Name
Paulos, Bilos, Theon and Iron, martyrs of Tanis
Saint ID
S00982
Reported Death Not Before
286
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01718 | The Martyrdom of *Paulos, Bilos, Teon, Iron, and companions (martyrs from Tanis in Egypt, S00982), surviving only in Georgian, recounts their martyrdom in Thessalonike under the emperor Maximian, and the subsequent translation of their bodies back to Tanis. The text dates from the 8th c. at the latest. | E03788 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 July in Kariath-Jearim the feast of the Arc of the Covenant, also *Theodore (soldier and martyr in Amasea and Euchaita, S00480) or *Theodora (Roman empress, wife of Justinian, ob. 548, S01608), *Paulos (martyr in Tanis, S00982), *Bilos (martyr in Tanis, S00983), *Teon (martyr in Tanis, S00984), *Iron (martyr in Tanis, S00985), and their companions, martyrs of Tanis, Egypt, also the Mother of God of Vlacherna, and, as an addition, Basil, the 9th c. bishop of Jerusalem. |
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