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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Gregory 'the Theologian', bishop of Nazianzos, ob. 390

Saint ID

S00837

Number in BH

BHG 723-730, BHL 3667-3668

Reported Death Not Before

389

Reported Death Not After

390

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02797Greek inscription on a fragment of a bread stamp, probably referring to three saints whose name are lost, differently identified by modern editors. Found at Mount Zion in Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably late antique.
E02891The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 25 January *Gregory 'the Theologian' (bishop of Nazianzus, ob. 390, S00837).
E02956The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 25 January at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, *Gregory 'the Theologian' (bishop of Nazianzos, ob. 390, S00837).
E03282The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 July *Basil (bishop of Caesarea, ob. 379, S00780) and *Gregory the Theologian (of Nazianzos, ob. 390, S00837).
E03359The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 23 August *Athanasios (bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373, S00294), *Basil (bishop of Caesarea, ob. 379, S00780), *Gregory (bishop of Nyssa, ob. 394, S01357), *Gregory (the Theologian, of Nazianzos, ob. 390, S00837), *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779) and *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis, ob. 403, S00215).
E03430The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 15 November *Philip (the Apostle, S00109) and *Gregory (the Theologian, of Nazianzus, ob. 390, S00837).
E03841The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 August *Athanasios (bishop of Alexandria, S00294), *Basil (bishop of Caesarea, S00780), *Gregory (bishop of Nyssa, S01357), *Gregory (the Theologian, of Nazianzos, S00837), *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, S00779), *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Kyrillos (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 386, S01569), *Lucius (martyr in Cyrene under Diocletian, S01792), probably *Sarmiane (katholikos of Georgia, 6th c., S01793), *Gerasimos (anchorite, founder of a monastery in the Judean desert, ob. 475., S01507), and *Athanasios (bishop and martyr of Tarsus, S01794).
E04572Greek inscriptions on a water basin, recording the names of *Paul (probably the Apostle, S00008), and *Gregorios (possibly Gregory of Nazianzus, S00837). Found at Antioch of Pisidia (west central Asia Minor). Probably 7th c. or later.
E04606The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 January.
E05099Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) renovated a great number of monasteries in the region of Jerusalem (and elsewhere in the East), many of them dedicated to saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E06555Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Gregory (bishop of Nazianzos, ob. 390, S00837) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686.
E06659Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry