Saint Varus
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Saint Varus — early Christian saint
, soldier and martyr
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According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt
who had the task of guarding a group of monks awaiting execution. When one of the monks died while incarcerated, Varus embraced the Christian faith and asked to be able to fill the place of the deceased. He was taken and hanged from a tree.
Feastday: October 19
Saint
A saint is a holy person. In various religions, saints are people who are believed to have exceptional holiness.In Christian usage, "saint" refers to any believer who is "in Christ", and in whom Christ dwells, whether in heaven or in earth...
, soldier and martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...
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According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt is the strip of land, on both sides of the Nile valley, that extends from the cataract boundaries of modern-day Aswan north to the area between El-Ayait and Zawyet Dahshur . The northern section of Upper Egypt, between El-Ayait and Sohag is sometimes known as Middle Egypt...
who had the task of guarding a group of monks awaiting execution. When one of the monks died while incarcerated, Varus embraced the Christian faith and asked to be able to fill the place of the deceased. He was taken and hanged from a tree.
Feastday: October 19
See also
- Saint CleopatraSaint CleopatraSaint Cleopatra was a Christian Saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Orthodox Christianity who lived between the 3rd century and 4th century.Cleopatra originally came from a village called Edra near Mount Tabor...
— witnessed the suffering and execution of Saint Varus. - Lectionary 211Lectionary 211Lectionary 211, designated by siglum ℓ 211 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...