Name
Maior, martyr of Gaza
Saint ID
S03093
Reported Death Not After
400
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E08566 | The Greek Life of Porphyrios (bishop of Gaza, ob. 420, S01368), attributed to Mark the Deacon, is written, telling how pagan Gaza was converted to Christianity and how the great temple of Marnas was destroyed and replaced by a church. Written probably in Gaza, in the 2nd half of the 5th c., or first half of the 6th. | E08573 | In the Greek Life of *Porphyrios of Gaza (bishop of Gaza, ob. 420, S01368), attributed to Mark the Deacon, the saint leads a supplicatory procession out of the city of Gaza to the martyrium church of *Timotheos (martyr of Gaza, S00122), where there are also relics of *Maior (martyr of Gaza, S03093) and Theē (confessor of Gaza, S03099). Written probably in Gaza, in the second half of the 5th c. or first half of the 6th. |
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