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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


The Greek Martyrdom of Theoktistos of Amphipolis. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E06763

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Martyrdom of Theoktistos (BHG 2424)

This text is simply the Martyrdom of Mokios (BHG 1298c) with the martyr's name and date of death changed and the reference to burial one mile outside Byzantium removed. (There is no independent evidence for a saint Theoktistos of Amphipolis in the period examined in this database.)

For the
Martyrdom of *Mokios (martyr of Byzantion, S01265), see E06221.



Record Created By

Christodoulos Papavarnavas

Date of Entry

08/10/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S01265Mokios, martyr of ByzantionCertain


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