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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Orsunouphios, Ischerion, Belphios, Origen, and Petros, soldiers and companion martyrs with Phoibammon of Assiut

Saint ID

S01201

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02109Coptic Martyrdom of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), presented by Kolouthos the Stylite, giving an account of his family background, trial, and martyrdom at Assiut (Upper Egypt), with other soldiers, from the garrisons of Esna and Aswan: *Orsunouphios, Ischerion, Belphios, Origen, and Peter (soldiers and companion martyrs with Phoibammon of Assiut, S01201); datable to the 6th/7th century.