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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Arsenios and Loukios, ascetics of Syrian origin, martyrs near Panopolis (Upper Egypt)

Saint ID

S02600

Reported Death Not Before

306

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05971Coptic ostracon from the area of Hermonthis (Upper Egypt) with an excerpt from a calendar of saints’ feast days, such as those of *Jakob (S00858), *Arsenios and Loukios (ascetics of Syrian origin, and martyrs near Panopolis, S02600), *Theognosta (perhaps the mother of George, S01537), *Athanasios (possibly the bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373, S00294), *David (Old Testament king of Israel and Psalmist, S00269), *Daniel (possibly the disciple and biographer of Arsenios, S02379) *Zoilos (possibly the disciple of Arsenios, S02378) and *Anna (possibly the mother of Mary, S01614), *Maria (possibly Mary, mother of Christ, S00033) and *Sophia (perhaps the head of a convent in Edessa, ob. 363, S02381); datable to the 7th century.
E06818Fragment of a Coptic Encomion on *Pjoore (martyr of Panopolis, S02599), listing also feast days, for *Apa Elias (bishop of Psoi/Ptolemais, S02598), and for *Arsenios and Loukios (ascetics of Syrian origin, and martyrs near Panopolis, S02600); datable to the 7th/8th century.
E06902Greek inscription on a terracotta lamp found by the port at Karnak (Upper Egypt), invoking the martyrs Abba *Loukios and Abba Arsenios (ascetics of Syrian origin, and martyrs near Panopolis, S02600); datable to the years 500–650.