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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Boas, martyr of Hierapolis under Aurelian

Saint ID

S01669

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03975The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 31 December *Boas (martyr of Hierapolis under Aurelian, S01669), *Zotikos (martyr and 'nourisher of orphans', S01064), *John (Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee, S00108), and *Markellos (abbot in Constantinople, 5th c. S01670).