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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Orestes, martyr of Tyana of Cappadocia

Saint ID

S00756

Number in BH

BHG 1383-1385

Reported Death Not Before

304

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01233Gregory of Nazianzus, in his Oration 43 of 382, mentions a dispute between the church of Tyana and that of Kaisareia/Caesarea (both in Cappadocia, central Asia Minor) over the revenue of a shrine of *Orestes (martyr of Tyana, S00756). Written in Greek in Cappadocia.
E04870The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 July.
E07106The Greek Martyrdom of *Orestes (martyr of Tyana of Cappadocia, S00756). Skeleton entry