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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Taisia/Thais, penitent of Egypt, 4th c.

Saint ID

S02646

Number in BH

BHG 1695-1697; BHL 8012-8019

Reported Death Not Before

320

Reported Death Not After

380

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Repentant criminals, prostitutes, etc.
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E06983The Greek Life of *Taisia/Thais (penitent of Egypt, S02646) is translated into Latin at Rome in the early 6th c. by Dionysius Exiguus.
E06987The Greek Conversion of *Taisia (penitent of Egypt, S02646) recounts the story of a prostitute in Alexandria who is converted to the monastic life by *Serapion Sindonios (travelling ascetic of Egypt, S02647). Written in Egypt, it survives in two versions, probably originating from the 5th c.