Auxentius of Bithynia

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Auxentius of Bithynia

Born| c. 400
Syria
Died| 14 February 473
Mount Scopas
Feast| February 14

Auxentius of Bithynia (Greek: Αὐξέντιος Βιθυνίας) was a hermit born circa AD 400 in Syria, and died February 14, 473, on Mount Scopas (also known as Mount Auxentius; currently known in Turkish as Kayış Dağı).

## Life

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Born in Syria of Persian ancestry,[1] Auxentius served in the Equestrian Guard of Byzantine Emperor Theodosius II, but left to become a solitary monk on Mount Oxia near Constantinople. His isolated hermitage was discovered by shepherds seeking their sheep, and people who were ill began to come to Auxentius for healing.[2]

In 451 he attended the Council of Chalcedon. Afterward he established a new hermitage atop Mount Scopas, in Bithynia, not far from Chalcedon where many resorted to him for advice.[3] There he devoted the rest of his life to the practice of mortification and the instruction of his growing number of disciples. Auxentius died about the year 470.[2]

Roman Martyrology: "On Mount Scopa in Bithynia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Aussentius, priest and archimandrite, who, living on a hill as if on a cathedra, defended the Chalcedonian faith with a powerful voice."[4]

He is not to be confused with Saint Auxentius of Mopsuestia (d. 360), bishop and martyr, and an Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint, Auxentius of Milan (d. 374), bishop of Milan, or Auxentius of Durostorum.

Auxentius of Bithynia is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Byzantine Catholic, and Roman Catholic Churches. His feast day is February 14.[5]

## See also

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* Poustinia
* Vendemianus of Bithynia

## References

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1. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Auxentius". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 5 August 2012 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. ^ a b "Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia", Orthodox Church in America
3. ^ Butler, Alban. "Saint Auxentius, Hermit". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 February 2013 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. ^ Arduino, Fabio. " Sant' Aussenzio Sacerdote ed archimandrita", Santi e Beati, March 7, 2006
5. ^ "Saint Auxentius". New Catholic Dictionary CatholicSaints.Info. 30 July 2012

## External links

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* Patron Saints Index at Catholic Forum
* http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1639
* http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-auxentius-of-bithynia/

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