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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Nikephoros, martyr of Antioch

Saint ID

S01505

Number in BH

BHG 1331

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03728The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 May Mamas, an 8th c. katholikos of Iberia, *Zoe (possibly the martyr of Attaleia, S01600), *Silvanos (martyr of the Phaeno copper mines, S00193), *Nikephoros (martyr of Antioch, S01505), *Sabbas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery, S00910).
E06952The Greek Martyrdom of *Nikephoros (martyr of Antioch, S01505). Skeleton entry