Peter Abselamus also called, "the Standard Bearer", was a Christian

Christian

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 martyr

Martyr

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. He was born near Eleutheropolis

Eleutheropolis

Eleutheropolis was the Greek name of a Roman city in Israel, some 53 km southwest of Jerusalem. Its remains still straddle the ancient road to Gaza. The site— already rendered as Baitogabra in Ptolemy's Geography— was called Beit Guvrin and Bet Gubrin in the Talmud...

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There is substantial disagreement regarding his death. The account in his Acta Sanctorum

Acta Sanctorum

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 indicate that he was tortured and killed at Aulana, near Hebron

Hebron

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, and later crucified

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. Another account, in Eusebius of Caesarea

Eusebius of Caesarea

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's History of the Martyrs in Palestine, indicates he was burned alive in Caesarea.

Louis-Sébastien Le Nain de Tillemont

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 has stated that two different people are mentioned in the accounts. He stated that Peter Abselamus was crucified at Aulana, and that a different person, Peter Absalon, was burned at Caesarea.

The martyr at Aulana is commemorated as a saint

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, with a feast day of January 3. The martyr at Caesarea's feast day is January 13.