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Hieromartyr

Arcontius

A hieromartyr of Gaul, slain around 740.

Feast
January 10old style January 23
Reposed
7408th century
Place
Viviers
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Arcontius was bishop of Viviers in France in the eighth or ninth century (our record has the year 740). He was killed by a mob for upholding the rights of the Church. He is a saint of the undivided Church, remembered on 19 January in the Western calendar (new style).

Commemorated the same day January 10