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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Encratis/Encratia, confessor of Saragossa, Spain

Saint ID

S00512

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

400

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00799Prudentius writes Crowns of the Martyrs IV, a poem on the martyrdom of the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (S00485); it also mentions other saints connected to Zaragoza (north-east Hispania): *Vincent (deacon of Zaragoza and martyr of Valencia, S00290), *Encratis (confessor of Zaragoza, S00512), and *Gaius and Crementius (confessors of Zaragoza, S00513). Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. Overview of Peristephanon IV.
E00814Eugenius, bishop of Toledo (central Hispania) writes a Latin poem on the burial church in Zaragoza of the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-east Hispania); he lists the names of all the martyrs, and also mentions *Encratis/Encratia (confessor of Zaragoza, S00512) buried separately in the same church. Composed in mid-7th c.