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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Salome, apocryphal figure who aided Mary at the birth of Jesus

Saint ID

S02982

Reported Death Not Before

1

Reported Death Not After

50

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Other New Testament saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04556Greek, Arabic, and Christian-Palestinian Aramaic inscriptions and visitors' graffiti from a cave chapel dedicated to *Salome (probably the apocryphal Salome who assisted Mary at the birth of Christ, S02982; or perhaps *Salome the follower of Jesus, S01819) at Ḥorvat Qaṣra near ancient Eleutheropolis, in the Judean Hills (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably of the late antique and early Arab periods.