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Martyr · 17th century

Gabriel of Bialystok

Also known as Gabriel of Zabludow · Gabriel of Zverki

A young child of the Bialystok region (in the historic Grand Duchy of Lithuania) who died and is venerated as a martyr in the Russian, Belarusian, and Polish Orthodox tradition; he was glorified in 1820 and his relics are a focus of local pilgrimage.

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Flagged for clergy/editorial and source review before publication: the historical circumstances of his death are contested; only the fact of his death as a child and his canonical veneration as a martyr are stated here.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org