Question: Facts: - imagesize: 200px - death place: heraclea pontica - venerated in: eastern orthodox church roman catholic church - patronage: soldiers - caption: st. st. theodore the black . theodore stratelates from the personal gospel book of - feast day: 8 rite but not now liturgically celebrated in the western church february , formerly 7 february in the latin - death date: 319 - attributes: dressed , or as a civilian as a warrior , with spear and shield - titles: great martyr - birth date: ? - name: theodore stratelates - image: fyodorstratelate.jpg - birth place: unknown Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of theodore stratelates .
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theodore stratelates -lrb- in greek , , translated as -lrb- '' '' the general '' '' or '' '' military commander '' '' -rrb- , also known as theodore of heraclea , is a martyr and warrior saint venerated with the title great-martyr in the eastern orthodox church , eastern catholic and roman catholic churches .there is much confusion between him and st. theodore of amasea and they were in fact probably the same person , whose legends later diverged into two separate traditions .