Name
Bousiris, confessor of Ancyra, ob. late 4th c.
Saint ID
S01567
Reported Death Not Before
379
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
"Confessors"
| ID | Title | E04103 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (5.7-11), lists martyrs and confessors who suffered under Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), probably using hagiographies about them. These are *Georgios (Arian bishop of Alexandria, S01145), Theodoros/Theodoretos (martyr of Antioch, S01382), the brothers *Eusebios, Nestavos and Zenon, and Nestor (martyrs of Gaza in Palestine, S01653), *Hilarion (anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, ob. 371, S00099), *Virgin Martyrs of Heliopolis-Baalbek (S01564), *Markos (bishop and confessor of Arethousa in Syria, S01563), *Makedonios, Theodoulos and Tatianos (martyrs of Meros in Phrygia, west central Asia Minor,S01566), *Bousiris the Encratite (confessor of Ancyra, central Asia Minor, S01567), the presbyter *Basileios of Ancyra (martyr, S01565), and *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia in Cappadocia, central Asia Minor, S00470). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. |
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