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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Gelos/Gaianus, martyr of Ancyra

Saint ID

S01069

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01541The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 30 August the martyrdom of *Gelos (martyr of Ancyra, S01069) and his six companions. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04936The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 31 August.
E04941The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 September.
E05067The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 28 December.