Saint Auxentius of Epirus

Memorial

• 25 January

Profile

A furrier in Constantinople by trade. He joined the Turkish navy, but was forced to jump ship and return to Constantinople when he was accused of having been a Muslim who had renounced that faith. There he worked on a small fishing boat until the day he was spotted by some of the sailors from his old ship. He was arrested, and when he insisted that he was a Christian and would remain one, he was executed. Martyr.

Born

• 1690 at Epirus, Greece

Died

• beheaded in 1720 in Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Auxentius of Epirus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 January 2010. Web. 20 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-auxentius-of-epirus/>