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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Pelagia the Penitent, recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c.

Saint ID

S00250

Number in BH

BHG 1478-1479
BHL 5323, 6605-6611

Reported Death Not Before

400

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Repentant criminals, prostitutes, etc., Hermits/recluses, Converts, Transvestites
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00456The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem where he saw the tombs of *Pelagia the Penitent (recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c., S00250), *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee,S00108) or *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Cleophas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and other unnamed saints. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560.
E02571The Penance of *Pelagia (recluse of Jerusalem, 5th c., S00250), a Greek hagiographical novel by a certain Iakobos, recounts the conversion of an actress from Antioch, who later lives as a recluse in Jerusalem, disguised as a man. Probably written in Palestine, Egypt, or Antioch before 600.
E08015The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5925) describes the conversion of *Pelagia the Penitent (recluse of Jerusalem, S00250). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.