Family and Home
He was born around 400 in Bethelia, a small town near Gaza, into a wealthy Christian family of Palestine.
What he has to tell us of the history of Southern Palestine was derived from oral tradition. He appears familiar with the region around Gaza, and mentions having seen Bishop Zeno of Majuma, the seaport of Gaza.
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