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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eighty-five priests of Nob (killed by Saul in the Old Testament)

Saint ID

S02453

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Old Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06491Jerome, in his Letter 108, describes how Paula travelled through Palestine in 385/6 and visited: Antipatris, place of imprisonment of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008); Lydda/Diospolis, associated with a visit and a healing by Paul; Arimathea, hometown of *Joseph of Arimathea (New Testament figure, S01787); Nob, burial-site of *Eighty-five priests (killed by Saul in the Old Testament, S02453); Joppa, associated with *Jonah (Old Testament Prophet, S01237); and Nicopolis/Emmaus, where Jesus consecrated as a church the house of *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249). Written in Latin, in Bethlehem, 404.