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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Greek fiscal codex from Aphrodito (Upper Egypt), offering a list of fugitives and mentioning among them monks from the monastery of *Christophoros (presumably the martyr of Pamphylia, S00616) in the pagarchy of Panopolis (Upper Egypt), of *Ieremias (saint of Saqqara, S00773) and *Kyriakos (presumably the child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) in the pagarchy of the Thinite nome (Upper Egypt), as well as another of Kyriakos in the pagarchy of Panopolis (Upper Egypt); dated around the year 709.

Evidence ID

E04312

Type of Evidence

Documentary texts - Fiscal document

Late antique original manuscripts - Papyrus codex

P.Lond 4 1460

Line 7 reads as follows:

Β[ί]κτωρ Ἰωάννης ἀπὸ μον(αστηρίου(?)) Ἁγ̣ί̣ω Χρι̣σ̣τ̣(οφόρου) τ(ῆς) αὐ(τῆς) [i.e. π(αγ)αρχ(ίας)
Παν(ός)]

'Viktor, son of Ioannes, from the monastery of saint Christophoros in the same (pagarchy of Panopolis).'


Line 12 reads as follows:

[ -ca.?- ]ιο\υ/ [ἀπὸ] μ̣ον(αστηρίου) Ἁ̣γ̣ίο\υ/ Ἱερημί(ου) π(αγ)αρχ(ίας) [Θ]ι̣νί̣(του)

'… from the monastery of saint Ieremias in the pagarchy of the Thinite (nome).'


Line 40 reads as follows:

Φοιβάμων Κ̣υριακο(ῦ) ἀπὸ Ἁγίου Κυριακ(οῦ) π(αγ)αρχ(ίας) τ(ῆς) αὐ(τῆς) [i.e. π(αγ)αρχ(ίας) Πανόχ(*)]

'Phoibamon, son of Kyriakos, from saint Kyriakos in the same pagarchy (i.e. of Panopolis).'


Line 66 reads as follows:

Ἀναστ̣ά(σιος(?)) Δαυεὶδ ἀπὸ μον(αστηρίου) Χ(ρισ)τ(οφόρου) π(αγ)αρ(χίας) Παν(ός)

'Anastasios, son of David, from the monastery of Christophoros in the pagarchy of Panopolis.'


LIne 139 reads as follows:

[ -ca.?- ] ἀπὸ̣ Ἁ̣γ̣ί̣(ου) Κυριακοῦ παγ(αρ)χ(ίας) Θινίτ̣(ου)

'[…] from saint Kyriakos in the pagarchy of the Thinite (nome).'


See also E01091.

For a complete record of the document see:
http://papyri.info/ddbdp/p.lond;4;1460

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Source

This fragmentary papyrus codex belongs to the British Library, London, British Library pap. inv. 1494.


Bibliography

Text:
Bell, H.I., and Crum, W.E., Greek Papyri in the British Museum. London IV: The Aphrodito Papyri (London, 1910).


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

7/11/2017

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00007Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta, child and his mother, martyrs of TarsusΚυριακόςUncertain
S00616Christophoros, martyr of Pamphylia Χρι̣σ̣τ̣(οφόρος)Uncertain
S00773Ieremias, Enoch and Sibylla, saints of SaqqaraἸερημίαςUncertain


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Gesa Schenke, Cult of Saints, E04312 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E04312