Basil, Andrew, Gregory, Auxentius and Companions

Basil, Andrew, Gregory, Auxentius and Companions were martyrs at Constantinople, put to death in the year 767 for their opposition to the iconoclasm decreed by the emperor. They are commemorated on 28 November.

According to one source this group includes Andrew, Auxentius, Basil, Gregory, another Gregory, John and others. They suffered a short time after the martyrdom of Saint Stephen the Younger, by order of Emperor Constantine V Copronymus, in the middle of the 8th century. The Orthodox Church has declared them saints and commemorates them on 28 November. The sources at hand give no details of the life or manner of death of each.