E04077: Coptic funerary inscription from unknown Egyptian provenance, invoking God to take care of a presbyter of Apa *Kyros (S01932); datable to the 6th–8th century.
‘God, you shall provide rest for the soul of the blessed Apa Kyrillos, the presbyter of (the church of) saint Abba Kyros. He has gone to rest …’
(Text: M. Hasitzka; trans.: G. Schenke)
History
Evidence ID
E04077
Saint Name
Kyros and Iōannēs, physician martyrs in Egypt, ob. early 4th c. : S00406
Kyros, Apa Kyros, Egyptian anchorite, brother of the emperor Theodosius : S01932