Life of Holy Martyr Varus. Reprinted From Orthodox Life Vol. 44, No5 - October 1994 Catholic saints: St. Varus The Cult of St. Varus Varys the Martyr...
Varus may refer to: Var River or Varus, a river in France Stura di Lanzo or Varus, a river in Italy Varus deformity, a medical term for the inward angulation...
She was a contemporary of the holy martyr SaintVarus and had witnessed his suffering and execution. After Varus' death, Cleopatra had his remains taken...
Saint George (Greek: Γεώργιος, translit. Geṓrgios; died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint...
Church honors Thaddeus along with Saint Bartholomew as its patron saints. In the Catholic Church, he is the patron saint of desperate cases and lost causes...
also known as James, son of Zebedee, Saint James the Great, Saint James the Greater, Saint James the Elder, or Saint Jacob or Santiago. James was the son...
Matthew the Apostle (Saint Matthew) is named in the New Testament as one of the twelve apostles of Jesus. According to Christian traditions, he was also...
אַנדּרֵאוָס; Classical Syriac: ܐܰܢܕ݁ܪܶܐܘܳܣ, romanized: ʾAnd'reʾwās), also called Saint Andrew, was an apostle of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was...
Rictius Varus (Rictiovarus, Rixius Varus, Rexius Vicarius) was a Vicarius in Roman Gaul at the end of the 3rd century, around the time of the Diocletianic...
Dymphna is a Christian saint honoured in Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions. According to tradition, she lived in the 7th century and was martyred...
one of the favourite and most widely venerated saints of that martyred group. He is the patron saint of several professions, locales, and kingdoms. According...
The military saints, warrior saints and soldier saints are patron saints, martyrs and other saints associated with the military. They were originally...
to traditional accounts of the Saint Thomas Christians of modern-day states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in India, Saint Thomas travelled outside the Roman...
spelled Katherine (Greek: Αίκατερίνη) is, according to tradition, a Christian saint and virgin, who was martyred in the early fourth century at the hands of...
of Tarsus; c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century...
250 AD) was a Roman soldier of Scythian descent who became a Christian saint and martyr. He was born in the city of Eskentos in Cappadocia, in Eastern...
Mark the Evangelist also known as John Mark or Saint Mark, is the person who is traditionally ascribed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark. Modern...
Philippian Fast), the Fast is Eastern equivalent of Western Advent. Saint Philip is the patron saint of hatters. Gospel of Philip List of biblical figures identified...
buried underneath the ruins of Saint Porphyrius' Church, in Gaza City, in Palestine. A street in Zejtun, Malta, bears the saint's name. Gaza had a history as...
exist about the mission of Saint Bartholomew in India. These are by the Eusebius of Caesarea (early 4th century) and by Saint Jerome (late 4th century)...
c. 100 AD; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ;), also known as Saint John the Beloved and, in Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Saint John the Theologian, was one of the Twelve...
المصريةالمصرية; Amharic/Geez: ቅድስት ማርያም ግብፃዊት) would have been an Egyptian grazer saint dwelling in Palestine during Late antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. She...
themselves and also to aid the poor. Their success attracted the ire of Rictus Varus, governor of Belgic Gaul, who had them tortured and thrown into the river...
James Tissot, Saint Simon, Brooklyn Museum Statue of Saint Simon in the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran by Francesco Moratti. Saint Simon the Zealot's...
Christian monk from Egypt, revered since his death as a saint. He is distinguished from other saints named Anthony, such as Anthony of Padua, by various epithets:...
Saint Apollonia (Greek: 'Αγία Απολλωνία, Coptic: Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲁⲡⲟⲗⲗⲟⲛⲓⲁ) was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising...
He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist Christian traditions, Saint John by certain Catholic...
Saint Fana, also known as Abu Fana, Abu Fanah, or Apa Bane (Coptic: ⲡⲓⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲃⲁⲛⲉ; c. 354–395) was a Coptic hermit. The Monastery of Saint Fana in the...
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