Gregentios of Himyaritia

Our father among the saints Gregentios of Himyaritia , also Gregentios of Taphar , Gregentios of Ethiopia , Gregentius of Himyar , Gregentius Tephrensis , Grigentius of Omir , Gregory of Omiritia , or Gregory of Omirits , was the missionary Bishop of Himyaritia ( Homer, Omirits , in Sourthern Arabia ) for over thirty years in the sixth century, when the area was under Aksumite control, playing an important role in the restoration of Orthodox Christianity there after the persecution of Dunaan ( Dhû Nuwâs ).
Saint Gregentios was filled with the grace of God and possessed the gifts of healing and wonderworking even in his youth. By the grace of God , he accomplished his mission with much zeal and great fruition, bringing into bosom of the Church a great number of the Jews of that area. He reposed peacefully in the year 552 AD, and his feast day is celebrated annually on December 19 .