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The holy, glorious and right-victorious [[Martyrs]] '''Anicetus and Photius''' (also ''Aniketos'' meaning ''unconquerable'' and ''Photinus'' or ''Photios'' meaning ''light'') of [[Nicomedia]] were murdered with others during the reign of the Emperor [[Diocletian]] in the year 288. Anicetus is honored as one of the [[Unmercenary|Holy Unmercenaries]]. They are commemorated by the [[Church]] on [[August 12]].
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==Martyrdom==
 
Appalled by the treatment of Christians under Diocletian's tyranny, Anicetus presented himself publicly at a Christian, denouncing emperor and idol worship as senseless. He was taken and beaten with rods so forcefully his bones appeared from the wounds in his flesh. While suffering his torments, his nephew Photius comforted him, embracing his uncle. He was put through the tortures with him and subsequently imprisoned for three years. Finally they were both cast into a furnace, where they gave up their spirits, but their bodies were left unharmed by the flames.
 
 
 
==External links==
 
* [http://www.goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=161 Photios & Aniketos the Martyrs of Nicomedea] ([[GOARCH]])
 
* [http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=102279 Martyr Anicetus of Nicomedia] ([[OCA]])
 
 
 
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