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Martyr · 4th century

Martyrs and Confessors Gurias Samonas, and Habibus of Edessa

Also known as Gourias · Shamuna · Habib the Deacon

Gurias and Samonas were arrested as Christian preachers under Diocletian, and Habibus the deacon suffered under Licinius; they are honored together as martyrs and confessors of Edessa, invoked for the protection of marriage.

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Notes

Named group kept as one row.

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