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Great Martyr · 17th century
Greatmartyr Bidzini and Martyrs Elizabar and Shalvi of Georgia
Also known as Prince Bidzini · Prince Elizabar · Prince Shalvi
Georgian nobles who resisted Persian oppression and were tortured and killed for refusing to abandon Christ.
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Notes
Named group kept as one row; distinct from Shalva of Akhaltsikhe (OS-1377).
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints