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Julianus and Longinus the Missionaries

VI Century
Julian was director of the Miaphysite mission sent to Nubia by the Empress Theodora. Longinus succeeded him. They evangelised Nobadia and Alodia, successfully converting the Nobadian king (probably Silko).
Under construction --- far from complete! Read with caution.

ABOUT:
- Michael Gratsianskiy: Justinian's Missionary Efforts: The Case of Nobatia, (2006). (PDF) 21st Int'l Congr. Byz. Stud., London, 2006. --- Byzantine Congress
- John of Ephesus: Historia Ecclesiastica, Book IV. Polemical anti-Chalcedonian account of the conversion of Nubia.

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