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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Philip the Deacon and Evangelist

Saint ID

S00604

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00890Greek epitaph for an archdeacon and supervisor at the sanctuary of *Philip (the Apostle, S00109) in Hierapolis (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Found in Hierapolis. Probably 5th-6th c.
E01153An ostracon with a fragmentary Greek inscription mentioning unnamed *Apostles, and possibly *Philip the Deacon and Evangelist (S00604). Found at Hierapolis (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
E02524The so-called Madaba Mosaic Map shows a number of labelled places of the cult of saints in the Holy Land (mainly monasteries). Found in Madaba (Roman province of Arabia). Probably mid-6th c.
E02905Bronze bread-stamp for the production of eulogiae, showing an image of *Philip (the Apostle, S00109), flanked by two buildings, topped by crosses and at the top of steps. Certainly from Hierapolis in southwest Phrygia (west central Asia Minor). Probably 6th-7th c. or later.
E06473Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited Caesarea where she visited the house of *Cornelius (the centurion who baptised Peter, S00301) and the house of *Philip (the Deacon and Evangelist, S00604). Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404.