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Martyr Procopius the Reader of Caesarea

Also known as Procopius of Caesarea

A reader of the Jerusalem Church who lived ascetically and preached Christ, and was beheaded under Diocletian after refusing pagan sacrifice.

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A reader of the Jerusalem Church who lived ascetically and preached Christ, and was beheaded under Diocletian after refusing pagan sacrifice.

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