The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Zenobios and Zenobia, brother and sister, martyrs of Aegae, Cilicia

Saint ID

S01681

Number in BH

BHG 1884

Gender

Male
Female

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Physicians, Bishops

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E03414	The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 30 October *Zenobios (probably the martyr of Aegae, S01681).
E03911	The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 October Zenobia (martyr of Aegae, Cilicia, S01681), Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222).
E06668	The Greek Martyrdom of *Zenobios and Zenobia (brother and sister, martyrs of Aegae, S01681) recounts the miraculous accomplishments of the Christian healer Zenobios, in Aegae (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor) and his martyrdom together with his sister Zenobia. Written possibly in Aegae, probably in the 5th-6th c.