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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Paulos, Pausire, and Maria, monastic martyrs of Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt)

Saint ID

S01847

Reported Death Not Before

304

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03535The Coptic Martyrdom of Apa *Timotheos and his daughter Martyria (martyrs of Middle Egypt, S01462), relates the horrific tortures they endured under the governor Arianos and the miraculous appearances of the archangels *Michael and *Gabriel (S00181and S00192) to rescue them repeatedly; their martyrdom begins as *Paulos, Pausire, and Maria (monastic martyrs of Antinoopolis, S01847) are sentenced to death. Written presumably in the 6th/7th c.; preserved (in an incomplete form) in a manuscript of the 10th c.