Besas, Decian martyr of Egypt
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posted on 2015-04-23, 00:00 authored by CSLA AdminAll evidence related to Besas, Decian martyr of Egypt.
History
Saint ID
S00220Gender
- Male
Type of Saint
MartyrsName in other Language(s)
Βησᾶς, martyr of Egypt - Greek (Original Alphabet)Death After
251Death Before
250Related Evidence Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00277_Eusebius_of_Caesarea_in_his_Ecclesiastical_History_quotes_a_letter_in_Greek_by_Dionysios_bishop_of_Alexandria_Egypt_who_in_250_1_informs_Phabios_bishop_of_Antioch_Syria_about_martyrdoms_in_Egypt_during_the_recent_Decian_persecution_2/13797056
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01849_Fragment_from_the_beginning_of_Coptic_Martyrdom_of_Besamon_young_soldier_in_Egypt_S00938_who_refuses_to_serve_any_longer_and_to_act_according_to_the_imperial_edict_composed_most_likely_during_the_5th_7th_century_/13811336
