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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

John, of very uncertain identification

Saint ID

S00043

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01011Greek inscription on a boundary stone granted probably by the emperor Justinian to a sanctuary of unidentified martyrs *Prokopios and *Ioannes/John. Found near Verinopolis (Galatia, central Asia Minor). 527-565.
E01880Greek inscription from a displaced plaque of a chancel screen, with a depiction of a stylite, apparently labelled '*John'. Found at Ḥawa near Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria). Probably 6th-7th c.
E05293Small fragment of a Latin inscription just possibly mentioning a saint John, or an ordinary deceased man termed vir sanctus. Found in the cemetery of Cyriaca ad Sanctum Laurentium, via Tiburtina, Rome. Possibly early 6th c.