Hieromartyr · 4th century
Hieromartyr Athenogenes and his Ten Disciples
Also known as Athenogenes of Heracleopolis
A bishop who with his ten disciples confessed Christ at Sebastea and was martyred; to him is ascribed by tradition the ancient evening hymn 'O Gladsome Light.'
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Notes
Named group commemorated as one.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints