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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Xenophontos, his wife Maria and sons Arkadios and Ioannes/John, martyrs of Constantinople, 5th c.

Saint ID

S01815

Gender
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
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E02892The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 26 January the translation of the relics of *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779) to Constantinople, 'bishop Theodoros' (probably the 8th c. bishop of Jeruslaem), the Emperor Valens, *Polycarp/Polykarpos (probably the martyr of Nicaea, S00958), and *Xenophontos (martyr of Constantinople, 5th c., S01815).