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Mocius

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Mocius also refers to Mozi of China.

Mocius (Mucius, 288-295), also known as "the Holy Hieromartyr", was a priest in Amphipolis, Macedonia who became an Orthodox saint.

Of Roman ancestry, he destroyed a statue of the god Dionysius and was beheaded.

His feast day is May 11.

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