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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theognios, bishop of Betelia, near Gaza, ob. c. 522.

Saint ID

S01506

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03019The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 8 February *Theognios (bishop of Betelia, near Gaza, ob. c. 522, S01506).
E03637The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 7 February *Makarios (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 335, S01428), *Theognios (bishop of Betelia, near Gaza, ob. 522, S01506), and *Parthenios (bishop of Lampsakos, 4th c., S01639).
E03638The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 8 February *Romelios (perhaps one of the *Eight martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00198), *Polycarp/Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Agathangelos (bishop and martyr of Damascus, S01252), and *Theognios (bishop of Betelia, near Gaza, S01506).
E06770Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Theognios (ascetic and bishop in Palestine, ob. c. 522, S01506), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic. He mentions a shrine and monastery of *Ioulianos (possibly the martyr of Emesa, S01259; or the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305; or the martyr of Antinoopolis, S01341) at Jerusalem. He also mentions an extensive biography of the saint, which has not survived. Written in Greek in Palestine, 555/557.