Martyr
Niktopolion of Sebaste
Christian of Sebaste, martyred for the faith of Christ.
- Feast
- November 3old style November 16
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Niktopolion of Sebaste is one of seven martyrs of Sebaste, Atticus, Agapius, Eudoxius, Catherius, Istucarius, Pactovius and Niktopolion, who suffered in the time of the emperor Licinius (by other sources, of Decius).
The soldiers Eudoxius, Atticus and Catherius endured various torments for preaching Christianity, by order of the duke Marcellus and the archon Auxanes. They were then imprisoned, scourged with ox sinews and had their teeth knocked out. At the same time the Christians Istucarius, Pactovius and Niktopolion were seized, who were beaten with sticks and subjected to other torments, and then burned together with the soldiers named.
Their memory is kept on 16 November, in the new style. Lives of theirs were written by Saint Demetrius of Rostov.
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