Name
Aurelios of Anthedon, Alexion of Bethagathon and Alaphion of Asalea, ascetics and missionaries of Palestine, mid-4th c.
Saint ID
S01700
Reported Death Not Before
300
Reported Death Not After
400
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Missionaries, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E04018 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14), mentions veneration and miracles at the tombs of *Hilarion (anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, ob. 371, S00099) in Cyprus and Palestine. Originally buried in Cyprus, his body was stolen and reburied in his monastery in Palestine. Sozomen describes the posthumous veneration of ascetics as common in Palestine, mentioning the mid-4th c. ascetics and missionaries *Aurelios of Anthedon, Alexion of Bethagathon, and Alaphion of Asalea (S01700). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E04020 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.14-16), refers to several monastic holy men who were active in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Mesopotamia, Asia Minor, and the West in the mid-fourth century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. |
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