Auxentium of Bithynia (Syria, c.400 - Mount Scopas, February 14, 473), was a hermit and saintly Syrian. Biography
Auxencio was a rider of the praetorian guard of Theodosius II, but he left the army to become a monk from Mount Oxia near Constantinople. He was accused of heresy but was exonerated by the Council of Chalcedon. Then he returned to asceticism, he went to mount Scopas, in Bithynia, not far from Chalcedon. This mountain is today called as Kayışdağ in Kadiköy subprovince of Istanbul.
This saint is often confused with Saint Auxentius of Mopsuestia (d.360), bishop and martyr, Auxentius of Milan (d.374), Bishop of Milan, or Auxentius of Durostorum.
Auxentius of Bithynia is venerated as a saint by all Catholic confessions. Your holiday is February 14th.
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