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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Thee, confessor of Gaza

Saint ID

S03099

Reported Death Not After

400

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
"Confessors"
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E08566The 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.
E08573In 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.