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E06902: Greek inscription on a terracotta lamp found by the port at Karnak (Upper Egypt), invoking the martyrs Abba *Loukios and Abba Arsenios (ascetics of Syrian origin, and martyrs near Panopolis, S02600); datable to the years 500–650.

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posted on 2018-10-16, 00:00 authored by gschenke
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αββα Λούκιος καὶ αββα Ἀρσένιος μάρτυρ(ες)

'Abba Loukios and Abba Arsenios, the martyrs.'

History

Evidence ID

E06902

Saint Name

Arsenios and Loukios, ascetics and martyrs near Panopolis (Upper Egypt), of Syrian origin : S02600

Saint Name in Source

αββα Λούκιος καὶ αββα Ἀρσένιος

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Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Inscribed objects

Language

  • Greek

Evidence not before

500

Evidence not after

700

Activity not before

500

Activity not after

700

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Panopolis Karnak

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

Panopolis Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis Karnak Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Source

The terracotta lamp is kept at the Cairo Museum.

Discussion

The same pair appears in E05971 and E06818 with their feast day, 16 Choiak (12/13 December). The two saints are mentioned in the typika of the White Monastery and the Arabic Synaxarion as Arsenios and Eulogios under the date 16 Choiak (12/13 December). They are said to have been ascetics near Panopolis, both of Syrian origin and both suffering martyrdom together.

Bibliography

Papaconstantinou, A., Le culte des saints en Égypte des Byzantins aux Abbassides (Paris: CNRS, 2001), 59. O'Leary, De L., Saints of Egypt (London: SPCK, 1937), 134.

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    Evidence - The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

    Categories

    Keywords

    S02600History

    Licence

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