At Parium on the Hellespont, Saint Theogenes, martyr, who, enrolled among the recruits under the emperor Licinius, refused to serve as a soldier on account of the Christian faith; he was cast into prison and subjected to torments, and at last drowned in the sea.
January 3rd
Saint Theogenes
Latin Original
Párii in Hellespónto, sancti T’heógenis, mártyris, qui, sub Licíinio imperatóre inter tirónes ascítus, propter fidem christiánam mi1litáre recásans, cárceri cruciatibásque datus est, demum in mare demérsus.