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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theodotos, a probably Montanist martyr of Ancyra (Galatia, central Asia Minor), and his seven virgin companions, ob. c. 312

Saint ID

S00626

Number in BH

BHG 1782-1782a

Reported Death Not Before

312

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Merchants, artisans and other free people, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00991Greek invocation of *Theodotos (probably a Montanist martyr of Ankyra, S00626), asked to aid the health of an artisan. Found at Kalecik near Ankyra (Galatia, central Asia Minor), apparently at the site of his martyr shrine. Probably 5th-6th c.
E00992Greek dedicatory inscription commemorating an embellishment of a sanctuary of an unnamed martyr, almost certainly *Theodotos (probably a Montanist martyr of Ankyra, S00626). Found at Kalecik near Ankyra (Galatia, central Asia Minor). Probably 5th-6th c.
E03821The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 August *Justinian (Roman emperor, ob. 565, S01572), *Dalmatos (monk in 5th c., S01782), *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239), *Theodotos (a probably Montanist martyr of Ancyra, central Asia Minor, and his seven virgin companions, S00626).
E06702The Greek Martyrdom of *Theodotos and his seven virgin companions (probably Montanist martyrs of Ancyra, Galatia, central Asia Minor, S00626). Skeleton entry