Baring-Gould’s sources: Greek, Latin, Russian Kalendars. Authority: —The Greek Acts, a late recension greatly amplified with speeches and prayers, but trustworthy as to facts. Also the notice in the Menology of the Emperor Basil, from the Acts, probably from an earlier and conciser form.] GATHOPUS a deacon, and Theodulus, a lector, witnessed to Christ a good confession in the city of Thessalonica. They were taken before the governor Faustinus, who endeavoured, but in vain, to force them to adore idols. They were cast into prison, where they had the following vision. They thought that they were on board a vessel in the midst of the sea, labouring against a furious tempest Then the ship struck, and they were plunged in the water, but escaped safely to a rock and ascended a hill. This vision was probably a pre figuration of their martyrdom, for they were, by the governor's orders, thrown into the sea with stones round their necks, and so they passed through the waters, and were received upon Mount Zion into the presence of then Lord and King.