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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ephraim, bishop of Mylasa

Saint ID

S02842

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07857The Greek Life of *Eusebia/Xene (ascetic in Mylasa, ob. 5th c., S00519) recounts the life and miraculous death of a noble woman from Rome who founded a nunnery at a chapel of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) in Mylasa (Caria, western Asia Minor). It mentions a monastery of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288) in the same city, and a shrine and feast of *Ephraim (bishop of Mylasa, S02842) at the neighbouring village of Leuke. Written in Mylasa in the late fifth century.