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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 the *Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (brothers who fell asleep during the persecution of Decius, S00287). Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07085

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Martyrdom of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (BHG 1593-1598)

We have not examined this text.

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17658/
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17659/
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17660/
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17670/
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17662/

See also Noret, J. (ed.), "Le palimpseste 'Parisinus gr. 443',"
Analecta Bollandiana 88 (1970), 141-152. (BHG 1595a)

For the edition, see Bibliography.


Discussion




Bibliography

Text:
Huber, M. (ed.), Beitrag zur Siebenschläferlegende des Mittelalters. Eine literargeschichtliche Untersuchung, Part 2: Griechische Texte (Beilage zum Jahresbericht des humanistischen Gymnasiums Metten für das Schuljahr 1904/05), 1-24 (BHG 1593; in infimis pagellis: BHG 1594/1595), 25-53 (BHG 1596), 25-54 (BHG 1597), 25-53 (in infimis pagellis: BHG 1598).

Drescher, J. (ed.),
Three Coptic Legends (Cairo, 1947), 32-66. (BHG 1593)

Huber, M. (ed.),
Die Wanderlegende von den Siebenschläfern. Eine literargeschichtliche Untersuchung (Beigabe zum Jahresberichte des K. Humanistischen Gymnasiums Metten für die Schuljahre 1909/11; Leipzig 1910), *2-*19. (BHG 1598)


Record Created By

Christodoulos Papavarnavas

Date of Entry

12/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00287Seven Sleepers of Ephesus, brothers who fell asleep during the persecution of DeciusCertain


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