Name
Besamon, soldier and martyr of Egypt
Saint ID
S00938
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E01849 | Fragment from the beginning of a Coptic Martyrdom of *Besamon (soldier and martyr of Egypt, S00938), who refuses to serve any longer and to act according to the imperial edict; composed probably in the 5th/7th c., preserved in a manuscript of the 9th/11th c. | E04132 | Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a presbyter of an institution dedicated to saint Pesamou (perhaps *Besamon, soldier and martyr of Egypt, Basilides, S00938); datable to the 7th/8th century. |
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