Procopius of Scythopolis

<p>Procopius of Scythopolis  was a 4th century <a href="/facts/Martyr/JYxRcEzz">martyr</a> who is venerated as a <a href="/facts/Saint/lDE6So1B">saint</a>. He was a <a href="/facts/Reader_(liturgy)/IjSRgw2E">reader</a> and <a href="/facts/Exorcist/gpMuFgt7">exorcist</a> in the church at <a href="/facts/Skythopolis/Cvtlthrh">Scythopolis</a>; he also was famous as an ascetic and erudite theologian. <a href="/facts/Eusebius_of_Caesarea/JvkeIKcS">Eusebius of Caesarea</a> wrote of his martyrdom, which occurred during the <a href="/facts/Diocletianic_Persecution/ysQ8yY31">persecution</a> of <a href="/facts/Roman_Emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Diocletian/l4Inf5wa">Diocletian</a>, and stated that "he was born at <a href="/facts/Jerusalem/PKJ8LT0Y">Jerusalem</a>, but had gone to live in Scythopolis, where he held three ecclesiastical offices. He was reader and interpreter in the <a href="/facts/Syriac_language/mLhEtdSW">Syriac language</a>, and cured those possessed of evil spirits." Eusebius wrote that Procopius was sent with his companions from Scythopolis to <a href="/facts/Caesarea_Maritima/r03E9DCI">Caesarea Maritima</a>, where he was <a href="/facts/Decapitated/Mbe8UAeF">decapitated</a>.
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Procopius of Scythopolis