Saint Acacius lived during the reign of Licinius.
He served in the army under the centurion Firmus. When the centurion decided to interrogate his soldiers, the saint was arrested and subjected to severe torture for his faith in Christ. His body was brutally beaten, while he was even thrown into a cauldron of boiling pitch, from which he emerged unharmed.
He was then sent to the proconsul Bibianus, where his tortures continued. In the end, he completed his life in martyrdom, enduring the sufferings and horrific humiliations imposed on him by the proconsul Phalakianus (or Phylakianus). Seeing the saint’s unwavering faith and his miraculous deliverance from every form of abuse, the proconsul ordered his beheading.
The saint was twenty-five years old at the time. His memory is honored by the Church on May 7.
