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Saint Nearchus
BornNearchus or Nearch (also written Neärchus or Neärch)
Cause of deathBurned alive
Feast22 April

Nearchus or Nearch (also written Neärchus or Neärch) was a third-century AD Armenian martyr and saint. He was a Roman army officer and friend of Polyeuctus, whom he had converted to the Christian faith. Nearchus was later burned alive. His feast day is on April 22.

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Saint Nearchus

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Nearchus or Nearch (also written Neärchus or Neärch) was a third-century AD Armenian martyr and saint. He was a Roman army officer and friend of Polyeuctus...

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Polyeuctus

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Valerian. Symeon Metaphrastes writes that, moved by the zeal of his friend Saint Nearchus, Polyeuctus had openly converted to Christianity. "Enflamed with zeal...

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Astola Island

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journey of Alexander's fleet after the Indian Campaign (325 BC), Admiral Nearchus is quoted as having anchored by an island named 'Carnine'. It was said...

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Kabirvad

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him. The place is a religious site as well as a popular tourist spot. Nearchus, an admiral of Alexander the Great, described a large specimen on the banks...

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Heraklion

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St. Peter Saint Mark's basilica Venetian Loggia Morosini fountain in Lions Square Venetian walls, Pantokratoras Gate Koules Fortress Saint Titus Cathedral...

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Persian Gulf

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time by Dr.Mohammad Ajam". Nearchus (2013). "The Voyage of Nearchus from the Indus to the Euphrates". The Voyage of Nearchus. 1 (1). "DZ – Livius". www...

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History of Crete

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was the site of the largest Christian basilica on Crete, the Basilica of Saint Titus, dedicated to the first Christian bishop in Crete, to whom the Apostle...

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Deaths of philosophers

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according to Valerius Maximus, was tortured and killed by the tyrant Nearchus, after biting off the tyrant's ear. 435 BCE – According to legend, Empedocles...

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Crete

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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...

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Herodotus

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Arrian, Strabo, Quintus, Diodorus, Siculus, Justin, Plutarch, Frontinus, Nearchus, Apollonius, Pliny, Ptolemy, Aelian, and others with maps. Calcutta, IN:...

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List of people from Crete

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victory, he ran for Ephesus. Eurybotas and Ombrion, generals of archers Nearchus admiral, geographer and explorer. Sibyrtius general and satrap of Arachosia...

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Lycia

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Great) of Macedon during 334–333 BC. During the Alexander the Great period, Nearchus was appointed viceroy of Lycia and of the land adjacent to it as far as...

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Knossos

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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...

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List of explorers

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Norwegian 19th/20th Arctic José María Narváez Spanish 18th Pacific Northwest Nearchus Greek 4th BC Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf Nehsi Egyptian 15th BC Land of Punt...

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USS Waddell

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sold to Greece and renamed Nearchos after the ancient Cretan admiral Nearchus. Nearchos was decommissioned from the Greek Navy on 3 June 2003 and scuttled...

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Karachi

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exists near the mouth of the Indus that could accommodate a large fleet. Nearchus, who commanded Alexander's naval fleet, also mentioned a hilly island by...

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Phaistos

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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...

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Names of the Greeks

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 66–67. ISBN 978-0-520-06550-5. E. g. Nearchus, who was from Crete, became a satrap of Lycia and Pamphylia. Entry"Nearchus', in Britannica. Arrian. Anabasis...

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Cretan cuisine

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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...

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List of people from Greece

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Pella Colaeus Demodamas Eudoxus of Cyzicus Euthymenes Hippalus Megasthenes Nearchus Patrocles the Geographer Pytheas Scylax Simmias Cosmas Indicopleustes Evstratii...

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Cretan lyra

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v t e Crete People Minos Epimenides Nearchus Georgios Chortatzis Vitsentzos Kornaros Marcus Musurus El Greco Cyril Lucaris Dimitrios Kallergis Eleftherios...

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Greeks

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Scylax of Caryanda who sailed to India, the navarch of Alexander the Great Nearchus, Megasthenes, explorer of India, later the 6th century merchant and monk...

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Chania

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fighting between the town's Christians and Muslims, 1897. The church of Saint Rocco in Splantzia. The Orthodox Cathedral. Prefecture building, Eleftherias...

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Karachi Harbour

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and serves as a shipping channel between the port and the Arabian Sea. Nearchus, who commanded Alexander the Great's naval fleet, mentioned a hilly island...

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Susa

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invasion of Alexander the Great of Macedon in 331 BC. In 324 BC he met Nearchus here, who explored the Persian Gulf[citation needed] as he returned from...

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