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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theoktistos, hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, 5th c.

Saint ID

S01622

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03738The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 13 May *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Theoktistos (hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, 5th c., S01622), and *Methodios of Olympus, theologian, bishop and martyr, ob. 311, S01694).
E03742The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 May the burning of Jerusalem, and patriarchs of Jerusalem from *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058) to *Modestos (bishop of Jerusalem, ob. 630, S01371), also *Theoktistos (hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, 5th c., S01622) and *Helladios (unidentified hieromartyr, S01762).
E03854The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 September *Aaron (Old Testament prophet, S01427), *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) and *Phineas (Old Testament priest, grandson of Aaron, S01490), the ascension of *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217), *Theoktistos (hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, S01622), and *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), and *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124).
E06468Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry
E06677Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry