E05402: Synaxarion of the Coptic Church preserved in Copto-Arabic manuscripts, offering a complete list of saints' feast days throughout the year; written during the Islamic period.

The Coptic Synaxarion is extant only in copies from the Islamic period, the oldest of which is dated to the 14th century. Since these later redactions clearly rely on earlier compilations made in Greek and Coptic, of which only fragments are known today (see e.g. E02212), a reference to the Arabic compilations is included here to provide an indication of which saints were officially celebrated after the period of formation of the Cult of Saints in Egypt.

For an introduction to the Copto-Arabic Synaxarion and a complete list of its saints and feast days, see

http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cce/id/1792