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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Petros, bishop of Sebasteia in Armenia, ob. 391/2

Saint ID

S01125

Reported Death Not Before

391

Reported Death Not After

392

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01304Gregory of Nyssa, in his Letter 1 of the 380s or 390s, mentions festivals of a certain *Petros (bishop of Sebasteia, S01124 or S01125) and unnamed martyrs (perhaps *Athenogenes of Pedachthoe, S00065) at Sebasteia/Sebaste (eastern Asia Minor), and a festival of martyrs in the village of Andaëmona in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). Probably written in Greek at Nyssa (central Asia Minor).