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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Andreas Stratelates, martyr under Maximian

Saint ID

S00763

Number in BH

BHG 118-119a

Reported Death Not Before

285

Reported Death Not After

310

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01056An unpublished Greek inscription from the south church at Akören near Anazarbos (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor) with a reference to a certain *Andreas (probably Andrew the Apostle, S00288, or else Andreas 'Stratelates', soldier and martyr of Cilicia, S00763) as the patron of a church. Probably late antique.
E01061Labels of tombs owned by a church dedicated probably to *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288, or Andreas 'Stratelates', soldier and martyr of Cilicia, S00763), in Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c.
E01269Two Greek dedicatory inscriptions, commemorating an ex-voto offering to *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) and *Andrew (either Andreas 'Stratelates', soldier and martyr of Cilicia, S00763, or Andrew the Apostle, S00288), by a military man. Found in Aigiale on the island of Amorgos (Aegean Islands). Probably 5th-6th c.
E01692Fragmentary Greek building inscription for a church just possibly dedicated to a certain *Andrew (possibly the Apostle, S00288). Found at Dreyb al-Wawi (Khirbet al-Wawi), near Chalkis and Beroia/Aleppo (north Syria). Dated 539.
E01696Greek inscription on a boundary stone commemorating the grant of the privilege of asylum (prosphygion) to a shrine of *'Eias' (perhaps an otherwise unknown martyr, or the Old Testament prophet *Elijah/Elias, S00217), a certain *Andreas (probably the martyr of Antioch, S00883), and a certain *Dometios (probably the monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414). Found at Kfar 'Aruq near Antioch on the Orontes (north-west Syria). Dated 521/522.
E03346The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 10 August *Floros (martyr at Ulpiana, S00871), *Paulos (martyr in Ptolemais, S01535), and probably *Andreas Stratelates (martyr under Maximian, S00763).
E03571Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription recording the construction and paving with mosaics of a church, in thanks to *Andrew (probably the Apostle, S00288; or Andreas 'Stratelates', soldier and martyr of Cilicia, S00763) by a soldier. Found at Jericho (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 6th-7th c.
E03837The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 19 August *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) and *Andreas Stratelates (martyr under Maximianus in early 4th c., S00763).
E06607The Greek Martyrdom of *Andreas Stratelates (martyr under Maximian, S00763). Skeleton entry