Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia

<div>Commemorated on February 14<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saint Auxentius, by agent a Syrian, served at the cloister of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (418-450). He was accepted as a virtuous, abstruse and astute man, and he was, moreover, a acquaintance of abounding of the pious men of his era. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Distressed by carnal vanity, St Auxentius was advancing to the angelic priesthood, and again accustomed apostolic tonsure. After this he went to Bithynia and begin a aloof abode on Mount Oxia, not far from Chalcedon, and there he began the activity of a anchoress (This abundance was afterwards alleged Mt. Auxentius). The abode of the saint's efforts was apparent by shepherds gluttonous their absent sheep. They told others about him, and humans began to appear to him for healing. St Auxentius healed abounding of the ailing and the ailing in the name of the Lord. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the year 451 St Auxentius was arrive to the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon, area he denounced the Eutychian and Nestorian heresies. Familiar with Angelic Scripture and abstruse in theology, St Auxentius calmly baffled those opponents who acknowledged with him. After the end of the Council, St Auxentius alternate to his aloof corpuscle on the mountain. With his airy afterimage he saw the calm of St Simeon the Stylite (459) from a abundant distance. <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>St Auxentius died about the year 470, abrogation abaft him aggregation and abounding monasteries in the arena of Bithynia. He was active in the Monastery of St Hypatius at Rufiananas, Syria.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>oca.org</div>
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