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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic Martyrdom of *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293). Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07042

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

We have not examined this text.

Source

Various parchment codices and fragmentary manuscripts at different collections, dating mostly to the 9th/10th century.

For a quick overview of the known manuscripts see A. I. Elanskaya,
The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 68–69.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Elanskaya, A.I., The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 68–74.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

2/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00293Mark the Evangelistⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥCertain


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