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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eutropios, reader in Constantinople, ob. 405

Saint ID

S01776

Reported Death Not Before

405

Reported Death Not After

405

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Lesser clergy , Martyrs, "Confessors"
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04056Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.24), mentions that the Novatian bishop of Constantinople Sisinnios (c. 390-410) dedicated a church to *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030). He had a vision (probably of Stephen) revealing to him the martyrdom of the young reader *Eutropios (S01176), a supporter of John Chrysostom, who died after severe torture in 405. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.