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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Thomas the Fool (Salos), a holy monk of Syria. Ob. before 551.

Saint ID

S01123

Reported Death Not After

551

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Holy fools
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01930Greek and Syriac inscriptions from the lid of a sarcophagus, marking it as the tomb of a certain 'Saint (hagios) Thomas', possibly *Thomas Salos, a holy monk from Coelesyria, mentioned by Evagrius in his Church History (S01123). Found at Krād ad-Dāsiniya near Ḥimṣ/Emesa (northwest Phoenicia). Probably mid-6th c.