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E07034: Fragments of the Coptic Martyrdom of *Eusignios (soldier and martyr of Antioch, under Julian 'the Apostate', S01369), presumably from the White Monastery near Sohag (Upper Egypt). skeleton entry

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History

Evidence ID

E07034

Saint Name

Eusignios, soldier and martyr of Antioch, under Julian 'the Apostate' : S01369

Saint Name in Source

ⲉⲩⲥⲓⲅⲛⲓⲟⲥ

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Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Language

  • Coptic

Evidence not before

363

Evidence not after

999

Activity not before

361

Activity not after

363

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Sohag

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

Sohag Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Source

The preserved part of the text is extant on eleven parchment leaves belonging to collections in Rome, Paris and Cairo. The Coptic version agrees largely with the Greek Martyrdom of Eusignios, edited by Paul Devos (E06797).

Bibliography

Text and translation: Coquin, R-G., and Lucchesi, E., "Une version copte de la passion de saint Eusignios," Analecta Bollandiana 100 (1982), 185–208. Devos, P., "Une recension nouvelle de la Passion grecque BHG 639 de saint Eusignios," Analecta Bollandiana 100 (1982), 209-228.

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