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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic Encomion on Apa *Petros (a confessor, possible one of the saints with cult at Wadi Sarga, S02068), of unknown Egyptian provenance; written presumably during the 6th century. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07045

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

We have not examined this text.

Non Liturgical Activity

Composing and translating saint-related texts

Source

A parchment leaf at the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, I.1.b.715 (5693), records this homiletic text. The manuscript is datable on palaeographical grounds to the 10th/11th century.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Elanskaya, A.I., The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 94–98.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

2/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S02068Petre, Apa Petre, Joseph, Apa Joseph, and Anoup, Apa Anoup, saints with cult at Wadi Sargaⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥCertain


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