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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Therinos, martyr of Bouthroton

Saint ID

S00395

Number in BH

BHG 1798-1799

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

254

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00599Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting the soldier martyr *Therinos (perhaps the martyr of Bouthroton, Epirus, S00395), with an inscription describing him as a soldier, and indicating July as the month of his festival.
E06577The Greek Martyrdom of *Therinos (martyr of Bouthroton, S00395) is written probably in Bouthroton/Buthrotum (Epirus, western Balkans), and probably at some point from the 5th to the 8th century.