Saint Acacius

Saint Acacius

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name=Saint Acacius
birth_date=3rd century
death_date=4th century
feast_day= November 27
venerated_in=Roman Catholicism


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Saint Acacius was a priest at Sebaste, Armenia, during Diocletian's persecution. He was arrested and executed under the governor Maximus with seven women and Hirenarchus, who was so impressed with the devotion to their faith he became a Christian and suffered the same fate.


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