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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Benjamin, Old Testament patriarch

Saint ID

S00702

Reported Death Not After

1

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00482The Piacenza Pilgrim records, on the road from Jerusalem to Bethlehem, the graves of *Rachel (wife of the patriarch Jacob, S00701) and *Benjamin (Old Testament patriarch, S00702), and his visit to the church [of the Kathisma] where *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), rested and water comes from the rock. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560.