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The friend of Christ Eusignios was beheaded,
Decapitated while crying out, Christ I revere.
On the fifth the head of Eusignios was mingled with dust.
The Holy Martyr Eusignios was born at Antioch in 252 A.D. Over the course of sixty years he served as a soldier and general in the Roman armies of the emperors Diocletian, Maximian Hercules, Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Great and his sons. He was present at the martyrdom of Saint Basiliscus (March 3 and May 22) and is said to have seen angels and Christ Himself who took Basiliscus up to heaven. When he was general under Constantine the Great, he was also an eye-witness to the sign of the cross in the sky. Eusignios retired in his old age from military service and returned to Antioch. There he spent his time in prayer, fasting, and good works.
