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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ioustos, saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos

Saint ID

S01172

Reported Death Not Before

304

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Soldiers, Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00164Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city.
E00741Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting festal payments expected from various churches and shrines, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynkos, S01172), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Thekla (probably the follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), *Viktor (, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), possibly *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), and *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305); datable to the 5th c.
E02123Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), listing churches, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Viktor (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), an Evangelist (possibly *Mark, E00293), *Zechariah (presumably the father of John the Baptist, S00597), *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Kollouthos (physician and martyr of Antinoopolis, S00641), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Theodore (presumably the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and *Phoibammon (presumably the soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 6th century.
E02125Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting offerings to religious institutions, including ones dedicated to *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and possibly *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080); datable to the 5th/6th century.
E02232Greek letter, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), requesting help to gain access to a piece of land of a monastery of *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), mentioning also the martyr shrine (martyrion) of the saint; datable to the 6th century.
E02285Greek amulet from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), invoking the help of *Mary (Μother of Christ, S00033), *John (the Apostle and Εvangelist, S00042), *Serenos/Sirenos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrhynchos, S00134), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), *Viktor (presumably the martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172), and all saints; datable to the 5th century.
E02292Greek payment of oil, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), to a presbyter of a martyr shrine of *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172); datable to the 5th century.
E06128Greek letter presumably from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt) concerning a refugee and mentioning *Ioustos (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynchos, S01172); datable to the 6th/7th century.