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Saint Auxentius

Priest and martyr
Armenia
Feast day: December 13

Group icon of the five martyrs: Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes. Image source: Holy Metropolis of Oropos and Phyle — Iconological Synaxarion

A life of faith

Auxentius was a priest commemorated with Eustratius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes. His received life describes his interrogation before Lysias, who tried to compel him to return to pagan worship. Auxentius firmly refused and was beheaded.

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