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Polyeuctus
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Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era.
Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Polyeuctus
- Saint.death_date
- 10 January 259 AD
- Saint.feast_day
- 9 January (Eastern Orthodox Church)7 January (Catholic Church)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- Polyeuctus.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.death_place
- Melitene, Kingdom of Armenia(modern-day Malatya, Turkey)
- Saint.patronage
- Vows and treaty agreements
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Malatya
- Occupation
- military officer
- Religion
- Christianity
- Military branch
- Roman army
- Image
- Polyeuctus.jpg
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- canonization status
- saint
- date of death
- 0259-01-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
- date of birth
- 0250-00-00
- feast day
- January 7
- Commons category
- Polyeuctus
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Life
- Veneration
- Cultural references
- References
- External links
Saint Polyeuctus (also Polyeuctes, Polyeuktos, Greek: Πολύευκτος) of Melitene (died 10 January 259) is a Christian saint from the Roman era.
==Life== Christian tradition states that he was a wealthy Roman army officer who was the first martyr in Melitene, Armenia, under Valerian. He and his friend Nearchus were members of the Legio XII Fulminata, based in Melitene. Certain historical inaccuracies suggest that his passio was written at least 100 years after the events described.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Polyeuctus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.