Martyr
Mocius of Emesa
Martyr of Emesa in Syria, remembered in the early martyrologies.
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- Feast
- February 6old style February 19
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Mocius of Emesa was a reader and martyr at Emesa (Homs) in Syria, alongside Bishop Silvanus and the deacon Luke. The Roman Martyrology says they suffered under the emperor Maximinus. His commemoration falls on 6 February in the Roman Martyrology (Gregorian calendar); he is counted a saint of the undivided Church.
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