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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Daniel, Old Testament prophet

Saint ID

S00727

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00076The Syriac Chronicle of Edessa records the building by Eulogios [bishop of Edessa 379-387] of a church dedicated to *Daniel (possibly the Old Testament prophet, S00727), which is later associated with *Dimet (possibly Dometios, monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414). Written in Edessa, in second half of 6th c.
E00129The Armenian History (14), attributed to Sebeos, recounts the emperor Maurice's request for the body of the Prophet *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727) from King Khosrow, followed by the miraculous refusal of the relics to move from Iran. Written in Armenian in the second half of the 7th c.
E01043Gregory of Nazianzus in his Oration 15, On the *Maccabees (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303), delivered during their festival in 379/381, stresses that they deserve equal veneration to Christian martyrs, and recounts their story according to the biblical narrative. Written in Greek in Constantinople.
E01461Greek, Syriac, and Arabic graffiti from so-called Basilica A/the 'Great Basilica' in Rusafa/Sergioupolis (north-east Syria/Euphratesia), a major place of the cult of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), with invocations of Sergios, and of other saints and Old Testament figures. From the 6th c. onwards.
E01788Greek inscription, just possibly referring to *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727). Found at Mu'Allaḳ near Chalkis (north Syria). Probably late antique.
E02662Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the paving of an unnamed martyr shrine (martyrion), probably at a monastery. Floor-mosaics in the aisles show narrative scenes of the Book of Daniel (with *Daniel, the Old Testament Prophet, 00727, and the *Three Hebrew Youths of the fiery furnace, S01198), an image of *Moses (S00241), and presumably of the Adoration of the Magi (S00180). Found at Tell Ya‘amun, to the south of en-Nu'eiyima, between al-Husn and Jerash (Roman province of Arabia). Dated, perhaps AD 500.
E02691Floor mosaics with Greek inscriptions invoking *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385). Found in a monastic (?) church at Khirbat Dariya near Samad, close to Irbid, Pella and Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia or Palaestina II). Dated 624.
E02798Limestone mould for the production of inscribed metal ampullae with labelled depictions of *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727). Found at Silwan/Siloam, close to Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Late antique.
E03399The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 15 October the deposition of the relics of *John the Baptist (S00020), *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282), *Joseph (Old Testament patriarch, S00277), *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727), *Ezekiel (Old Testament prophet, S01493), and the *Three Hebrew Youths, Ananias, Azarias and Misael (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198).
E03808The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 July *Andreas (probably martyr of Antioch on the Orontes, S00883), *Mary Magdalene (female follower of Jesus, S00286), *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727), and *Hyacinthus (martyr of Rome under Trajan, S01609).
E03843The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 August *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282), *Zechariah (Old Testament prophet, S00283), the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), and *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727), and *Titus (disciple of Paul, S01204).
E03896The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 October *John the Baptist (S00020), *Isaiah (Old Testament prophet, S00282), *Ezekiel (Old Testament prophet, S01493), *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727), *Joseph (Old Testament patriarch, S00277), the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305), and *Longinos (centurion at the Crucifixion, S00926).
E03962The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 December the archimandrite Symeon (unidentified), *Modestos (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 630, S01371), the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Old Testament Book of Daniel, S01198), and *Daniel (the Old Testament prophet, S00727).
E04598Greek graffito labelling a carving of a cross, and of a lioness, probably referring to the biblical story of *Daniel (the Old Testament Prophet, S00727) in the Lion's Den. Found in a cave at Tel Lavnin near Beit Guvrin and Eleutheropolis, in the Judean Hills (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 5th or 6th c.
E04953The Greek Life of *Nikolaos of Sion (abbot and bishop in Lycia, ob. 564, S00559) recounts the foundation of the monastery of Holy Sion in the village of Pharroa in Lycia (south-west Asia Minor) and the miracles of Nikolaos, its first abbot. A number of shrines of different saints are mentioned in the narrative. Written in the late 6th c., probably at the monastery of Holy Sion. Overview entry
E04957The Greek Life of *Nikolaos of Sion (abbot and bishop in Lycia, ob. 564, S00559) mentions fifteen shrines of various saints at villages in the territory of Myra in Lycia (south-west Asia Minor), and the celebration of public feasts with sacrifices of oxen at them, organised by Nikolaos, abbot of the monastery of Holy Sion. Written in the late 6th c., probably at the monastery of Holy Sion in Lycia.
E06538Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry
E07936Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, writes of Susa (south-west Iran) where there are the bodies of *Daniel (Old Testament prophet, S00727) and of the *Three Hebrew Youths (of the Book of Daniel, S01198). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540.