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Hierarch · 9th century

Saint Cosmas Bishop of Chalcedon, and Auxentius

Also known as Cosmas of Chalcedon · Auxentius

Cosmas received monastic tonsure in his youth and was later consecrated Bishop of Chalcedon, suffering with his fellow ascetic Auxentius for the veneration of the holy icons during the iconoclast oppression.

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Notes

Commemorated together with his fellow ascetic Auxentius.

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