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Eusebius's account of Procopius's martyrdom also exists in medieval Syriac, Georgian, and Latin translations. Later legendary and contradictory accounts claimed that he was either a
601: 212:. One myth claimed that he slew around 6,000 barbarian invaders simply by showing them the cross. Another account, clearly borrowed off of the life of the 371: 581: 561: 454: 180:, and cured those possessed of evil spirits." Eusebius wrote that Procopius was sent with his companions from Scythopolis to 596: 393: 529: 176:, but had gone to live in Scythopolis, where he held three ecclesiastical offices. He was reader and interpreter in the 571: 424: 475: 415: 512: 576: 566: 586: 162: 314: 591: 326: 283: 158: 8: 556: 353: 213: 113: 106: 98: 420: 410: 269: 257: 181: 94: 90: 80: 146: 533: 397: 177: 295: 275: 265: 244: 216:, claimed that he was a persecutor of Christians originally named Neanias whom 130: 526: 390: 550: 409:
Kazhdan, Alexander; Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson (1991). "Prokopios, saint". In
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listed the saint under 8 July. His name and date were added to the
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erected a church dedicated in honor of him in AD 484. His
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Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea, in Palestine
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Caesarea Maritima
Roman Catholicism
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martyr
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exorcist
Scythopolis
Eusebius of Caesarea
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Jerusalem
Syriac language
Caesarea Maritima
decapitated
soldier saint
ascetic
Persian

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