St. Auxentius
Commemorated December 18
- Feast day
- December 18
- Origin
- Mopsuestia
About the saint
At Mopsuestia, in Cilicia, St. Auxentius, bishop, who, while he was a soldier under Licinius, preferred to surrender his military insignia rather than to offer grapes to Bacchus. Having been made bishop, he was renowned for merit, and rested in peace.