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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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Coptic tax receipt produced by a presbyter and a deacon from a monastery (topos) of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); datable to the 7th/8th century.

Evidence ID

E01920

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Fiscal document

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus sheet

CPR 4 11, line 4:

[- ca.19 -] ⲫⲁ̣ⲅ̣ⲓ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ [ⲑ]ⲉⲟⲇⲱ̣[ⲣⲉ -ca.?- ]

'… saint Theodore …'



CPR
4 11, lines 7–8:

ϩⲁ ⲡⲓⲧⲟⲡ̣ⲟ̣ⲥ̣ [ⲛ]ⲟⲩⲱⲧ ⲫ̣ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ [ -ca.?- ⲑⲉ]ⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉ

'… from the same monastery of saint […] Theodore …'




For a complete record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;11

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Source

Fragmentary papyrus document from Hermopolis, housed in the papyrus collection in Vienna. The document is dated on palaeographical grounds.


Bibliography

Text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;11

Further reading:
Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 423.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

12/10/2016

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00480Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and EuchaitaⲑⲉⲟⲇⲱⲣⲉUncertain


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