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'''Mar Awgin''' (died 363 AD),<ref group="note">''The Oxford History Of Christian Worship'' states that Mar Awgin died in '''A.D. 370'''. <br>
:* (Geoffrey Wainwright. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=Si8axR7yC7wC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Mar+Awgin%27s+feast+day&source=bl&ots=5N4oc9ZAFp&sig=nw9GbHZJAdRQTLHEHyHA9MBl4VY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6L21T6r3D8GJgwesh6zlCg&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Mar%20Awgin%27s%20feast%20day&f=false The Oxford History Of Christian Worship].'' Oxford University Press, 2006. p.165.) 
However based on the Syriac text, according to the ''Historia Monastica of Thomas Bishop of Marga'' (A.D. 840), it states that Mar Awgin died on the 21st of [[w:Nisan|Nisan]] in '''A.D. 363''', as an old man (while noting that there is some doubt about the accuracy of this date.<br>
:* ([[w:Toma bar Yacoub|Thomas Bishop of Marga]] A.D. 840. ''The Book of Governors.'' Transl. E.A. [[w:Wallis Budge|Wallis Budge]]. Vol. I. London, 1893. p. cxxxi.)</ref> also known as '''Awgin of Clysma''',<ref name=CLYSMA>[[w:Toma bar Yacoub|Thomas Bishop of Marga]] A.D. 840. ''The Book of Governors.'' Transl. E.A. [[w:Wallis Budge|Wallis Budge]]. Vol. II. London, 1893. p.694.</ref> '''Augin''', '''Eugenios''', or '''Eugene''' founded the first [[cenobitic]] [[monastery]] of Asia and is regarded as the founder of monasticism in [[w:Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]].<ref name="CLYSMA"/>

He is on the calendar of saints of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] and the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]], with a movable feast day.