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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ioulianos, martyr of Ankyra

Saint ID

S00766

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04562Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) either built, or renovated numerous fortresses in the diocese of Thrace (eastern Balkans), five of them named after saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.