Saint Eubulus
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Saint Eubulus
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Died March 7, 308, Palestine
Palestine
Palestine is a conventional name, among others, used to describe the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River, and various adjoining lands....

Feast
Calendar of saints
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March 7


Saint Eubulus was martyr
Martyr
A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

ed March 7, 308 at Caesarea Palestina. He had come from Magantia to visit the Christian congregation there, according to Christian legend. The judge who condemned him offered Eubulus the opportunity to go free if he sacrificed to an idol. Eubulus refused, and was martyred.

Another Greek Christian Eubulus receives passing mention in the Second Epistle to Timothy
Second Epistle to Timothy
The Second Epistle of Paul to Timothy, usually referred to simply as Second Timothy and often written 2 Timothy, is one of the three Pastoral Epistles traditionally attributed to Saint Paul, and is part of the New Testament...

, one of the three "pastoral epistles" traditionally attributed to Paul of Tarsus
Paul of Tarsus
Paul the Apostle , also known as Saul of Tarsus, is described in the Christian New Testament as one of the most influential early Christian missionaries, with the writings ascribed to him by the church forming a considerable portion of the New Testament...

. Other notable Greeks bearing the same name are noted at Eubulus
Eubulus
At least three notable persons of ancient Greece were named Eubulus:* Eubulus , Bithnyian banker and ruler of Atarneus* Eubulus , Athenian statesman* Eubulus , Middle Comedy poet...

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