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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic acknowledgement of a debt addressed to the monastery of *Theodore (probably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt); datable to the 7th century.

Evidence ID

E01922

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Other private document

CPR 4 93, lines 1–2:

ⲛⲡⲇⲓⲕⲁⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲫⲁⲅⲓ(ⲟⲥ) ⲑⲉⲱⲇⲟⲣⲉ ⲛ̣ϣⲧⲉϩ

'… to the juridical body (
dikaion) of saint Theodore at Schtech, …'



For a complete record of the document see: http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;93

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Source

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


Bibliography

Text:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/cpr;4;93

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 EuchaitaUncertain


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