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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Obadiah, Old Testament prophet

Saint ID

S01420

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03203The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 June, at the church of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217) and the deposition of the relics of *Elishah (Old Testament prophet, S00239) and *Obadiah (Old Testament prophet, S01420).
E03778The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 June the church of *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217) and the deposition of the relics of *Elishah (Old Testament prophet, S00239) and *Obadiah (Old Testament prophet, S01420), and *Eusebios (bishop of Samosata and confessor under Valens, S01663).
E03931The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 19 November *Thalelaios (martyr of Aigai in Cilicia, S01137), *Proklos (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 446, S01597), *Shmona and Gurya (martyrs of Edessa, S00081), and *Obadiah (Old Testament prophet, S01420).
E06327Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled to Sebaste (Palestine) in 385/6 to visit the graves of *John the Baptist (S00020), *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239), and *Obadiah (Old Testament prophet, S01420). Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404.