Fausta of Cyzicus (

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: Φαύστα Κύζικου), also known as Saint Fausta (c. 298 – 311), was a 4th-century girl from

Cyzicus Cyzicus ( ; ; ) was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peninsula (the classical Arctonnesus), a tombolo which is said to have or ...

. At the age of 13, she was arrested, tortured, and executed for being a Christian. A pagan priest, Evilasius, was responsible for torturing and executing her. According to tradition, Evilasius converted to

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after watching her courageous resistance, and he was also martyred for this act.Catholic Online
/ref> Although Fausta had remained impervious to the initial torture, she and Evilasius perished together in a cauldron of boiling water. They are also venerated in the

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along with Maximus, the magistrate who condemned Evilasius. Tradition holds that Maximus repented at the last moment and joined the pair in the cauldron.

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