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These Martyrs contested for piety's sake in Campania of Italy, during the reign
of Diocletian (284-305), when Timothy was Proconsul. Saint Januarius
was the Bishop of Benevento in Campania; he was arrested and taken
to Nola, where he was cast into a burning furnace, from which he came
forth unharmed; at Puteoli, together with Proculus, Sosius, and Faustus
the deacons, Desiderius, reader of the Church of Benevento, and Eurychius
and Acutius, nobles from Puteoli, he was cast to wild beasts, which
as they came near the Saints, fell affectionately at their feet. Finally
they were all beheaded, about the year 305.
Apolytikion in the Fourth Tone:
As a sharer of the ways and a successor to the throne of the Apostles, O inspired
of God, thou foundest discipline to be a means of ascent to divine vision.
Wherefore, having rightly divided the word of truth, thou didst also contest
for the Faith even unto blood, O Hieromartyr Ianouarios. Intercede with Christ
our God that our souls be saved.
Source: http://www.goarch.org
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