Saint Auxentius of Epirus
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
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Auxentius of Epirus”. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 January 2010. Web. 23 April 2024. <http://catholicsaints.info/saint-auxentius-of-epirus/>