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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Simon Kananaios, the Zealot, apostle of Christ

Saint ID

S00835

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Twelve Apostles and Paul, Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00461Movsēs Xorenac'i's History of Armenia (2.34) summarises the story of the martyrdom of the apostles *Addai/Thaddaeus (the Apostle, one of the seventy-two, S00255) and *Bartholomew (the Apostle, S00256) in Armenia, and *Simon Kananaios (the Zealot, the Apostle, 00835) in Vriaspor. Written in Armenian and traditionally considered a 5th c. text, but probably of the early 8th c.
E03735The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 10 May *Philemon (martyr of Antinoopolis, S00386) and *Akakios (soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468), *Pachomiοs (Egyptian monastic founder, ob. 346, S00352),*Epimachius (martyr of Rome, S00295), all the martyrs whose relics have been deposed under the altar of the church of St Saba Monastery, and *Simon Kananaios (the Zealot, apostle of Christ, S00835).
E04866The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 29 June.
E04868The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 July.
E04999The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 October.
E05000The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 28 October.
E05860The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in October. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E05950Mosaic roundels on the barrel vaults of the Cappella Arcivescovile of Ravenna (northern Italy), with portrait busts of twelve apostles and twelve martyrs (six female, six male); created 494/520.
E06047Mosaics in San Vitale, Ravenna (northern Italy), depicting *Vitalis (soldier and martyr of Ravenna, S02826), and busts of the *Apostles and *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313); created c. 549.
E06245Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), when describing the court of heaven lists numerous saints with the cities of their resting-place. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s.
E06929Aldhelm, in his poem On the Altars of the Twelve Apostles, records the dedication of an altar to *Simon ('the Zealot,' Apostle of Christ, S00835), presumably in Britain. Written in Latin in southern Britain, c. 670/710.
E07748List of relics and diptych from the monastery of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) and *Martyrs (S02818) at Arles (southern Gaul), giving the names of saints whose relics were deposited in the monastery and the people for whom prayers were to be offered in the liturgy. The list contains the names of all the Apostles, as well as *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033), *John the Baptist (S00020), and *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), together with four Gallic martyrs, *Genesius (martyr of Arles, S00263), *Symphorianus (martyr of Autun, S00322), *Baudilius (martyr of Nîmes, S00383), and *Victor (martyr of Marseille, S00382), and three Gallic bishops, *Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183), *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and *Caesarius (bishop of Arles, ob. 542, S00491). Written in Latin at Arles, in 600/650.
E08570Mosaic of Christ flanked by the twelve *Apostles (S02422), on the triumphal arch over the central apse of the basilica of Eufrasius at Poreč (ancient Parentium) on Istria. Datable to the mid-6th c.