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Martyr Ardalion the Actor

Also known as Ardalion

An actor who, while mockingly portraying a Christian on stage during the persecutions of the early fourth century, was moved to declare that he truly was a Christian. He confessed Christ before the crowd and was martyred.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints