Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
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Hieromartyr Phocas was born in the city of Sinope in northern Anatolia. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same name: a Phocas of Antioch, Phocas, Bishop of Sinope, and P
Saint Phocas of Sinope, traditionally shown with a book and a paddle.
Saint Phocas
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Phocas, sometimes called Phocas the Gardener, is venerated as a martyr and saint by the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches. His life and legend may have been a fusion of three men with the same na
The execution of Phocas, illustrated in the 11th century Menologion of Basil II