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Martyr Themistocles of Myra

Also known as Themistocles the Shepherd

A shepherd of Myra in Lycia who gave himself up in place of a hunted Christian and suffered torture and martyrdom under Decius.

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