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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Neophytos, martyr of Nicaea

Saint ID

S01607

Number in BH

BHG 1325y-1325z

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03693The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 29 March *John II (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 417, S01371) and *Modestos (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 630, S01373) and *Neophytos (possibly the martyr of Nicaea under Diocletian, S01607).
E06947The Greek Martyrdom of *Neophytos (martyr in Nicaea under Diocletian, S01607). Skeleton entry