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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Aeglon, anchorite in Sketis

Saint ID

S01514

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03349The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 14 August *Aeglon (unidentified anchorite and hegumen, S00877) and *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414).
E03831The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, prescribes on 13 August synaxis at the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S 00033), and commemorates *Aeglon (anchorite in Sketis, S01514) and *Maximos (the Confessor, ob. 662, S01455).
E03832The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, prescribes on 14 August synaxis for *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and commemorates *Aeglon (anchorite in Sketis, S01514), and *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414), and *Elianos (martyr of Amman, S00889).
E03839The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 21 August *Abraham (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Bassa (martyr of Edessa in Macedonia under Galerius, S01796) and *Aeglon (anchorite in Sketis, S01514).
E04403Greek inscription invoking the help of the God of a certain Saint *Eglon/Aiglon (possibly the abbot *Aeglon of Sketis, S01514). Found in the apse of the church at Geziret Faraoun/Gezira al-Fir‘aun in the Sinai desert, the Gulf of 'Aqaba (Roman province of Palaestina III). Probably 6th c. or later.