Theodotus, Martyr (St.)
The Menaea for January 1: "On the same day the holy Martyr Theodotus ended his life by the sword." Then two verses follow, the sense of which is: "I shall not endure," said Theodotus, "unless I have redeemed the grace of God with my head." Several Theodoti are celebrated in the Martyrologies of the Latins, from whom, however, I consider this one to be different.
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