Triantaphyllos the Martyr (ca. 1665 – August 8, 1680) is a

martyr A martyr (, ''mártys'', "witness", or , ''marturia'', stem , ''martyr-'') is someone who suffers persecution and death for advocating, renouncing, or refusing to renounce or advocate, a religious belief or other cause as demanded by an externa ...

and saint of the

Greek Orthodox Church The term Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, ''Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía'', ) has two meanings. The broader meaning designates "the entire body of Orthodox (Chalcedonian) Christianity, sometimes also call ...

. He was born in Zagora, in then Ottoman-controlled

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, and was taken captive by the Turks one day while he was working as a fisherman. He was tortured when he refused to renounce his Christian faith and convert to

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

and was eventually killed by his captors.Child Saints.com

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* Παπαδόπουλος, Χρυσόστομος (1922). ''Οι νεομάρτυρες'' he Neomartyrs(in Greek). Athens. 1662 births 1680 deaths Greek Orthodox child saints 17th-century Christian saints Saints of Ottoman Greece Greek children Christian saints killed by Muslims Christians executed for refusing to convert to Islam Persecution of Christians in the Ottoman Empire Persecution of Eastern Orthodox Christians Greek saints of the Eastern Orthodox Church New Martyrs People from Zagora, Greece {{saint-stub