Eusignius
Roman soldier and Christian martyr
Feast: 5 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Eusignius (also spelled Eusignios; 252 – 362) was a Roman soldier venerated as a martyr and saint. According to his hagiography he was born at Antioch and served in the imperial armies for about sixty years, beginning his career under the emperor Maximian and continuing through the reigns of Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Great, and Constantine's sons. Early in Constantine's reign he was a witness to the appearance of the Cross in the sky that was understood as a sign of coming victory.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Constantine the Great Saint“According to his hagiography he was born at Antioch and served in the imperial armies for about sixty years, beginning his career under the emperor Maximian and continuing through the reigns of Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Great, and Constantine's sons.” — Wikipedia
- The Roman Martyrology (English ed. 1916), 5 August — 'At Antioch, of St. Eusignius, soldier' — 5 August, matching the feast; the Dominican martyrology adds 'He was in his one hundred [and tenth year]', i.e. the veteran soldier martyred under Julian. Local corpus text; arch
- Wikidata Q5414262 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Eusignius of Antioch (CC BY-SA)
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