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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Markos, a saint invoked at Nessana in the Negev desert

Saint ID

S01736

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04337Two Greek graffiti in cursive script, found in the martyr shrine at the North Church at Nessana/Auja Hafir in the Negev desert (Roman province of Palaestina III) of uncertain purpose, listing saints and holy men and women, many undocumented elsewhere; one of the graffiti apparently making reference to dates. Probably 5th - mid-6th c.
E04421Greek inscription commemorating the consecration of a church dedicated to *Markos (probably *Mark the Evangelist, S00293). Found at Jueîzeh, near Quneitra and Paneas/Caesarea Philippi, in the Golan Heights, to the north-east of the Sea of Galilee (Roman province of Phoenicia Paralias). Probably 5th-6th c.