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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 27 December *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030).

Evidence ID

E03971

Type of Evidence

Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologies

Major author/Major anonymous work

Calendar of Ioane Zosime

კზ. წ(მიდ)ისა სტეფანჱსი პირველ დ(ია)კ(ო)ნის(ა)ჲ და პირველ მოწამისაჲ .::..

27 December. Saint Stephen the first Deacon and the First Martyr.

Text: Garitte 1958, 107-113; Electronic text: Gippert 2017, http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/etcg/cauc/ageo/liturg/iozosca2/iozos.htm (26.12.17); Translation: N. Aleksidze.



Record Created By

Nikoloz Aleksidze

Date of Entry

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00030Stephen, the First MartyrსტეფანეCertain


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