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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Agathangelos, bishop and martyr of Damascus

Saint ID

S01252

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02574The Martyrdom of *Agathangelos (bishop and martyr of Damascus, S01252), surviving only in Georgian, recounts the many wonderful miracles and conversions effected by Agathangelos in Damascus under the emperor Severus Alexander, and his subsequent martyrdom under the emperor Gordian. Translated before the 9th c. from a lost Greek original.
E03638The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 8 February *Romelios (perhaps one of the *Eight martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00198), *Polycarp/Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Agathangelos (bishop and martyr of Damascus, S01252), and *Theognios (bishop of Betelia, near Gaza, S01506).