March 3 (old calendar) / March 16 (new)

March 3 (old calendar) / March 16 (new) Great Lent. Oil and wine allowed Martyr Eutropius of Amasea, and with him Martyrs Cleonicus and Basiliscus (ca. 308). St. Piama, Virgin (337). Ss. Zeno and Zoilus. SAINTS  EUTROPIUS, CLEONICUS AND BASILISCUS The Holy Martyrs Eutropius, Cleonicus and Basiliscus suffered in the city of Pontine Amasea (Asia Minor) in about the year 308. The brothers Eutropius and Cleonicus, and Basiliscus the nephew