Name
Ascetics, unnamed or name lost
Saint ID
S00117
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E01327 | Greek inscriptions from the present-day monastic church of St Spyridon at Trimythous (central-east Cyprus) with references to a Sphyridon 'of holy memory', just possibly Spyridon (bishop of Trimythous, ob. 348, S00790), and *Matthew the Evangelist (S00791). A room dedicated to unnamed holy (hagioi) bishops is also mentioned. Probably 4th c. and later. | E01382 | Fragmentary Greek inscription referring to unnamed Holy Fathers and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), as the God-Bearer. Found in Prines Mylopotamou near Eleutherna, central-west Crete. Perhaps late antique. | E01386 | Greek epitaph with a poem, composed probably for a nun, expressing the belief that the deceased will 'rejoice in paradise together with victorious virgin martyrs'. Found near Hagios Ioannes, close to Chania/Kydonia, northwest Crete. Probably 4th-5th c. | E02599 | Greek inscription commemorating the construction of an unnamed martyr shrine (martyrion), possibly at a monastery. Found possibly in al-Rasif on the Edom Plateau, to the south of Buseira (ancient Bosor in Edom), near Petra or in Arindela/Gharandal (Roman province of Palaestina III). Dated possibly 607/608 or 786 or 788. | E02759 | Fragmentary Greek inscription, probably mentioning a tomb and possibly a saint (holy ascetic?) whose name is lost. Found near the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably late antique. | E02832 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription invoking the intercession of unnamed 'Holy Fathers' for peace for a monastery, and for the souls of monks. Found at Khirbet Ed-Deir in the Judean Desert, to the south of Jerusalem, near Bethlehem and Tekoa (Roman Province of Palaestina I). Probably 6th c. | E03015 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 4 February a number of hermits of uncertain identity and *Timotheos 'the Martyr' (possibly the martyr of Gaza, S00122). | E04015 | Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (7.22), reports that the emperor Theodosius II (r. 408-450) acquired the filthy cloak of a holy bishop of Hebron, who died in Constantinople, and put it on in order to partake of the man’s blessing. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446. | E04396 | Floor-mosaic with a Syriac inscription apparently mentioning an unnamed holy man (a miracle-worker, ascetic and priest) in the dating formula. Provenance unknown, possibly the territory of Edessa (north-east Syria/Osrhoene). Dated 492/493. |
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