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Key facts
- Saint.name
- Saint Polyeuctus
- Saint.death_date
- 10 January 259 AD
- Saint.feast_day
- 9 January (Eastern Orthodox Church)7 January (Catholic Church)
- Saint.venerated_in
- Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
- Saint.image
- Polyeuctus.jpg
- Saint.imagesize
- 200px
- Saint.death_place
- Melitene, Kingdom of Armenia(modern-day Malatya, Turkey)
- Saint.patronage
- Vows and treaty agreements
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of death
- Malatya
- Occupation
- military officer
- Religion
- Christianity
- Military branch
- Roman army
- Image
- Polyeuctus.jpg
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- canonization status
- saint
- date of death
- 0259-01-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
- date of birth
- 0250-00-00
- feast day
- January 7
- Commons category
- Polyeuctus
Sources (2)
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Article · Deutsch
Polyeuktos († 259 in Melitene) war ein römischer Soldat griechischer Herkunft, der in der Christenverfolgung unter Kaiser Decius in der armenischen Stadt Melitene (heute Malatya) das Martyrium erlitt. Er wird in der orthodoxen und katholischen Kirche als Heiliger verehrt.
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