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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Dioskorides, presbyter and martyr of Alexandria

Saint ID

S01063

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01534The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 20 August the martyrdom of *Dioskorides (presbyter and martyr of Alexandria, S01063). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04854The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 June.
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.
E04925The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 20 August.
E05054The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 December.
E05055The 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 December.