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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Zoe and Hesperos, martyrs of Attaleia

Saint ID

S01600

Number in BH

BHG 746-746b

Gender
Female
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Mothers and fathers, Groups and pairs of saints, Slaves, Children
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03123The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 27 April *Zoe (possibly the martyr of Attaleia, S01600).
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).
E04281Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built churches dedicated to *Anna (S01614, mother of the Virgin Mary) and to *Zoe (martyr of Attaleia, S01600) in Constantinople in the district of Deuteron. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E06841The Greek Martyrdom of *Zoe and Hesperos (martyrs of Attaleia, S01600). Skeleton entry