in the 3rd century, a blessed woman named Rufina, fleeing from persecution, gave birth to her son Codrat in the mountains and soon passed away. By God's providence, the infant survived and was miraculously nourished. Codrat spent his childhood and youth in the desert, where he met Christians who enlightened him with the light of true faith. He learned to read and studied the art of healing, but above all, he loved the silence of the desert.
By the order of the persecutor of Christians Decius, a military commander named Jason arrived in Corinth, who captured Codrat and his friends, throwing them into prison. The saint bravely defended his faith in Christ despite the tortures. Not achieving a renunciation, Jason ordered the martyrs to be thrown to the beasts, but the beasts did not touch them. The saints were tied by their feet to chariots and dragged through the city, subjected to stoning. In the end, they were sentenced to be beheaded by the sword. At the place of execution, the saints asked for a little time for prayer and then one by one approached the executioner.
The disciples of Saint Codrat also suffered for Christ: Dionysius was stabbed with a knife; Victorin, Victor, and Nikifor were crushed alive in a stone mortar; Claudia had her hands and feet cut off; Diodor threw himself into the fire prepared for him; Seraphion was beheaded; Papia and Leonidas were drowned in the sea. Many holy women, imitating their husbands, voluntarily went to suffer for Christ.
