Auxentius of Mopsuestia

Auxentius of Mopsuestia (Greek: Αὐξέντιος; died 360) was bishop of Mopsuestia and a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. His feast day is December 18. Baronius places Auxentius in the Roman Martyrology, because of the story told by Philostorgius (in the Suda) that he was at one time an officer in the army of Licinius, and gave up his commission rather than obey the imperial command to lay a bunch of grapes at the feet of a statue of Bacchus. Tillemont[1] is inclined to believe that Auxentius was an Arian; his patronage of the heretic Aetius,[2] points to this conclusion.

Saint

Auxentius of Mopsuestia
Bishop of Mopsuestia
ChurchEarly Christian Church
DioceseMopsuestia
Term ended360 AD
Personal details
Died360 AD
DenominationChristianity
ProfessionBishop
Sainthood
Feast dayDecember 18
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church

Notes

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  1. ^ Mémoires, VI, 786-7.
  2. ^ Philostorgius, Hist. Eccl., V, 1.

  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHerbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Auxentius of Mopsuestia". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.