The holy martyr was born in the city of Myra in Lycia, coming from a noble lineage and was a well-known person. He began to persuade idolaters to abandon their pagan delusions and turn to Christ. The governor of the region, upon learning of this, ordered him to be seized and brought to trial. At the trial, the saint did not answer questions about his parents, calling himself only a Christian. The governor offered him to make a sacrifice to the idols for appearance's sake, but the saint indignantly rejected this proposal, asserting that it is impossible for the body to do what the soul does not think.
After this, the saint was hanged, his body was scraped, and then he was thrown into a heated furnace, where he surrendered his spirit to the Lord.
