The emperor has them arrested and imprisoned, and has their property confiscated. During a drinking party they bemoan the prevalence of pagan customs, and their words are reported to Julian.
Iouventinos and Maximinos serve as soldiers in Julian’s army, while in Antioch during the war with Persia. Before relating the saints’ death, the author talks of the emperor Julian and of his policy of avoiding an open, violent persecution of Christians. And since you know this, you do not honour the old ones in one way, and the new ones in another rather, you honour and welcome them with the same eagerness, with the same love, with the same disposition.' 'Rather, the martyrs always and perpetually remain in equal vigour and youth, shining and glowing in the splendour of their own brilliance.
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'The other day, the blessed Babylas together with three boys gathered us here today, it is a pair of soldiers that has marshalled Christ's army in array.'Īlthough recent, their martyrdom is honoured as enthusiastically as that of the older martyrs. Shortly after a gathering for the feast of Babylas and his Companions, the community gathers to celebrate the memory of two recently martyred soldiers: John Chrysostom, On Iuventinus and Maximinus (CPG 4349, BHG 975)
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