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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Abraham, monk of Syria, 2nd half of 4th c.

Saint ID

S00355

Reported Death Not After

400

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04185Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Ecclesiastical History (4.29) mentions various holy men living under Valens (r. 364-378), most of them covered in greater detail in his Religious History. Written in Greek at Cyrrhus (northern Syria), 444/450.
E04559Stone reliquary, reportedly inscribed with the names of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), and a certain Saint *Abraham (probably a local martyr or holy monk). Found in the territory of Epiphaneia/Ḥamāh (central Syria). Now lost. Probably 5th-6th c.