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Martyr Eleazar Teacher of the Maccabees

Also known as Eleazar the Scribe

An aged scribe and teacher of the Law who, refusing even to feign the eating of forbidden food lest he lead the young astray, accepted death under torture, leaving a noble example to all.

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