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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Dioskorides, martyr or Myra, south Anatolia

Saint ID

S01896

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05107The Greek Miracle of *Nikolaos (bishop of Myra under Constantine, S00520) recounts two episodes from the life of its hero, focusing on the rescuing of people unjustly condemned to death; it includes a prayer invoking God through the intercession of the saint. Written, probably at Myra (south-west Asia Minor) during the late 5th or early 6th centuries.