Saint Dorotheus bishop of
Tyre (present-day
Lebanon
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; c. 255 – 362) is traditionally credited with an ''Acts'' of the
Seventy Apostles
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(which may be the same work as the lost ''
Gospel of the Seventy
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The Manicheans appear to have referred ...
''), who were sent out according to the ''
Gospel of Luke
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'' 10:1.
Dorotheus was a learned priest of
Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (; grc-gre, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, ''Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou'', Learned ; also Syrian Antioch) grc-koi, Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου; or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπ ...
(Eusebius, VII.32) and a eunuch. Dorotheus is said to have been driven into exile during the persecution of
Diocletian
Diocletian (; la, Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus, grc, Διοκλητιανός, Diokletianós; c. 242/245 – 311/312), nicknamed ''Iovius'', was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Gaius Valerius Diocles ...
, but later returned. He attended the
Council of Nicaea in 325, but was exiled to Odyssopolis (
Varna
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* Varna (Šaba ...
) on the
Black Sea
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in
Thrace
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by
Julian the Apostate
Julian ( la, Flavius Claudius Julianus; grc-gre, Ἰουλιανός ; 331 – 26 June 363) was Roman emperor from 361 to 363, as well as a notable philosopher and author in Greek. His rejection of Christianity, and his promotion of Neoplato ...
. There the 107-year-old priest was
martyr
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ed for his faith. His
feast day
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is observed June 5 according to the
Gregorian calendar
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which coincides with June 18 on the
Julian calendar
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.
See also
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Pseudo-Dorotheus
A number of late 3rd-century Christian works are pseudepigraphically attributed to Dorotheus of Tyre. These works describe the lives of the Apostles and their disciples, including tradition about Barnabas living in Rome
, established_title ...
, works pseudepigraphically attributed to Dorotheus of Tyre
*
4th century in Lebanon
This article lists historical events that occurred between 301–400 in modern-day Lebanon or regarding Lebanese people, its people. Administration
Diocletian (r. 284–305) separated the district of Batanaea and gave it to Arabia Petraea, Arabia ...
References
External links
Henry Wace, ''Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D.'' The "Synopsis" of Dorotheus of Tyre, article by Roger Pearse
255 births
362 deaths
Lebanese saints
Syrian Christian saints
Saints from Roman Anatolia
4th-century Christian saints
Roman Thrace
People from Tyre, Lebanon
4th-century Syrian bishops
Lebanese centenarians
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