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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Thekla, martyr from Assiut

Saint ID

S00777

Reported Death Not Before

304

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Virgins
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00741Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting festal payments expected from various churches and shrines, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynkos, S01172), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Thekla (probably the follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), *Viktor (, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), possibly *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), and *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305); datable to the 5th c.
E01308Fragment of a Coptic Martyrdom of *Thekla (martyr from Assiut, S00777), presenting a hymn sung by *Pamoun and Klaudios (possible fellow martyrs with Thekla from Assiut, S02926), invoking the help of all the saints and the Archangels *Michael (S00181), *Gabriel (S00192), and *Raphael (S00481), sung by *Pamoun and Klaudios (possible companion martyrs of Thekla of Assiut, S02926) in the midst of the crowd gathered to witness the trial of Thekla; 5th-9th century, of unknown Egyptian provenance.
E02150Greek receipt from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt) for a donation to a church of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092); dated 9 March 587.
E02350Greek declaration, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), concerning the theft of a silver plate, mentioning a church of *Thekla (probably the follower of Paul, S00092); datable to the 6th century.
E03576Fragment of a Coptic Martyrdom of *Thekla (martyr from Assiut, S00777), with a hymn sung by *Pamoun and Klaudios (possibly fellow martyrs with Thekla from Assiut, S02926), invoking God, Christ, all the saints, and the archangels at her trial under the governor Arianos, possibly at Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt); written probably in the 6th/7th century.
E04178Coptic ostracon from western Thebes (Upper Egypt) with a letter mentioning *Thekla (presumably either the martyr from Assiut, S00777, or the follower of the Apostle Paul , S00092); datable to the early 7th century.
E04215Coptic document of unknown Egyptian provenance with an invocation to *Severos (bishop of Antioch, ob. 538, S00262), *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), and *Thekla (probably the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) to help a patient to obtain healing; datable to the 7th/8th century.
E04316Greek list of districts/quarters from Arsinoe (Fayum) mentioning a quarter of *Thekla (probably the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), of *Leontios (probably the martyr of Tripolis , S00216), and of unnamed martyrs; datable to the 6th/7th century.