Name
Zakchaios, martyr at Antioch
Saint ID
S00795
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01201 | The Syriac Acts of the Second Council of Ephesus (449) relate that Chaereas, Roman governor of the province of Osrhoene, during his visit to the city of Edessa in April of 449, entered the martyr shrine dedicated to Zakhaios, perhaps *Zakhaios (martyr of Antioch, S00795) or *Zakhaios from Gadara (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00119). | E01562 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 3 October the martyrdom of *Zakchaios (martyr in Antioch, S00795). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E01778 | Greek inscription on a lintel, invoking the protection of the Trinity for a house, through the intercession of a saint, probably *Zakchaios (martyr of Antioch, S00795). Found at Kapernabou, to the east of Antioch on the Orontes (Syria). Dated 504/505. |
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