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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Silouan, Lukas and Mokimos, martyrs of Emesa

Saint ID

S01272

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02593The Martyrdom of Iulianos of Emesa, surviving only in Georgian, recounts the martyrdom and death of *Iulianos/Julian (martyr of Emesa, S01259) and of three other martyrs, *Silouan/Silvanos, Lukas and Mokimos (martyrs of Emesa, S01272). The events were soon followed by the translation of the head of John the Baptist (S00020) to Emesa. Translated in or before the 8th c. from a lost Greek original.