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Mocius
Sign in to savethumb|260px|right|Painting showing the Martyrs Silvanus the Bishop of Emesa, Luke the deacon, and Mocius from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) Saint Mocius (; died 288–295) was a Christian priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became a Catholic and Orthodox saint.
Person
- Died
- 0295-00-00
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Key facts
- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Mocius of Amphipolis
- Saint.death_date
- 288–295
- Saint.feast_day
- 11 May
- Saint.venerated_in
- Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox Church
- Saint.image
- Hosios Loukas (narthex) - South ceiling - detail 01 (S.Mocius).jpg
- Saint.caption
- Mosaic in Hosios Loukas
- Saint.death_place
- Byzantium, Roman Empire
- Saint.titles
- Priest
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Died
- 295
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Life
- Legacy
- Church of St Mokios
- References
thumb|260px|right|Painting showing the Martyrs Silvanus the Bishop of Emesa, Luke the deacon, and Mocius from the Menologion of Basil II (c. 1000 AD) Saint Mocius (; died 288–295) was a Christian priest of Roman ancestry who lived in Amphipolis, Macedonia and became a Catholic and Orthodox saint.
==Life== During a persecution against Christians under the emperor Diocletian (284–305), St Mocius exhorted the pagans who had assembled for the pagan festival of Dionysus (Bacchus), to abandon the customs which accompanied this celebration. He urged them to repent, be converted to Christianity, and be baptized. At the temple of Dionysus, he destroyed a statue of the god.