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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Theodora and Didymos, martyrs of Alexandria

Saint ID

S02549

Number in BH

BHG 1742, BHL 8072-73

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

313

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03755The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 May *Katanos and Nistheros (anchorites, S01747), *Didymos (martyr of Alexandria under Diocletian and Maximian, S02549), and *Cyprian (probably the bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411).
E05061The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 December.
E06753The Greek Martyrdom of *Theodora and Didymos (martyrs of Alexandria, S02549). Skeleton entry