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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Antiochos and Kyriakos, martyrs in Galatia (Anatolia)

Saint ID

S01997

Number in BH

BHG 2030

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03802The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 July *Ennatha and Oualentina (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00162), *Paulos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00164), *Kyrikos/Cyriacus (child martyr of Tarsus, son of *Ioulitta/Julitta, S00007), *Ioulitta/Julitta, martyr of Tarsus, mother of *Kyrikos/Cyricus, S00677), *Antiochos (physician and martyr of Sebasteia, S01997).
E05283The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, mentions several shrines and festivals of saints at Sykeon and other places in Anatolia, the Holy Land, and Constantinople. Written at Sykeon (central Asia Minor), in the 640s.
E05349The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, mentions several festivals of saints, including processions, night vigils and the celebration of the Eucharist, celebrated in the 6th and 7th centuries at Iouliopolis, Germia and Sykeon (all in central Asia Minor), and in Constantinople. Written at Sykeon, in the 640s.
E06611The Greek Martyrdom of *Antiochos and Kyriakos (martyrs of Galatia, central Asia Minor, S01997). Skeleton entry