Martyr
Florian
A soldier martyr of Palestine, put to death for Christ by the Arabs around 638.
- Feast
- December 17old style December 30
- Reposed
- 6387th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Florian was a soldier of Palestine, put to death for Christ by the Arabs around 638. One note says that he died in 638 at Eleutheropolis (today Bayt Jibrin) in Palestine.
No other details of his life survive in the sources at hand. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church in the Western calendars.
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