Saint Gobron | |
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 St Michael-Gobron in military attire | |
| Died | November 17, 914 |
| Venerated in | Georgian Orthodox Church |
| Feast | November 17 (O.S.) |
Gobron (Georgian: გობრონი, romanized: gobroni) also known as Mikel-Gobron or Michael-Gobron (მიქელ-გობრონი) (died November 17, 914) was a Christian Georgian military commander who led the defense of the fortress of Q'ueli against the Sajid emir of Azerbaijan. When the fortress fell after a 28-day-long siege, Gobron was captured and beheaded, having rejected inducements to convert to Islam. Shortly after his death Gobron became the subject of the hagiography authored by Bishop Stephen of T'beti[1] and a saint of the Georgian Orthodox Church, which commemorates him on November 17 (O.S., which equates to November 30 on the Gregorian calendar).[2] His martyrdom is also mentioned by the medieval Georgian and Armenian chronicles.[3]
- ^ Rayfield, Donald (2000), The Literature of Georgia: A History, pp. 48-9. Routledge, ISBN 0-7007-1163-5.
- ^ Machitadze, Archpriest Zakaria (2006), "Great-Martyr Mikael-Gobron and his 133 Soldiers (†914)", in The Lives of the Georgian Saints Archived 2008-06-14 at the Wayback Machine. pravoslavie.ru. Retrieved on 2011-11-26.
- ^ (in Georgian) Tsagareishvili, Elene (2010). მიქელ-გობრონი (Mikel-Gobron). ქართველი ისტორიული მოღვაწენი (Georgian Historical Figures) by Georgian National Center of Manuscripts. Accessed November 26, 2011.