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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Akindynos, Pēgasios, Aphthonios, Elpidēphoros, Anempodistos, martyrs in Persia

Saint ID

S00399

Number in BH

BHG 21-23

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00630Mosaics of the 5th/6th c. in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece) include the figures of two unidentified martyrs.
E03914The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 November *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), Stategius (an unidentified figure), and *Akyndinos (martyr in Persia, S00399).
E06594Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Akindynos, Pēgasios, Aphthonios, Elpidēphoros, Anempodistos (martyrs in Persia, S00399). Skeleton entry