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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eliseus, according to the History of Albanians, student of Apostle Thaddeus and missionary to Albania

Saint ID

S00594

Reported Death Not Before

100

Reported Death Not After

300

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Missionaries, Other "Apostles"
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00130The History of the Albanians (1.7) recounts the discovery and burial of the relics of *Ełiša (student of Apostle Thaddeus and missionary to Albania, S00594), and the erection of a pillar where the relics were found. Written in Armenian, probably in Caucasian Albania, possibly in the 6th c. or 7th c.