SAINT EUTHYMIUS, BISHOP OF SARDIS, MARTYR - 11 MARCH

 

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SAINT EUTHYMIUS, BISHOP OF SARDIS, MARTYR

Most probably, Saint Euthymius was born during the last years of Emperor Constantinus Copronymus' reign. He became a monk, and some years later was raised to the episcopal Chair of Sardis in Lydia under Constantius and his mother Irene. 

As bishop, he excelled at the general council of Nicaea in 787, which was assembled against the iconoclasts. 

He had to go into exile three times, the last time to the promontory of Akrita in Bithynia, where he was imprisoned and, by order of the emperor, and beaten so cruelly with ox sinews that he died eight days later. The Bollandists* state A.D. 840 as the year of his death, Butler* 820, and others 828. The Roman Martyrology* mentions the saint as a martyr on the above day, while in the Greek Meneae* feature his name on December 26. (II. 73)

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 2, Augsburg, 1861, p. 138)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Euthymius may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.

Sources of these articles (in the original German): books.google.co.uk, de-academic.com, zeno.org, openlibrary.org