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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eusebius, son of the stratelates Basilides, martyr of Antioch

Saint ID

S00740

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Soldiers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01224Coptic Martyrdom of *Shenoufe and eleven family members (martyrs of Bubastis, S00739). The account records the taking of the martyrs down the Nile to Bubastis (in the Delta); along the way the saints are tortured and miraculously healed, many other Christians are martyred, and healing miracles and wonders occur; perhaps of the 6th/7th c., preserved in a 9th c. manuscript.
E01689Greek inscription on a house at Barad/Brad in the Limestone Massif (north Syria), with a list of six or more saints: a saint *John (presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Christophoros (martyr of Pamphylia, S00616), *Euphemia (probably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Philotheos (possibly the martyr of Antioch, S00878), possibly *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406), a certain *Eusebios, possibly *Thomas the Apostle (S00199), and other unnamed martyrs. Probably 5th/6th c.