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Zamudas of Jerusalem

Bishop of Jerusalem from 276 to 283

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 19 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
300
Died
300
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Zamudas (Zambdas, Zabdas, Bazas) of Jerusalem was the thirty-seventh bishop of Jerusalem. There are divergent dates on the period of his episcopate, with some sources placing it between 276 and 283, while one source dates it to as late as 302. He succeeded Hymenaeus as bishop. He is venerated as a saint and is connected with the legend of the Theban Legion.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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