Saint Auxentius of Mopsuetia

Memorial

• 18 December

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Officer in the personal guard of the Emperor Augustus Licinus. Dismissed from his post for refusing to sacrifice to the pagan god Bacchus. Priest. Bishop of Mopsuestia, Cilicia. He gave refuge to anyone exiled by emperor Constantine the Great.

Died

• c.321 of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• Roman soldier refusing to sacrifice to Bacchus

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Auxentius of Mopsuetia”. Saints.SQPN.com. 23 January 2011. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-auxentius-of-mopsuetia/>