[1] The mountain is named after Auxentius of Bithynia.

The mountain was home to Christian monks and ascetics during the Byzantine period.

[2] Byzantine Christian monks who lived on the mountain included Saint Stephen the New (c. 713–764)[3] and Saint Macarius of Mount Auxentius (died 768).

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