Abba Silvanus (died before 414) was a Palestinian Christian monk who lived during the 4th and 5th centuries. He was one of the Desert Fathers. Silvanus was...

Silvanus of Gaza, also Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza was bishop of Gaza and a martyr during the Great Persecution, together with 39 other Christians. He...

seven sons of Saint Felicitas of Rome (2nd century) Silvanus of Gaza (hieromartyr) (died c. 311), saint, martyr and bishop of Gaza Silvanus of Ahun (died...

Egyptian monk and a Desert Father. He was disciple of the hermit Silvanus of Gaza, became the spiritual guide of the famous Georgian Peter the Iberian and is...

called saint Silvanus (not to be confused with Abba Silvanus) is said to have been killed with thirty-nine other martyrs in the copper mines of Phaeno around...

303. The first bishop of Gaza was Philemon, believed to have been one of the 72 disciples, but the first cleric was Saint Silvanus who, during the persecution...

305 Silvanus of Gaza, 311 In his Church History, Eusebius discusses the martyrdoms at Nicomedia, naming two: Gorgonius of Nicomedia, 304 Anthimus of Nicomedia...

Latin: Silvanus Polish: Sylwan Slovachian/German: Silvan Hungary: Szilvánusz The name derives from the Latin name Silvanus, based on the adjective of the...

Macrobius, and 60 others, monks at Scythopolis of Palestine (beginning of the 4th century) Hieromartyr Silvanus of Gaza, bishop, and with him 40 martyrs (311)...

 347–420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing...