Peter of Capitolias

Peter of Capitolias was an 8th-century Christian saint. He was born in Capitolias, in what is today Jordan, married and became the father of three children. After the death of his wife, he became a monk and, according to some traditions, was later consecrated bishop of Bosra.

He was executed by stoning in Bosra for criticizing Islam. His feast day is January 13[1] or October 4.[2] Before his execution, he was successively interrogated by the governor of the Jund al-Urdunn district, Umar ibn al-Walid, his deputy Zur'a and finally Caliph al-Walid I (r. 705–715).[3][4]

References
  1. Roman Martyrology
  2. A New Dictionary of the Saints: East and West, by Michael J. Walsh
  3. Sahner, Christian C. (2020) Christian Martyrs Under Islam: Religious Violence and the Making of the Muslim World, p. 167.
  4. Hugh N. Kennedy, The Byzantine and Early Islamic Near East, Ashgate Publishing 2006, p. 333.
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