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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Priskos, Malchos and Alexandros, martyrs of Caesarea Maritima

Saint ID

S00240

Reported Death Not Before

253

Reported Death Not After

260

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00279Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (7.12), mentions the martyrdoms of *Priskos, Malchos, and Alexandros (martyrs of Caesarea Maritima, S00240), and of an unnamed Marcionite woman at Caesarea of Palestine, under Valerian (r. 253-260). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325.
E00593Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting *Priskos (soldier and martyr, S00389), with an inscription indicating October as the month of his feast.