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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Potitus, child martyr with cult in southern Italy

Saint ID

S01131

Number in BH

BHL 6908

Reported Death Not Before

138

Reported Death Not After

161

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Children
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01983The Latin Martyrdom of *Potitus (child martyr with cult in southern Italy, S01131) narrates the story of a Christian child of a pagan father; he performs several miracles leading to mass conversions; he is tortured, then put to death by the emperor Antoninus and buried in Puglia (southern Italy). Written presumably in Puglia, at an uncertain date, but by the 8th c. at the latest