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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Viktor/Victor, martyr of Maiuma near Gaza

Saint ID

S00292

Reported Death Not Before

1

Reported Death Not After

323

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00505The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to Maiuma (near Gaza, Palestine), where *Victor/Viktor (martyr of Maiuma, S00292), was buried. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560.
E02524The so-called Madaba Mosaic Map shows a number of labelled places of the cult of saints in the Holy Land (mainly monasteries). Found in Madaba (Roman province of Arabia). Probably mid-6th c.
E03426The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 11 November *Viktor (possibly the martyr of Egypt, S00749, or the martyr of Maiuma, S00292).
E04345Fragmentary Greek inscriptions/graffiti invoking *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00292), the God of the two saints, *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), and saints whose names are lost (possibly *Viktor, martyr of Egypt, S00749; or Viktor, martyr of Maiuma near Gaza, S00292). Scattered over unrecorded locations around the North Church at Nessana/Auja Hafir in the Negev desert (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably 6th-7th c.