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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Coptic fragment of a Homily on *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) from the White Monastery near Sohag (Upper Egypt), seemingly referring to a healing miracle taking place at the holy topos of the saint. Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E07132

Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

We have not examined this text.

Cult Places

Cult building - monastic

Non Liturgical Activity

Visiting graves and shrines
Composing and translating saint-related texts
Transmission, copying and reading saint-related texts

Source

The fragmentary parchment leaf, BL Or. 6954 (51), once pages 103–104 of what is now labelled codex MONB.NO, is kept at the British Library in London.


Bibliography

Text and translation:
Uljas, S., "Lost Coptic Texts from Herbert Thompson Papers I: The 'Acts of Stephen'," Journal of Coptic Studies 17 (2015), 165–213, p. 209.


Record Created By

Gesa Schenke

Date of Entry

23/11/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00030Stephen, the First MartyrⲥⲧⲉⲫⲁⲛⲟⲥCertain


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