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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eleazar, Old Testament priest, son of Aaron

Saint ID

S01489

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03372The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 3 September *Aaaron (first High Priest, brother of Moses, S01427), *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) and *Phineas (Old Testament priest, grandson of Aaron, S01490).
E03854The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 September *Aaron (Old Testament prophet, S01427), *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) and *Phineas (Old Testament priest, grandson of Aaron, S01490), the ascension of *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217), *Theoktistos (hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, S01622), and *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), and *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124).
E06526Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385-6 and visited the tombs of *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), and *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) on Mount Ephraim. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 404.