Martyr
Acestes
A Roman soldier who by tradition believed at the death of the Apostle Paul and suffered for Christ.
Life
Saint Acestes was, according to tradition, one of the three soldiers who led the Apostle Paul to execution in Rome in the first century. Converted by him, he was beheaded. After witnessing Paul's martyrdom, the three soldiers declared their faith to the crowd and for that reason were put to the sword.
Not much more is known of Acestes. He is commemorated on 2 July as a saint of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.
Commemorated the same day July 2
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