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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Areios, martyr in Alexandria

Saint ID

S01039

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01509The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 6 June the martyrdom of the presbyter *Areios (martyr in Alexandria, S01039). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04872The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 July.
E04873The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 6 July.