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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 *John the Baptist (S00020) from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum, attributed to Theodosios, archbishop of Alexandria (535–566), written in the 6th century. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07049

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

We have not examined this text.

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Places Named after Saint

Monastery

Non Liturgical Activity

Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts

Source

The parchment codex M 579 comes from the monastery of the Archangel Michael near Hamuli in the Fayum and now belongs to the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. The manuscript is datable to the 9th century. Fragments of other manuscripts preserving portions of this texts can be found in collections in Paris, London, Cairo and Vienna (see Kuhn, CSCO 268, p. vi–vii).


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Kuhn, K.H., A Panegyric on John the Baptist attributed to Theodosius Archbishop of Alexandria, Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium 268/33 (text) and 269/34 (translation) (Louvain, 1966).


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

25/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00020John the BaptistCertain


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