[1] They were originally from Byzantium[3] but settled in Ulpiana, Dardania, south of modern Pristina, Kosovo[4] in the district of Illyricum.

[5] They were educated in the art of masonry by two men named Maximus and Proculus,[1] who were Christians.

[5] According to their legend, Likaion, the prefect of Illyricum, employed the brothers in the construction of a pagan temple.

Peasants didn't plough with horses on their feast day for fear of causing a cattle plague.

"On this day the Russians lead their horses round the church of their village" (The Golden Bough).