Eusebius of Caesarea and the christian martyrs of Palestine
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This bishop of Caesarea has left us a prolific analysis of the persecution decreed against the Christians in his time, as well as a complete description of the martyrs it caused.
More extensively than with regard to the Christians of other regions of the eastern provinces (Phoenicia, Egypt, Thebaid and Phrygia), who are recorded in his Ecclesiastical History, he devoted a detailed and monographic account to those who suffered accusation, trial and condemnation in various cities of the Roman province of Palestine (On the Martyrs of Palestine).
Furthermore, this description is the best account of the events connected with the persecution in the empire following the issuing of four edicts from 303 onwards and the consequences that followed in the following months against the members of their communities.
It is not possible to estimate the number of Palestinian citizens who would suffer martyrdom both in Caesarea Maritima, as administrative capital, and in Gaza, Jerusalem and other population centres during a short period of time (the first decade of the 4th century).
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EUSEBIO DE CESAREA, Sobre los mártires de Palestina 1-13.