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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Šałitay, Syrian anchorite and disciple of Daniēl

Saint ID

S00067

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00147The Epic Histories (5.25-2), traditionally attributed to P'awstos, recount the miraculous disappearance in a river, of the Syrian anchorite *Šałitay (Syrian anchorite and disciple of Daniel, S00067), who wished to avoid the veneration of his relics. Written in Armenian in the second half of the 5th c.
E01348The Epic Histories (5.27), traditionally attributed to P'awstos, recount the life, miracles and posthumous miracles effected by Epip'an (Greek anchorite and saint in the Epic Histories, 01863) disciple of *Daniel (Syrian bishop and chorepiskopos, supervisor of the shrine at Aštišat, S00066). Written in Armenian in the second half of the 5th c.