Martyr · 4th century
Martyr Porphyrius the Actor
Also known as Porphyrios
An actor performing a mock baptism to ridicule the faith before Julian the Apostate who was truly converted in the act, confessed Christ, and was martyred.
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Notes
An actor by profession.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints