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E07008: Coptic Encomion on *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), attributed to Constantine of Siout (c. 550–640), written in the late 6th/early 7th century. Skeleton entry

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History

Evidence ID

E07008

Saint Name

George, soldier and martyr : S00259

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/George_soldier_and_martyr_and_Companions/13729822

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

580

Evidence not after

640

Activity not before

306

Activity not after

640

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Assiut

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Assiut Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Composing and translating saint-related texts

Source

For details see T. Orlandi, Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari online at http://www.cmcl.it/entrata.html/

Bibliography

Mentioned in: Emmel, S., "Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world," in: R. Bagnall (ed.), Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300–700 (Cambridge, 2007), 83–102, p. 95.

Usage metrics

Evidence - The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

Keywords

S00259

Licence

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