Razhden the Protomartyr
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Razhden (Georgian: რაჟდენი, romanized: razhdeni, also transliterated as Ražden or Rajden; died c. 457) was a 5th-century Persian nobleman in the service of the Georgian king Vakhtang I of Iberia and a convert to Christianity who was executed by the Sassanid military in Iberia. He was canonized by the Georgian Orthodox Church as St. Razhden the Protomartyr (რაჟდენ პირველმოწამე, razhden pirvelmotsame), with his feast day marked on August 16 (O.S. August 3).[1]
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Razhden the Protomartyr | |
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Protomartyr of Persia | |
Died | August 3, c. 457 Tsromi |
Venerated in | Georgian Orthodox Church |
Feast | August 16 (3) |
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