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),recounts how the saint, in response to the imperial edict ordering sacrifice, refused to serve any longer and confronted the emperor. Written 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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