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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Philanthēs, martyr in Amaseia

Saint ID

S01062

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01533The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 18 August the martyrdom of *Philanthēs (martyr in Amaseia, S01062) and his three companions. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04923The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 August.
E04924The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 August.