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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Dorotheos, martyr of Alexandria under Valens

Saint ID

S02874

Reported Death Not Before

364

Reported Death Not After

378

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07182The so-called Barbarus Scaligeri, a Latin translation of a lost Greek chronography dating from the 6th c., refers to the martyrdom of *Dorotheos (martyr of Alexandria under Valens, S02784) at Alexandria in 371.
E08006The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5870) states that *Dorotheos (martyr of Alexandria under Valens, S02874) was martyred by the Arians at Alexandria during the reign of the emperor Valens (364-378). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.