Croatia In Croatia, in the Town of
Višnjan, there is an 18th-century loggia and the church of Saint Cyricus (Kirik) and Julitta (Julita) dating from the 19th century.
Georgia Cyricus (
Kvirike) and Julitta (
Ivlita) are venerated as patron saints of the Kala community in the highland province of
Svaneti. While the saints were relatively unknown in the rest of Georgia, the Svan mountaineers held them in high esteem. The 11th-century
Lagurka church, located at 2200 metres above sea and known for its wall paintings, is the scene of an all-Svan festival and pilgrimage,
kvirikoba ("the day of Cyricus"), held annually on 28 July. In the words of the historian
Ekvtime Taqaishvili, for the Svans Lagurka is what for the ancient Greeks was
Delphi—the symbol of their unity.
Italy In Italy, where they are known as
Quirico (or Quilico, or Chirico) and
Giulitta (or Giuletta or Giulietta ), the place most commonly linked with the saints is the village of
San Quirico d’Orcia in the
Val d’Orcia of the
Province of Siena, region of
Tuscany. There a twelfth- or thirteenth-century church (pictured right), based on an eighth-century baptistery, is dedicated to them. The cult, however, is common in many parts of country and more than 200 churches, monasteries, localities, etc. with signs of devotion to one or both of the saints have been identified. Other communes named after them are
Corvino San Quirico (
Province of Pavia),
San Chirico Nuovo (
Province of Potenza),
San Chirico Raparo (Province of Potenza),
Serra San Quirico (
Province of Ancona), and
Santa Giuletta (Province of Pavia). Communes of whom they are patron saints include
Borgo San Martino (
Province of Alessandria),
Cavaria in the municipality of
Cavaria con Premezzo (
Province of Varese),
Cisternino (
Province of Brindisi),
Collesalvetti (
Province of Livorno), and
Trofarello (
Province of Turin. San Quirico Province of Pistoia In parts of
Piedmont, including
Centallo,
Asti and
Murisengo, an unconnected Saint Quirico is venerated, regarded as a member of the
Theban Legion. in
Somerset,
Swaffham Prior in
Cambridgeshire and St Cyr’s in the town of
Stonehouse in
Gloucestershire- of which the grandfather of the notorious pirate “
Blackbeard” was the vicar of. In
Cornwall, they can be found in the villages of
Luxulyan and
St Veep, and there was also once a chapel at
Calstock dedicated to these two saints. In Wales there is a least one church dedicated to the saints, in
Llanilid, but named as St. Ilid and St. Curig. The cult of "St. Giric" was formerly much more widespread in Celtic Britain, however. His feast day was one of the principal Welsh holidays, as codified by the
laws of Hywel Dda.
St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, has a framed print of a similar story depicting St Cyricus boxing a governor's ears because the governor had blasphemed. The embittered governor stabs the child dead and the mother is crucified. This print appears to be based on panels from the
predella of a 15th-century Italian
altarpiece dedicated to Cyricus.
Middle East Cyricus in particular is mentioned numerous times in the
daily office of the
Church of the East as attested in the large collection of prayers and services known as the Hudra. The mention of a saint from Tarsus in such
East Syriac traditions suggests that there was considerable early sharing of martyrological traditions despite doctrinal differences between churches.
Ethiopia and Eritrea Cyricus or Qirqos (ቂርቆስ), also known as Qurqos or Č̣ǝrqos/Č̣ärqos, is a popular saint in Ethiopia and Eritrea, along with Julitta (ኢየሉጣ, ʾIyäluṭa). His feast is celebrated on the 15th of the month of
Ṭərr (ጥር). Many churches in Ethiopia and Eritrea are named after Qirqos.
India Cyriacus is one of the saints venerated by the
Saint Thomas Christians of
India. Some of their important churches were dedicated to the saint. A document written in 1301 mentions the church at
Kodungallur which was dedicated the saint. The
Pālūr Church, one of the
seven churches associated with the mission of
Thomas the Apostle, was originally dedicated to Cyriacus. There is a small piece of St. Cyricus / Kuriakose's finger at St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Church in
Puthencruz (
Ernakulam) They celebrate his Perunnal (feast) on July 27, 28 and the anniversary of the relocation of his bone on Nov 13, 14 of every year. Also, a piece of his other finger can be found in
St. George Dayro in Malecruze in Ernakulam. ==Ethiopic texts==