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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Lacaron

Saint ID

S00798

Reported Death Not Before

304

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Soldiers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00136Coptic (Bohairic) Martyrdom of Apa *Lakaron (child-soldier and martyr, S00798), recounts his trial at Lykopolis (Upper Egypt), numerous miracles performed by and on the saint, the conversion of bystanders, visions and help from *Michael (the Archangel, S00181) and Christ himself, a short excursion to heaven prior to death, as well as a final prayer laying out his future cult; written sometime between the 5th and 8th c.