Martyr
Eleutherius
A martyr commemorated in the calendar of the Orthodox Church, put to death for his faith in Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Eleutherius was thrown into the fire as an infant, together with the Holy Martyr Leonidas, in one of the persecutions of Christians. The surviving sources say no more of them.
The Synaxarion commemorates them on 21 August (new style).
Commemorated the same day August 8
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