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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Dionysios, soldier and martyr, converted by *Isaac of Tiphre

Saint ID

S00445

Gender
Type of Saint
Soldiers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00696Coptic Martyrdom of *Isaak of Tiphre (martyr of Tiphre in the Nile delta, S00441), claiming to be an eyewitness account. Known through three manuscripts in the Bohairic dialect of the 9th-10th c., one seemingly copied from a manuscript giving a date for the year 399. The account includes a list of benefits promised to the saint’s devotees, including healing at his shrine, and describes the construction of the saint’s oratory.