Acts of Phileas

The Acts of Phileas is a Christian text pertaining the martyrdom account of Phileas, Bishop of Thmuis who would be martyred during the time of prefect Claudius Culcianus.[1] The text is known to have survived in both Greek and Latin.[2] The Latin version contains an additional martyrdom account of Philerome, a companion of Phileas.[2]

Citations

  1. ↑ Greenberg 2009, p. 212.
  2. 1 2 Moss 2010, p. 194.

Sources

  • Greenberg, L. Arik (2009). "My Share of God's Reward": Exploring the Roles and Formulations of the Afterlife in Early Christian Martyrdom. Peter Lang. ISBN 9781433104879.
  • Moss, Candida R. (2010). The Other Christs: Imitating Jesus in Ancient Christian Ideologies of Martyrdom. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199772933.
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