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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Auxentios, martyr of Palestine

Saint ID

S00298

Reported Death Not Before

308

Reported Death Not After

308

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00377Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (7.3-4 and 8.2-4), narrates the martyrdom of *Domninos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00190) and *Auxentios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00298) on 5 November, and the suffering of three unnamed young men. Written in Greek at Caesarea, in 311; a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation.