Demetrius of Thessaloniki
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Saint Demetrius of Thessalonica, also known as the Holy Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte, was a Greek Christian martyr of the early 4ᵗʰ century AD.
During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military... Wikipedia
Born: 270 AD, Thessaloniki, Greece
Died: Thessaloniki, Greece
Attributes: depicted wearing the armour of a Roman soldier, usually carrying a spear, often seated on a red horse
Major shrine: Hagios Demetrios, Thessaloniki
Venerated in: Eastern Orthodoxy; Oriental Orthodoxy; Roman Catholicism; Lutheran Church; Anglicanism