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Saints Alphius Philadelphus and Cyrinus (Italian: Santi Alfio Filadelfo e Cirino) martyrs in the Byzantine traditions of southern Italy were three brothers from Vaste in the diocese of Otranto who died with their sister Benedicta during the persecution of Decius ca 251 AD. The details concerning these martyrdoms are traditional drawn up at a later date in the Benedictine Acta of Saint Alphius.