The memory of the holy martyr Eusignus
Saint Eusignius was from Antioch; during the reigns of Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius Chlorus, Constantine the Great and their sons he served in the army; he is known, among other things, as the interlocutor of the holy martyr Basiliscus and the narrator of his sufferings under Maximian. After the beheading of Saint Basiliscus, Saint Eusignius saw with him a Cross depicting the stars in the sky, and, armed with the power of the cross, he bravely fought against the enemies. After serving in the army for sixty years, he left it with the son of Constantine the Great, as he was already very old.
When this wicked king came to Antioch, St. Eusignus was taken to the torture ground by the following circumstance. One day he went to the church, and on the way met two heathen men who had raised a dispute between them, which turned into a quarrel. When St. Eusignus was brought to the same level with them, they stopped him, saying: <unk> We know, a valiant man, that you have been a soldier for a long time, and therefore you know the laws, <unk> we ask you to settle our dispute and pronounce your just judgment. St. Eusignus fulfilled their request and settled their case as justice demanded; one was right, and the other was not offended. The last one went to the king and told him that St. Eusignus was a Christian. The king ordered him to be brought before him for judgment.
St. Eusignus praised the faith and piety of Constantine the Great, telling in sequence how he had seen the Cross in heaven and vanquished the power of His enemies, how, leaving paganism, he clinged wholeheartedly to the Lord Jesus Christ, enlightening with faith and holy baptism not only himself, but also the whole universe. Thus pleasing Constantine the Great, St. Eusignus at the same time denounced the apostate and renounced his impiety. Not wishing to take advantage of the life of these, John gave up the sacred life of Christ in the tenth year of the reign of Jesus Christ, where he thus died in eternal torment.
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