Auxentius of Bithynia

Auxentius of Bythinia (b. ca. 400 in Syria, d. February 14, 473 on Mount Scopas) was a hermit and a saint in the Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. He was in the Equestrian Guard of Roman Emperor Theodosius II, but left to become a hermit on Mount Oxia near Constantinople. He was accused of heresy but was exonerated at the Council of Chalcedon. Afterward he returned to his hermitage atop Mount Scopas, in Bithynia, not far from Chalcedon. His feast day is February 14.

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

External links

*Patron Saints Index at Catholic Forum