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Hormizd, the Martyr
SaintDate unknown
Feast: 8 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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Beatified
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Canonised
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Who they were
Hormizd, the Persian Martyr is a Church of the East saint of the fifth century (c. 420). A martyrdom act covering the history of the life and martyrdom of Hormizd the Persian was written by Theodoret, in his Historia Ecclesiastica.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Rabban Hormizd Saint“Thomas accepted it or not, the Synod of Diamper strategically substituted the Rabban Hormizd with the name of Hormizd, the martyr in 1599 in order to assure that the Christians "are saved" from every Nestorian influence.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Wikidata Q24932361 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hormizd the Martyr (CC BY-SA)
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