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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Timotheos and Maura, husband and wife, martyrs of Egypt

Saint ID

S01398

Number in BH

BHG 1849

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03535Coptic Martyrdom of Apa *Timotheos and his daughter Martyria (S01462), most likely taking place at Hermopolis/Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), relating the horrific tortures they endured under the hegemon Arianos and the miraculous appearances of the archangels *Michael (S00181) and *Gabriel (S00192) to rescue them repeatedly. Their martyrdom begins as Paulos, Pausire, and Maria (monastic martyrs under Arianos at Antinoopolis/Hermopolis, S01847) are sentenced to death; presumably written in the 6th/7th c.
E03682The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 18 March *Kyrillos (bishop of Jerusalem, S01349) and *Timotheos and Maura (husband and wife, martyrs of Egypt, S01398).
E06690The Greek Martyrdom of *Timotheos and Maura (husband and wife, martyrs of Egypt, S01398). Skeleton entry
E06887List of subscriptions documenting foundations dedicated to saints in Constantinople, Syria, and Palestine, preserved in a petition to Pope Agapitus I from eastern monks. Written in Greek in Constantinople in 536.
E07965The Paschal Chronicle records that Hypatius, executed after the Nika Riot in 532, was buried at the shrine of *Maura (martyr of Egypt, S01398) in Constantinople. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.