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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tecla/Thekla, saint buried on the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem

Saint ID

S02868

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07927Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, in an account of shrines on the Mount of Olives outside Jerusalem, mentions a church that houses a certain 'saint Tecla' (saint buried on the Mount of Olives, S02868). Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540.