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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
E02109The Coptic Martyrdom of Apa *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), attributed to Kolouthos the Stylite, gives 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). Written probably in the 6th/7th c.; preserved in a manuscript of 822/914.