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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Maximos, Dadas and Quintilianus, martyrs of Durostorum

Saint ID

S00551

Number in BH

BHG 1238

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00841Greek building inscription with an invocation of the God of saints *Akylinos/Aquilinus (perhaps a martyr of Isauria, S00549) and *Maximos (perhaps the martyr of Ephesos, S00550). Found near ancient Tabai (Caria, western Asia Minor). Probably late antique (6th c. or later).
E03820The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 August probably *Quintilianus and Dadas (martyrs of Durostorum, S00551), and *Seven Sleepers of Ephesus (brothers who fell asleep during the persecution of Decius, S00287) and the invention of the relics of *Stephen (the First-Martyr, S00030).
E06939The Greek Martyrdom of *Maximos, Dadas and Quintilianus (martyrs of Durostorum, S00551). Skeleton entry