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* '' Eudoxiana '', a large beautiful church in Gaza having thirty-two large marble columns, erected at the expense of Empress [[w:Aelia Eudoxia|Aelia Eudoxia]] during the tenure of Bp. [[Porphyrios of Gaza]] and dedicated on [[Pascha]], 407 AD.<ref>Great Synaxaristes: {{el icon}} ''[http://synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/2244/sxsaintinfo.aspx Ὁ Ἅγιος Πορφύριος Ἐπίσκοπος Γάζης].'' 26 Φεβρουαρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.</ref><ref group="note">The church was constructed directly upon the ruins of The Marneion, the temple sacred to [[w:Zeus|Zeus Marnas]], who was the local Hellenistic incarnation of [[w:Dagon|Dagon]]. It was the last surviving great cult center of paganism, and was burned by order of the Roman emperor in 402 AD. After the Muslim conquest in the 7th century, the '''Church of St. Porphyrios''' ('' '''Eudoxiana''' '') was transformed into the '''[[w:Great Mosque of Gaza|Great Mosque of Gaza]]'''.</ref>
* [[w:Eudoxias|Eudoxias]], a city and bishopric in the late Roman province of Galatia Secunda, in Asia Minor.
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