Martyr
Nestabus
Martyr of Gaza
A martyr of Gaza, killed by pagans with his brothers Eusebius and Zeno, under Julian the Apostate.
- Feast
- September 21old style October 4
- Era
- 4th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Nestabus of Gaza died between 360 and 363, in the time of Julian the Apostate, together with his brothers Eusebius and Zeno, with Nestor and with Busiris, martyrs at Gaza in Palestine. The pagans seized them, beat them cruelly and killed them, and their bodies were burned and the bones mixed with those of animals. They are commemorated locally on 21 September, and in other calendars also on 26 December.
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