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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ananias, bishop with cult at Jeme

Saint ID

S01224

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00241Coptic donation certifying the gift of property to the monastery of *Paul (the First Anchorite, S00089), on the mountain of Jeme (Upper Egypt), by a woman, resident in the street of *Ananias (bishop venerated at Jeme, S01224), on her deathbed for the salvation of her soul; dated 31 May 735.
E02463Coptic agreement on sharing inherited property, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a neighbourhood of *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); dated 29 June 748 or 763.
E02469Coptic transcript of a court hearing, from Jeme (Upper Egypt), mentioning a feast and service for *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.
E02473Coptic fragmentary invocation on an ostracon, from Qurnah (Upper Egypt), addressing a saint whose name is only partially preserved (perhaps *Andrew, the Apostle, S00288, or *Ananias, bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224), *Phoibammon (soldier and martyr of Assiut, S00080), and a Bishop Abraham; datable to the 7th/8th c., possibly before 624.
E04134Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with fragments of a letter mentioning *Kyriakos (child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007) and *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th/8th century.
E05978Coptic ostracon from Jeme (Upper Egypt) with a letter mentioning the oikonomos of an institution dedicated to *Ananias (bishop with cult at Jeme, S01224); datable to the 7th century.