On Mount Olympus, in Bithynia, saint Jorge Limniota, monk, who, having rebuked the wicked Emperor León III by destroying the sacred images and burn the relics of the Saints, by mandate of this and for this cause, having it amputated nose and burned the head, emigrated as a martyr to the Lord (c. 730).
Celebration | 24 of August Saints of the day |
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Name |
Jorge is a man's name.
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Death | on year 730 in Bitinia in current Turkey Saints dead in Turkey |
Process | We have no record of his canonization process. |