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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Five Female Martyrs of Antioch, ob. 98/117

Saint ID

S02138

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05669John Malalas, in his Chronographia (11.10), mentions the martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch, S00649), *Five Female Martyrs (of Antioch, S02138), and *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189) under Trajan (r. 98-117). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.