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Eupsychius of Caesaria

Christian martyr who was executed for having caused the destruction of a pagan temple

SaintResearchedPre-congregation

Feast: 9 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

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unknown

Died

362

Beatified

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not needed: before formal processes

Canonised

By tradition

recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

At Caesarea in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Eupsychius, martyr, who suffered martyrdom under the emperor Julian the Apostate for having destroyed the temple of the goddess Fortune.

The miracles

There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 April as a martyr under Julian the Apostate for destroying the temple of Fortune.

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 9 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q9256176 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Eupsychius of Caesaria (CC BY-SA)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.