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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ioannes/John the Elder, early Christian buried at Ephesus

Saint ID

S01115

Reported Death Not After

120

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00256Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.39.4-6), reports that, when he wrote, two tombs of John were known in Ephesos (western Asia Minor), one ascribed to *John the Evangelist (S00042) and another to the obscure apostle *John the Elder (S01115). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325.