Saint Eustace

Who was Saint Eustace?

Saint Eustace, also known as Eustáchius or Eustáthius or Eustáthios, is revered as a Christian martyr and soldier saint. Legend places him in the 2nd century AD. A martyr of that name is venerated as a saint in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church, the latter of which, however, judges that the legend recounted about him is "completely fabulous".

The saint is honored on the calendar of the Melkite Catholics on December 13, as the "Commemoration of the Holy Martyrs Eustrates, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius, Orestes and the Virgin Lucia". He is also commemorated in the Orthodox Church, on September 20.