Zamudas of Jerusalem
Bishop of Jerusalem from 276 to 283
Feast: 19 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Zamudas (Zambdas, Zabdas, Bazas) of Jerusalem was the thirty-seventh bishop of Jerusalem. There are divergent dates on the period of his episcopate, with some sources placing it between 276 and 283, while one source dates it to as late as 302. He succeeded Hymenaeus as bishop. He is venerated as a saint and is connected with the legend of the Theban Legion.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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- The Roman Martyrology (English edition), 19 February — 'At Jerusalem, St. Zambdas, bishop.' — the bishop of Jerusalem; the 19 February feast matches.
- Wikidata Q136717 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Zamudas of Jerusalem (CC BY-SA)
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