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Saint Govdelaas
4th Century Christian Saint from Persia
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Feast: 29 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
310
Died
330
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Religious person, soldier; born in Iran.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- Martyrology of the Order of Preachers (Roman Martyrology, 29 September) — "In Persia, the holy martyrs Dadas, a kinsman of King Sapor, Casdoa his wife, and Gabdelas his son" — 29 September, matching Govdelaas/Gabdelas, 4th-c Persian martyr, feast 29 Sept.
- Wikidata Q112884006 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.