Name
Varos, martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine
Saint ID
S01212
Number in BH
G 1862 - 1863
Reported Death Not Before
305
Reported Death Not After
307
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E02382 | Floor-mosaics with Greek inscriptions commemorating the restoration of a church, probably dedicated to *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212). Found at Khilda in the western suburbs of Amman/Philadelphia (Roman province of Arabia). Dated 687. | E03157 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 20 May *Isidoros (probably the soldier and martyr of Chios, S00425) and *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt, buried in Palestine, S01212). | E03578 | Greek inscription with the name of 'saint *Ouaros/Varos' (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine,S01212. Precise find-spot unknown (the region of Hebron), often wrongly ascribed to Khirbet Suweikeh near Ramallah, to the north-west of Jerusalem (Samaria, Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 6th-7th c. | E03746 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 21 May *Isidoros (martyr of Chios, S00425) and *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), the Empress Theodora, *Constantine (emperor, ob. 337, S00186), and *Helena (empress and mother of Constantine, ob. 328, S00185). | E03905 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 October *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia,S01323), *Micah (Old Testament Prophet, S01236), *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), *Markianos (martyr of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554). | E06672 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Varos and Kleopatra (martyr of Egypt and saint of Palestine, S02514). Skeleton entry |
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