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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Kyrillos, deacon and martyr of Heliopolis Baalbek, ob. 362

Saint ID

S01851

Reported Death Not Before

361

Reported Death Not After

363

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04153Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Ecclesiastical History (Book 3) recounts the persecutions of Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), mentioning the *Martyrs of Askalon in Palestine (S01853), *Kyrillos (deacon and martyr of Heliopolis-Baalbek in Syria, S01851), *Aimilianos (martyr of Durostorum on the Lower Danube, S01589), *Ioventinos and Maximinos (soldiers and martyrs of Syrian Antioch, S00053), *Artemios (dux of Egypt and martyr in Antioch, S01128), and the confessor *Markos (bishop of Arethousa in Syria, S01563). Written in Greek at Cyrrhus (northern Syria), 444/450.