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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Fausta, martyr of Cyzicus, and companions

Saint ID

S02093

Reported Death Not Before

305

Reported Death Not After

311

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Officials and professionals, Virgins, Converts
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05624Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 20 September in Cyzicus (north-west Asia Minor) of *Fausta and Evilasius (martyrs of Cyzicus, S02093). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06583The Greek Martyrdom of *Fausta (martyr of Cyzicus, S02093) and her companions Euilasios and Maximinos is written, probably in Cyzicus (north-west Asia Minor), and possibly at some point in the 6th-7th century.