The Holy Apostle Ananias of the Seventy.
Saint Ananias, whose name means “God is gracious,” was from Damascus, where by divine revelation he was commanded to baptize the Apostle Paul (Acts 9:10–17). He completed the course of martyrdom when he was stoned to death during the proconsulate of Lucian.
The above account is taken from the Great Horologion,
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