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Auxentius of Bithynia ( el, Αὐξέντιος Βιθυνίας) was a hermit born circa AD 400 in
/ref> In 451 he attended the Council of Chalcedon. Afterward he established a new hermitage atop Mount Scopas, in"Saint Auxentius". ''New Catholic Dictionary''
CatholicSaints.Info. 30 July 2012
Patron Saints Index at Catholic Forum
* http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1639 * http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-auxentius-of-bithynia/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Auxentius Of Bithynia 400 births 473 deaths Byzantine saints Saints from Roman Anatolia 5th-century Byzantine monks 5th-century Christian saints People from Bithynia
Auxentius of Bithynia ( el, Αὐξέντιος Βιθυνίας) was a hermit born circa AD 400 in Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
, and died February 14, 473, on Mount Scopas (also known as '' Mount Auxentius''; currently known in Turkish as ''Kayış Dağı'').
Life
Born in Syria of Persian ancestry, 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."Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia", Orthodox Church in America/ref> In 451 he attended the Council of Chalcedon. Afterward he established a new hermitage atop Mount Scopas, in
Bithynia
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
, not far from Chalcedon where many resorted to him for advice. 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.
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."
He is not to be confused with Saint Auxentius of Mopsuestia Auxentius of Mopsuestia (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 Philosto ...
(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 religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
in the Eastern Orthodox Church, Byzantine Catholic, and Roman Catholic Churches. His feast day is February 14. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 July 2012
See also
* Poustinia *Vendemianus of Bithynia Vendemianus the Hermit of Bithynia was a solitary monk of the early sixth century.
Vendemianus (Bendemianus) was a disciple of St. Auxentius and became known for his holiness of life and gift of healing. He dwelt for more than forty years on a m ...
References
External links
Patron Saints Index at Catholic Forum
* http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1639 * http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-auxentius-of-bithynia/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Auxentius Of Bithynia 400 births 473 deaths Byzantine saints Saints from Roman Anatolia 5th-century Byzantine monks 5th-century Christian saints People from Bithynia