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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theodosios the Coenobiarch, ob. 529

Saint ID

S01325

Reported Death Not Before

529

Reported Death Not After

529

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monastic founders, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02799Greek dedicatory inscription on a pottery plate associated with a bronze lamp-holder (polycandelon), very probably mentioning the monastery of *Theodosios the Coenobiarch (monastic founder, ob. 529, S01325). Found at Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 6th/early 7th c.
E06677Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry
E06769Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Theodosios (the Coenobiarch, abbot in Palestine, ob. 528, S01325), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic. Written in Greek in Palestine, 555/557.
E06883Pope Martin I, in two letters written in 649/655, refers to a monastery dedicated to *Theodosios (the Coenobiarch, ob. 529, S01325) in Palestine. Letters written in Rome, probably in Greek.