The holy martyr Eubotius (or Eubiotos) lived during the reign of the Emperor Maximian in 298. He came from a village called Ptoketon, which lies in the province called "of Opsikios". He was born and brought up there, and this is also where he died. Because the saint led a life pleasing to God and excelled in every kind of virtue, he suffered much harm from the Greeks as he moved from place to place and was beaten. Moreover, he suffered exceedingly because he performed many miracles and through them he made many unbelievers return to the faith of Christ. Once, after he had been roughly beaten by the Greeks with sticks and stones, he was thrown into the fire. But because he was kept harmless through the grace of Christ, many people who saw this were amazed, believed in Christ, and were bapti