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Anthimus of Nicomedia (martyred 303 or 311–12) was the bishop of Nicomedia in Bithynia where he was beheaded during a persecution of Christians traditionally placed under Diocletian (following Eusebius) in which rivers of blood flowed. Nicomedia was Diocletian’s chief place of residence and was half-Christian the palace itself being filled with Christians. Christian sources memorialized the 20000 Martyrs of Nicomedia.

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Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church

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