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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ptolemaios/Pteleme, monk and martyr near Antinoopolis (Upper Egypt), son of Nestorios, the councillor (politeuomenos) of Dendera (Upper Egypt)

Saint ID

S01473

Reported Death Not Before

304

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03583Coptic fragments of the Martyrdom of Apa *Ptolemaios (monk and martyr, S01473) near Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), relating his noble decent, his desire to become an anchorite, and the events at this trial under Arianos, where he heals and converts one of the torturers; written probably in the 6th/7th c.
E03583Coptic fragments of the Martyrdom of Apa *Ptolemaios (monk and martyr, S01473) near Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), relating his noble decent, his desire to become an anchorite, and the events at this trial under Arianos, where he heals and converts one of the torturers; written probably in the 6th/7th c.