What is "cyriacus"

Cyriacus ( fl. 303 AD), sometimes Anglicized as Cyriac, according to Christian tradition, is a Christian martyr who was killed in the persecution of Diocletian. He is one of twenty-seven saints, most of them martyrs, who bear this name, of whom only seven are honoured by a specific mention of their names in the Roman Martyrology.

Cyriacus, also Cyriac or Quiricus is a Latinized form of the Greek Kyriakos, which means "of the Lord". Cyriacus is the name of several people. These include:

• Cyriacus - a Roman nobleman and Christian martyr under Diocletian
• Cyriacus the Anchorite - a Greek monk and saint
• Judas Cyriacus, also known as Cyriacus of Ancona, a saint, martyr, and patron saint of Ancona, Italy
• Quiricus - a child martyr - see Quiricus and Julietta
• Cyriacus of Alexandria, two martyrs, saints, and companions of Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria.
• Cyriacus of Jerusalem
• Quiriacus of Ostia, (d. 235), Bishop of Ostia, Christian martyr and saint
• Quiricus, Bishop of Barcelona
• Quiricus, Bishop of Toledo
• Cyriacus of Ancona, Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli, 15th century traveller and antiquarian in the Aegean
• Cyriacus Buyiruq or Khurchaqus Buyirug, 11th century khan of the Keraites, grandfather of Togoril Khan.
• Cyriak Harris
• Quriaqos of Tagrit, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
• Pope Cyriacus, unknown in the pontifical records, but referenced in the legend of Saint Ursula