Name
Sirenos/Serenos, saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos
Saint ID
S00134
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
| ID | Title | E00164 | Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city. | E00240 | Coptic Wonders and Miracles of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, §S00080), recounted by 'Kolouthos, the Stylite' from Hermopolis, presenting Phoibammon as a great miracle worker at his established shrines at Touho (Middle Egypt) and Assiut (Upper Egypt), but also at a local cult site at Thone (Middle Egypt) as well as further afield, including Constantinople. Possibly written in the 6th c., presumably at Hermopolis (Middle Egypt). | E00696 | Coptic Martyrdom of *Isaak of Tiphre (martyr of Tiphre in the Nile delta, S00441), claiming to be an eyewitness account. Known through three manuscripts in the Bohairic dialect of the 9th-10th c., one seemingly copied from a manuscript giving a date for the year 399. The account includes a list of benefits promised to the saint’s devotees, including healing at his shrine, and describes the construction of the saint’s oratory. | E02124 | Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting churches, chapels, and martyria, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchus, S00134), *Anoup (presumably the monk and monastic founder, S00774), *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), and *John (presumably the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042); datable to the early 6th century. | E02125 | Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting offerings to religious institutions, including ones dedicated to *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and possibly *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 5th/6th century. | E02169 | Greek list of Erica wood purchases from Buto in the area of Memphis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a monastery of *Serenos/Sirenos (possibly the saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), presumably a church of Apa *Apollo (possibly the monk and monastic founder, S00774), and of *Paul (possibly the Apostle, S00008); datable to the 7th century. | E02285 | Greek amulet from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), invoking the help of *Mary (Μother of Christ, S00033), *John (the Apostle and Εvangelist, S00042), *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), *Viktor (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and all saints; datable to the 5th century. | E02303 | Greek account from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), listing among many expenses some paid to a martyr shrine (martyrion) of *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134); dated 557. | E02352 | Greek annual account of an estate steward, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning a martyr shrine (martyrion) of *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134); dated to the year 566. |
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