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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Petre, Apa Petre, Joseph, Apa Joseph, and Anoup, Apa Anoup, saints with cult at Wadi Sarga

Saint ID

S02068

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Ascetics/monks/nuns, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05442Coptic funerary inscription from Wadi Sarga (Upper Egypt), with an invocation of *Michael (S00181), *Gabriel (S00192), *Mary (S00033), the *Apostles (S00084), *Anoup (the monk and monastic founder,S00774, or the saint with cult at Wadi Sarga, S02068), Apa *Thomas (S01695), and Apa *Paese (S02067); datable to the 7th/8th century.
E07045Coptic Encomion on Apa *Petros (a confessor, possible one of the saints with cult at Wadi Sarga, S02068), of unknown Egyptian provenance; written presumably during the 6th century. Skeleton entry