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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Markianos, steward of the Great Church in Constantinople, ob. c. 470

Saint ID

S02876

Number in BH

BHG 1032-1034

Reported Death Not Before

470

Reported Death Not After

475

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E07025The Greek Life of *Auxentios (ascetic and monastic founder in Bithynia, ob. c. 470, S01523) recounts the life and miracles of its hero as an ascetic on mount Oxia, near Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople), and founder of a nunnery at Gyrita near Chalcedon. It mentions shrines near Chalcedon. Written in Constantinople, probably in the mid 6th century.