Name
Lazarus, friend of Jesus
Saint ID
S01417
Number in BH
BHG 2213-2231
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints, Bishops
| ID | Title | E03077 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on the sixth Saturday of Lent in Bethany *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417). | E03329 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (44), recounts the story of the ascetic Innokentios who had relics of *John the Baptist (S00020) in his private chapel on the Mount of Olives (Jerusalem). The author also mentions the shrine of *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417). Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E03376 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 7 September in the village of Bethany *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417). | E03858 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 7 September *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417), *Phokas (possibly martyr of Antioch on the Orontes, S00413), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *Sozon(martyr of Cylicia under Maximian, S01624). | E05893 | Hesychius of Jerusalem composes his Homilies 11 and 12, On *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417), which he probably preaches on the Saturday before Palm Sunday at the Lazarion shrine in Bethany (Palestine). Written in Greek at Jerusalem, in the early 5th c. | E06081 | Adomnán, in his On the Holy Places, reports the recent visit of the Franco-Gallic bishop Arculf to a monastery and basilica at Bethany, outside Jerusalem, built over the site where *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, S01417) was buried and then raised from the dead. Written in Latin at Iona (north-west Britain), possibly 683/689. | E06104 | The Itinerary of the so-called Pilgrim of Bordeaux mentions a number of tombs in the Holy Land of biblical figures, almost all from the Old Testament; Constantine's new church at Mamre, where Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275) conversed with angels; and the spring near Jericho miraculously purified by the Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239). Written in Latin, probably in Bordeaux (south-west Gaul), shortly after 333. | E06468 | Cyril 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 | E06520 | Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited the tomb of *Lazarus (friend of Jesus, *S01417) and the home of *Mary and Martha (followers of Jesus and sisters of Lazarus, S01326) in Bethany. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404. |
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