Name
Sophia, personified Holy Wisdom
Saint ID
S00705
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
| ID | Title | E00450 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to the place from which the *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217) was taken into heaven, and mentions a miraculous cloud which travels from the river Jordan to sit over the basilica of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and of *Sophia (personified Holy Wisdom, S00705) in Jerusalem. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E00467 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to a basilica of holy *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), its hospices for pilgrims and the sick, and the basilica of *Sophia (personified Holy Wisdom, S00705), all in Jerusalem. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E01665 | The short Life of *Agatho (bishop of Rome, ob. 681, 00872) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, mentions several cult places in Constantinople: an oratory of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in the imperial palace; the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) at Blachernae; and the church of *Sophia (Holy Wisdom, S00705), all visited by the papal legates for the council of 680-681, who are said to have been accompanied by *Peter (the Apostle, 00036). | E02062 | Floor-mosaics with Greek inscriptions commemorating the foundation, the completion, and paving of a church (naos) dedicated to Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia, S00705). Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Jordan/the Roman province of Arabia). Dated 604. | E02108 | Greek inscription commemorating the foundation and completion of a church (naos) dedicated to Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia, S00705). Found at Izra/Zorava near Bostra (Roman province of Arabia). Dated 601/602. | E02663 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the paving of an oratory (eukterion) dedicated to *Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia, S00705). Found at Zaghrit near Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia). Dated 542/543. | E03967 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c.prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 December the dedication of Justinian's church of *Sophia, (personified Holy Wisdom, S00705) in Constantinople, Stephen the Sabaite, 8th c. monk of Mar Saba Monastery and *Ten Martyrs of Crete (S00823). | E05306 | John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (106), mentions the churches in Alexandria (Lower Egypt) of *Sophia (presumably Holy Wisdom, S00705) and of *Phaustos (presbyter and martyr of Alexandria , S00299). Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s. | E07159 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his Secret History (3.21-29), recounts how Photius, foster son of Belisarius, when trying to escape house arrest imposed on him by the empress Theodora, sought asylum in the churches of *Mary (Mother of Christ; S00033) and *Sophia (Holy Wisdom, S00705); Photius also had a vision of *Zechariah (Old Testament Prophet, S00283) who bade him escape to Jerusalem. Written in Greek in Constantinople, in 550/562. | E07920 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, in his list of holy sites within Jerusalem, notes churches of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and of *Sophia (personified Holy Wisdom, S00705). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. |
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