Name
Isaac, Old Testament patriarch
Saint ID
S00276
Reported Death Not After
1
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
| ID | Title | E00489 | The Piacenza Pilgrim describes the shrine at the oak of Mamre, and the tombs of the Old Testament Patriarchs *Abraham (S00275), *Isaac (S00276), *Jacob (S00280) and *Joseph (S00277), and of Abraham's wife *Sarah (S00278), which is frequented by both Jews and Christians, separated by a screen; he also mentions the feast of the deposition of *Jacob and of *David (king of Israel and psalmist, S00269), celebrated on the day after Christmas by large numbers of Jews. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E03069 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 28 March *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00276). | E03357 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 21 August the Old Testament Patriarchs *Abraham (S00275), *Isaac (S00275), and *Jacob (S00280). | E03358 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 August the Old Testament Patriarchs *Isaac (S00275), and *Jacob (S00280). | E03691 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 27 March *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00276) and *Matrona (martyr of Thessalonike S01605). | E03692 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 28 March *Theodoretos (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01382), *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00276), and *Basil (bishop and martyr of Cherson, S01606). | E03840 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 August *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and *Jacob (Old Testament Patriarch, S00280), *Loukianos (martyr of Heliopolis-Baalbek, S00831) and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *Agathonikos (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628). | E03968 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 December *Eugenia (martyr at Rome under Valerian, S00401) and her companions, *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and *Jacob (Old Testament patriarch, S00280). | E04171 | Greek inscription praising the virtues of seven Old Testament figures (*Abraham, S00275; *Isaac, S00276; *Jacob, S00280; *Moses, S00241; *David, S00269; *Solomon, S00270; *Job, S01191), and probably encouraging the reader to imitate them. Found at Shivta (ancient Sobata) in the Negev desert (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably late antique. | E05192 | Coptic Encomion on Apa *Apollo (S01968), Pachomian monk and founder of the monastery of *Isaak (S00276), presumably located near Herakleopolis Magna (Middle Egypt), attributed to Stephanos, bishop of Herakleopolis Magna, and presented on Apollo’s day of commemoration, relating the saint’s ascetic life as a monk in the Pachomian monastery at Pbow, his virtues and great humility, his wanderings, as well as his founding of the monastery of Isaak, his prophetic gift and numerous miracles performed during his lifetime as well as posthumously; written presumably in the later 6th c. | E06087 | Adomnán, in his On the Holy Places, reports the recent visit of the Franco-Gallic bishop Arculf to the tombs at Hebron (Palestine) of the Old Testament patriarchs *Abraham (S00275), *Isaac (S00276), *Jacob (S00280), with their wives, *Sarah (S00278), *Rebecca (S02281) and *Leah (S02282), and of *Adam (the first man, S00772). Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), possibly 683/689. | E06104 | The Itinerary of the so-called Pilgrim of Bordeaux mentions a number of tombs in the Holy Land of biblical figures, almost all from the Old Testament; Constantine's new church at Mamre, where Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275) conversed with angels; and the spring near Jericho miraculously purified by the Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239). Written in Latin, probably in Bordeaux (south-west Gaul), shortly after 333. | E06518 | Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited (at Mamre) 'the cells' of *Sarah (Old Testament matriarch, wife of Abraham, S00278), the oak tree of *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and the birthplace of *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00276). Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404. | E06519 | Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited the tombs of *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00276) and *Adam (the first man, S00772) or *Caleb (Old Testament figure, S02459) in Hebron. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404. | E07918 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, on a route from Jerusalem to Hebron notes the graves of the Patriarchs of Israel near Hebron. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. | E08361 | Fourteen relic labels discovered within the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran church of San Lorenzo in Palatio (Rome), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of various saints. One label claims that its relics have come from the monastery of Lérins (southern Gaul). Written in Latin, perhaps at Rome, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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