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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Therapon, bishop and martyr of Cyprus

Saint ID

S01751

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03750The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 May *James ('brother of the Lord', S00058), *Symeon (the God-receiver, elder of the temple of Jerusalem, S00285), *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), the martyrdom of *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus, S01751), *Meletios (bishops of Cyprus, S01635) and, as a marginal addition, *George (probably the soldier and martyr, S00259).
E03751The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 26 May *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), *Philip (the Apostle, S00109), *Zechariah, (probably the father of John the Baptist, S00597, or possibly the Old Testament prophet, S00283), and *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus under Diocletian, S01751).
E08569The Miracles of *Therapon (bishop and martyr of Cyprus, E01751) describes 15 miracles of healing and exorcism at the saint's shrine at Constantinople. Written in Greek at Constantinople in the late 7th c.