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Gurias
ascetic and martyr at Edessa
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 15 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Edessa in ancient Syria, the holy martyrs Gurias, an ascetic, and Samonas, who, under the emperor Diocletian, after long and cruel torments, were condemned to death by the prefect Misianus and beheaded with the sword.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 15 November as an ascetic at Edessa in ancient Syria who was beheaded under the emperor Diocletian after long and cruel torments.
Sources
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.