Gregentius of Taphar
archbishop of Zafar, Himyar and saint
Feast: 19 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gregentios (Greek: Γρηγέντιος) was the purported archbishop of Ẓafār, the capital of the kingdom of Ḥimyar, in the mid-6th century, according to a hagiographical dossier compiled in the 10th century. This compilation is essentially legendary and fictitious, although a few parts of it are of historical value. Written in Greek, it survives also in a Slavonic translation. The three works in the dossier are conventionally known as the Bios (Life), Nomoi (Laws) and Dialexis (Debate), respectively a biography of Gregentios (sometimes called the Life of Saint Gregentios), the laws he wrote for the kingdom and a debate he had with a Jew.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- santiebeati.it, 'San Gregenzio di Tafar, Vescovo' — 'San Gregenzio di Tafar, Vescovo, festa 19 dicembre' — the archbishop of Zafar in Himyar, feast 19 December exactly as in the entry. The hagiographical dossier is largely legendary, but the veneration is carried in the Catholi
- Wikidata Q1545017 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Gregentios (CC BY-SA)
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