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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Elijah (unspecified)

Saint ID

S00667

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01069Label of a tomb of a sacristan of a church of *Elijah (probably the Old Testament prophet, S00217). Found at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.
E01691Greek inscription with the names of a saint *Paphnoutios (of uncertain identity, S00882), and possibly *Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00217). Found in the ruins of an abandoned fort at Dreyb al-Wawi (Khirbet al-Wawi), near Chalkis and Beroia/Aleppo (north Syria). Dated 535/536.
E01696Greek inscription on a boundary stone commemorating the grant of the privilege of asylum (prosphygion) to a shrine of *'Eias' (perhaps an otherwise unknown martyr, or the Old Testament prophet *Elijah/Elias, S00217), a certain *Andreas (probably the martyr of Antioch, S00883), and a certain *Dometios (probably the monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414). Found at Kfar 'Aruq near Antioch on the Orontes (north-west Syria). Dated 521/522.
E02174Greek building inscription for a memorial shrine (martyrion) of *Elijah/Elias (probably the Old Testament prophet, S00217), constructed by an homonymous donor. Found at Al-Jāj, to the southeast of Lubbein, between Bostra and Aere (Roman province of Arabia). Probably 5th-7th c.