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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, Egyptian martyr

Saint ID

S00668

Reported Death Not Before

308

Reported Death Not After

308

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01735A Coptic list of holy books belonging to the monastery of Apa *Elijah/Elias (probably the Old Testament prophet, S00217) 'on the mountain', presumably at Aphroditopolis/Atfih (Middle Egypt), lists a papyrus manuscript containing the Martyrdoms of three, presumably Egyptian, martyrs: *Epithymitos (S00894), *Elijah (S00668), and *Sabinos (S00895), and unspecified others; list datable to the 7th/8th century.