Martyr
Philoxenus of Eleutheropolis
Martyr of Eleutheropolis, remembered in the early martyrologies.
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- Feast
- December 17old style December 30
- Era
- unknown
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Philoxenus of Eleutheropolis was one of the fifty soldier martyrs of Eleutheropolis in Palestine, killed by the Saracens besieging Gaza in the time of the emperor Heraclius. Of the group only the names are remembered. His commemoration falls on 17 December in the Roman Martyrology (Gregorian calendar); he is counted a saint of the undivided Church.
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