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Saint Silvanus of Gaza

Also known as

Sylvain
Sylvano

4 May

Profile

Bishop of Gaza. Branded and sentenced to forced labour with 39 of his clergy by command of Caesar Galerius Maximian during the persecutions of Diocletian. Martyred with 39 fellow Christians.

beheaded at the mines of Phennes in Palestine

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Roman Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

sites en français
- La fête des prénoms

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Silvanus of Gaza“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 February 2024. Web. 18 May 2024. <>