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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Hierax, Philippos and ten companions, martyrs in Alexandria

Saint ID

S01048

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01515The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 15 June the martyrdom of *Hierax, Philippos and their ten young companions (martyrs in Alexandria, S01048). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.