Name
Kyrillos, bishop and martyr of Gortyn
Saint ID
S00396
Number in BH
BHG 467
Reported Death Not Before
304
Reported Death Not After
304
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00600 | Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting *Kyrillos (possibly the bishop and martyr of Gortyn, Crete, S00396), with an inscription describing him as a bishop, and indicating June or July as the month of his festival. | E06913 | The Greek homiletic Martyrdom of *Kyrillos (bishop and martyr of Gortyna in Crete, S00396), based on a possibly 4th c. account, recounts the martyrdom of an elderly bishop who was executed and buried on a high mountain. Probably written in Crete. |
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