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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Euthymios, abbot of Palestine, ob.473

Saint ID

S01352

Reported Death Not Before

473

Reported Death Not After

473

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02886The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 20 January *Euthymios the Great (monk in Palestine, S01352).
E02951The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 20 January *Euthymios (abbot of Palestine, ob. 473, S01352).
E06468Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry
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
E06733Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Kyriakos of Souka (ascetic in Palestine, ob. 556, S01625), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic. Written in Greek in Palestine, 555/557.
E06772The Greek Life of *Gerasimos of the Jordan (ascetic in Palestine, ob. 475, S01507) recounts the life of its hero as a miracle working ascetic near Jericho. Written in Palestine, in the 7th c. or later.