Martyr
Peter of Blachernae
Christian of Blachernae, martyred for the faith of Christ.
Life
Holy Martyr Peter of Blachernae suffered in the year 761, in the Blachernae quarter, for the veneration of the holy icons, in the time of the iconoclast emperor Constantine Copronymus. According to the page, he was beaten with thongs of sinew.
Nothing of his earlier life is kept in this record. He is commemorated on 29 May, in the new style, but his name has not been entered in the present calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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