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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Passarion, archimandrite in Palestine, ob. 428.

Saint ID

S01502

Reported Death Not Before

428

Reported Death Not After

428

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03436The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 21 November *Passarion (archimandrite in Palestine, ob. 428, S01502).
E03763The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 7 June *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Passarion (archimandrite in Palestine, ob. 428, S01502) and *Polybios (bishop of Salamis, disciple of Epiphanios of Cyprus, 5th c., S01498).
E06468Cyril 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
E06677Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry