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Acepsimas of Hnaita (died October 10 376) was a bishop martyr and saint.He was the bishop of Hnaita residing at Paka in western Persia. He and several companions including the priest Joseph of Bet-Katoba who was then 70 years old and the deacon Aitillaha of Bet-Nuhadra who was then 60 six years when they were arrested by Shapur II for refusing to worship the Zoroastrian faith. They were taken to Arbela where they were all tortured and whipped.

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