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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Akakios, bishop and martyr of Melitine

Saint ID

S01380

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03063The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 March *Akakios (perhaps the soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S01018).
E03686The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 22 March *Akakios (perhaps the bishop and martyr of Melitine, S01380, or the soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468), and *Kodratos (perhaps the martyr of Hellespontus, S01159).