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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paulos, martyr of Caesarea of Palestine

Saint ID

S00164

Reported Death Not Before

309

Reported Death Not After

309

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00303Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (8.9-12), narrates the martyrdom of *Paulos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00164), on 25 July 309. Written in Greek at Caesarea, in 311; a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation.
E02566Greek graffito on a roof tile, with an invocation of *Paulos (probably the Apostle, S00008, but perhaps another saintly Paulos) and *Germanos (possibly the martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00195) on behalf of the circus faction of the Blues; a fragmentary dedicatory inscription to a saint whose name is lost; and a reliquary. All found in the so-called 'Church of St. Paul' at Umm er-Rasas/Kastron Mefaa, to the southeast of Madaba (Roman province of Arabia). Probably late 6th or 7th c.
E02840Clay bread-stamp with Greek inscription invoking the blessing of *Paul (probably the Apostle, S00008), or of one of two martyrs of Caesarea (Paulos, S00164, or Paulos from Yamnia, a companion of *Pamphilos, S00140). Found in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), at the site of the presumed 'chapel of St. Paul'. Probably 5th-6th c.
E02844Pottery fragment with a fragmentary Greek graffito just possibly referring to *Paul (the Apostle, S00008). Found in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), at the site of the presumed 'chapel of St. Paul'. Probably 5th-6th c.
E03276The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 16 July *Ennatha and Oualentina/Valentina (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00162), and *Paulos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00164).
E03802The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 July *Ennatha and Oualentina (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00162), *Paulos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00164), *Kyrikos/Cyriacus (child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007), *Ioulitta/Julitta, martyr of Tarsus, mother of *Kyrikos/Cyricus, S00677), *Antiochos (physician and martyr of Sebasteia, S01997).
E04883The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 16 July.