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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Nouphios, presbyter and martyr in Alexandria

Saint ID

S01074

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00164Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city.
E01546The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 5 September the martyrdom of *Nouphios (presbyter and martyr in Alexandria, S01074). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04942The 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 September.