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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Leon, soldier and martyr, commemorated in Thessalonike

Saint ID

S00387

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00596Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting a soldier saint, *Leon (S00387), perhaps the soldier martyr *Leontios (martyr of Tripolis, Phoenicia, S00216), with an inscription describing him as a soldier, and indicating June as the month of his festival.