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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Markellos, abbot of the Sleepless monks in Constantinople, ob. 5th c.

Saint ID

S01670

Number in BH

BHG 1027z-1028

Reported Death Not Before

470

Reported Death Not After

500

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03974The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 December *Eugenia (martyr at Rome under Valerian, S00401), *Cornelius (probably the Centurion, New Testament saint, S00301), *Markellos (abbot in Constantinople, 5th c., S01670), *Anysia (martyr of Thessalonike under Maximian, S01671), *Ananias (New Testament saint, S01629) and *Irenaeus (probably the bishop and martyr of Lyon, Gaul, S02832).
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).
E07155The Greek Life of *Markellos (abbot in Constantinople, ob. 470s, S01670) recounts the life and miracles of the third abbot of the Sleepless Monks (Akoimetoi) of Constantinople. Written in Constantinople, probably in 474/518.