Sirmium was a Roman colony in todays Serbia...archeological site now...was considered a large city.
They had a Christian community...Perhaps he died during the persecutions of Diocletian ( roughly 284-305AD. one last bloody push at purging Christianity, but it eventually failed. Along the way there was a lot of killing and beheading.
This subject looks pretty dense and interesting as is all of Roman History....worth more of a read. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocletianic_Persecution
so much to learn from the lives of these saints.
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