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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Habakkuk, Old Testament prophet

Saint ID

S01268

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02609Isidore of Seville in his Chronicle mentions the discovery of the bodies of *Habbakkuk (S01236) and *Micah (S01268), the Old Testament prophets, dated to the reign of Arcadius and Honorius (395-408). Written in Latin in Seville (southern Hispania), in two redactions, in 615/616 and 626.
E03784The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 28 June probably *Habbakuk (Old testament prophet, S01268), *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406) and their companion martyred women (S00167), and the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and Paul (S00008).
E03787The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 July *Habakkuk (the Old Testament prophet, S01268), *Ioubenalios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 458, S01570) and *Anastasios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 478, S01571) and *Kosmas and Damianos (brother, physician martyrs in Syria, S00385).
E03945The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 December *Mary of Egypt (S00903) and *Habakkuk (the Old Testament prophet, 01268).
E04055Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (7.29), mentions the discovery of the tombs and relics of the Prophets *Habbakuk (S01268) and *Micah (S01236) in villages near Eleutheropolis in Palestine, after a dream vision revealed to the local bishop Zebennos, under Theodosius I (r. 379-395). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.
E04457Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues, recounts a number of miraculous stories, and considers the nature of miracles. Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.
E04610The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 15 January.