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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Leonidas and his companions, martyrs of Corinth

Saint ID

S01004

Number in BH

BHG 983z

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01476The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 16 April the martyrdom of *Leonidas and eight unnamed companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E03710The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 April *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), *Marcian (Roman emperor, ob. 457, S01495), possibly *Kopres (martyr in Egypt under Julian, S01190), *Sabas (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489) and probably *Zosimas (ascetic in Palestine, 5th c., S01834).
E03711The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 April *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea, S01634), *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), and *Eirene (possibly the martyr of Thessalonike, S00206).