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Saint Demetrius II the Self-Sacrificing King of Georgia
Also known as Demetre II of Georgia · Demetrius the Self-Sacrificing · Tavdadebuli
King of Georgia and great-grandson of Holy Queen Tamar, who reigned as a vassal under the Mongol Ilkhans. Summoned before the Khan and aware that he faced death, he gave himself up to spare his people from reprisal and was beheaded in 1289, earning the title Tavdadebuli, 'the self-sacrificing.'
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Notes
Demetre II the Self-Sacrificing (reposed 1289). Distinct from King Demetre I (Damiane), the monk-hymnographer commemorated May 23. This row was previously conflated with Demetre I; its biography has been corrected.
Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints; en.wikipedia.org