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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Narkissos, bishop of Jerusalem

Saint ID

S00148

Reported Death Not Before

200

Reported Death Not After

220

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Hermits/recluses, Miracle-workers in lifetime, Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00272Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.9.1-3), recounts the life and miracles of *Narkissos (bishop of Jerusalem, S00148); although not a martyr, he is remembered as a miracle worker and ascetic. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325.
E06564Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Narkissos (bishop of Jerusalem, S00148) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry