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E00472: Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine includes the story of *one hundred and thirty confessors from Egypt, who suffered in Palestine and Cilicia in 309 (unnamed confessors, S00184). Written in 311 in Caesarea (Palestine); written in Greek, but parts of the text survive only in Syriac.
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posted on 2015-05-06, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiEusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, 8.13
Summary:
In the sixth year of the Great Persecution, a group of one hundred and thirty Christians were transferred from Egypt to Palestine. After the tendons of their left ankles were destroyed with hot irons and their left eyes plucked out, some of these confessors were dispatched to the copper mines in Palestine, while others were sent to Cilicia, 'to be chastised with wicked and shameful sufferings'.
Summary: Sergey Minov
Summary:
In the sixth year of the Great Persecution, a group of one hundred and thirty Christians were transferred from Egypt to Palestine. After the tendons of their left ankles were destroyed with hot irons and their left eyes plucked out, some of these confessors were dispatched to the copper mines in Palestine, while others were sent to Cilicia, 'to be chastised with wicked and shameful sufferings'.
Summary: Sergey Minov
History
Evidence ID
E00472Saint Name
Anonymous confessors : S00184Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
- Greek