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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Kastor, martyr of Alexandria

Saint ID

S01085

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01556The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 19 September the martyrdom of *Kastōr (martyr in Alexandria, S01085) and his eleven companions. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04960The 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 September.
E04961The 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 September.