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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Eutychius

Martyr of Pozzuoli

A martyr at Pozzuoli under Diocletian, companion of Saint Januarius of Benevento.

Feast
October 18old style October 31
Era
4th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Eutychius suffered at Pozzuoli, near Naples, under Diocletian, around the year 305. He was a fellow martyr of Saint Januarius, bishop of Benevento, and of other Christians taken with him, among them Proculus and Acutius. The sources at hand say no more about his life.

The calendars that commemorate him place him on 18 October.

Commemorated the same day October 18