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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Zenobios, physician and martyr of Antioch

Saint ID

S00246

Reported Death Not Before

304

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Physicians
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00318Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.13 and 9.6), gives a list of nineteen Christian leaders martyred alongside numerous other Christians in various regions of the East during the tetrarchic persecutions (304-313). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325.
E03551Coptic Sermons of unknown Egyptian provenance, presenting passages from the Life of *Zenobios (physician and martyr of Antioch, S00246), ascetic and famous physician, relating his healing practices, his severe ascetic conduct, and a powerful vision; written probably in the 6th/7th c.