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Hieromartyr Paphnutius of Jerusalem

Also known as Paphnutius the Hieromartyr

A bishop tortured and beheaded for confessing Christ during the Diocletian persecution.

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Distinct from St. Paphnutius the Confessor of Thebes (the bishop at Nicaea I).

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (Apr 19); GOARCH calendar