Abba Silvanus (d. before 414) was a Palestinian Christian monk who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries. He was one of the Desert Fathers. Silvanus was...
called saint Silvanus (not to be confused with Abba Silvanus) is said to have been killed with thirty-nine other martyrs in the copper mines of Phaeno around...
Egyptian monk and a Desert Father. He was disciple of the hermit SilvanusofGaza, became the spiritual guide of the famous Georgian Peter the Iberian and is...
303. The first bishop ofGaza was Philemon, believed to have been one of the 72 disciples, but the first cleric was Saint Silvanus who, during the persecution...
305 SilvanusofGaza, 311 In his Church History, Eusebius discusses the martyrdoms at Nicomedia, naming two: Gorgonius of Nicomedia, 304 Anthimus of Nicomedia...
347–420) was bishop ofGaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city ofGaza, and demolishing...
Philemon of Egypt Poemen Serapion of Thmuis Serapion the Sindonite SilvanusofGaza Sisoes the Great Spyridon Theodore of Eleutheropolis Theodore of Enaton...
the Gaza Strip and Negev region of Palestine and Israel. Wadi Gaza is a wadi (river valley) that divides the northern and southern ends of the Gaza Strip...
Barsanuphius of Palestine, Barsanuphius ofGaza or Barsanuphius the Great (in Eastern Orthodoxy), was a Christian hermit and writer of the sixth century...
sticks. In 307, Silvanus, a priest ofGaza together with his fellow colleagues were burned with a red hot iron the nerves of one of the hamstrings, while...
named Saul 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...
account of which they also suffered martyrdom, the one being burned, and the other being crucified on an olive tree. Silas, bishop of Corinth Silvanus, bishop...
Euprepius of Egypt Helladius Evagrius Ponticus Eudaemon Zeno ofGaza Zachariah the Recluse Isaiah ofGaza Elias the Hermit Heraclides Theodore of Pherme...
Simon Magus being one of his converts. He afterwards was told by an angel of the Lord to go to the road between Jerusalem and Gaza. There he instructed...
of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to tradition, he was a soldier in the Roman army. Of Cappadocian...
the Great (died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According to the New Testament, he was the second of the apostles to die (after Judas...
martyred by her father. The story of Dymphna was first recorded in the 13th century by a canon of the Church of Aubert of Avranches at Cambrai, France. It...
of Coptic letters. Jude (Greek: Ἰούδας Ἰακώβου translit. Ioúdas Iakóbou; Syriac/Aramaic: ܝܗܘܕܐ translit. Yahwada) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus...
angels announced,˺ "O Zachariah! Indeed, We give you the good news of ˹the birth of˺ a son, whose name will be John—a name We have not given to anyone...
a list of the names of 51 students who attended the law school of Beirut; these students came from twenty different Roman provinces. Some of those students...
The concept of Seven Archangels is found in some works of early Jewish literature and in Christianity. In those texts, they are referenced as the angels...
– To Hedibia) Some have seen a reference to the use of a secretary in the sentence: "By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written...
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