E07013: Coptic Encomion on *Makrobius (bishop and martyr, S02669), attributed to Menas, bishop of Nikiou, written in the early 8th century. Skeleton entry

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History

Evidence ID

E07013

Saint Name

Macrobius, bishop of Nikiou and martyr : S02669

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Makrobius_bishop_of_Nikiou_and_martyr/13736755

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Lives Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

700

Evidence not after

750

Activity not before

303

Activity not after

750

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Nikiou/Pshati

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

Nikiou/Pshati 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.