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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Aidesios from Lycia, martyr of Alexandria

Saint ID

S00179

Reported Death Not Before

306

Reported Death Not After

306

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00319Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (5.2-3), narrates the martyrdom of *Aidesios from Lycia (martyr of Alexandria, S00179). Written in Greek at Caesarea (Palestine), in 311, a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation.