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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 of Harran, monk and bishop of Syria, ob. c. 420s

Saint ID

S00366

Reported Death Not Before

421

Reported Death Not After

430

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
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.
E06065The Greek lives by Theodoret of Cyrrhus, of *Jacob (bishop of Nisibis, S00296), *Ioulianos/Julianus Saba (monk of Mesopotamia, S00344), and *Abraham of Harran (monk and bishop of Syria, S00366) are translated into Syriac no later than the 6th century.