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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Greek order of payment, from Arsinoe (Fayum), concerning grain mentioning a church of *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641); datable to the 7th/8th century.

Evidence ID

E01913

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private document

BGU 2 688 (SPP 8 1140), line 2:

τῆ(ς) ἁγί(ας) ἐκκλησί(ας) τ(ο)ῦ ἁγί(ου) Κολλούθου

'… of the holy church of the holy Kollouthos'


For a full record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/stud.pal;8;1140

Cult Places

Cult building - independent (church)

Source

Parchment document from Arsinoe housed at the papyrus collection in Berlin. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.


Bibliography

Text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/stud.pal;8;1140

Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 420.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

11/10/2016

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00641Kollouthos, physician and martyr of AntinoopolisΚολλοῦθοςUncertain


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