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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Cucuphas, martyr of Barcelona, Spain

Saint ID

S00502

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00801Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IV) on the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-eastern Hispania, S00485), lists the saintly patrons of various places in Hispania, Gaul and North Africa, who will be presented by their cities at the Last Judgement, and singles out Zaragoza for special praise, because of the number of its martyrs. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400.
E05057Hymn in honour of *Cucuphas (martyr of Barcelona, S00502) composed in Latin in Spain, possibly in the 7th c.; also mentions the cult in Gerona (north-west Spain) of *Felix (martyr of Gerona, S00408).
E05651Latin Orationale of the Old Hispanic Liturgy of the 7th c. (Orationale Visigothicum), with prayers used on the feasts of saints in June and July: *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Peter the Apostle (S00036), *Paul the Apostle (S00008), *Iusta and Rufina (martyrs of Seville, S02099), and *Cucuphas (martyr of Barcelona, S00502).
E08525The Latin Confession of *Leocadia (virgin and confessor of Toledo, S01367) is written in Hispania, probably in the 7th century. It mentions other martyrs of Hispania as Leocadia's peers.