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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Barapsabbas (Bar-ḥad-bešabba/Kyriakos?), a monastic founder of Mu'Allaḳ

Saint ID

S00912

Reported Death Not After

606

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01787Greek inscriptions mentioning a church and a monastery of 'Saint Barapsabbas', and just possibly a church built with the aid of unnamed *Archangels or *Apostles. Found at Mu'Allaḳ near Chalkis (north Syria). Dated 606/607.