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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Dasios, soldier and martyr of Durostorum (Moesia Inferior, Lower Danube)

Saint ID

S00187

Number in BH

BHG 491

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00365The Greek Martyrdom of *Dasios (soldier and martyr of Durostorum, Lower Danube, S00187) recounts the arrest and death of the saint. The text probably derives from an early martyrdom account, and contains a polemical introduction against the survival of pagan customs. Probably compiled after the mid-5th c.
E01676Fragmentary Greek inscription commemorating the construction of a martyr shrine (martyrion) at Khirbet et-Tîn in the territory of Ḥimṣ/Emesa (northwest Phoenicia), just possibly for relics of *Dasios (martyr of Durostorum, on the Lower Danube, S00187). Dated 539.
E04907The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 August.
E04908The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 August.
E04976The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 October.
E04992The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 20 October.
E05025The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 20 November.