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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Marcian, emperor of Rome, 450-457

Saint ID

S01495

Number in BH

-

Reported Death Not Before

457

Reported Death Not After

457

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Monarchs and their family
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03114The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 19 April *John III (patriarch of Jerusalem, ob. 524, S01494) and *Marcian (the Emperor, ob. 457, S01495).
E03710The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 April *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), *Marcian (Roman emperor, ob. 457, S01495), possibly *Kopres (martyr in Egypt under Julian, S01190), *Sabas (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489) and probably *Zosimas (ascetic in Palestine, 5th c., S01834).
E03712The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 April *Agapitus (bishop of Rome, ob. 536, S00811) and probably *Marcian (the Emperor, ob. 457, S01495).
E03714The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 19 April *John III (patriarch of Jerusalem, ob. 524, S01494) and *Marcian (the Emperor, ob. 457, S01495), and, as a later addition, George, bishop of Antioch and confessor during Iconoclasm.