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In hagiography: Sleepers of Ephesus were the protagonists of a legend set in the time of the emperor Decius. Seven or eight children of Ephesus were entombed in a cave with their dog Qitmir until they awoke 190 years later. The legend dates to the middle of the fifth century.

Names

  • Sleepers of Ephesus
  • Children of Ephesus
  • Eight Children of Ephesus
  • Enfants d’Éphèse2
  • LES HUITS ENFANTS D'ÈPEHESE1
  • Seven Sleepers of Ephesus

Floruit

249-251

Event

These saints are venerated on 22 October (BHO). 1

Notes

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Works Cited

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  • 1 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 146.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 29, 343, 877, 988, 1088, 1893, 1987, 2005.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ernest Honigmann, "Stephen of Hierapolis in Euphratesia and the Alleged “episcopus Meneudis” (458 A.D.)." in Idem (ed.), Patristic Studies, Studi e Testi 173 (Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 1953)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 François Jourdan, La tradition des sept dormants: Une rencontre entre chrétiens et musulmans, Jardins secrets de la littérature arabe, (Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 1983)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., vol: VII, section: 27 juillet, p: 650-51.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Michel van Esbroeck, "La légende des Sept Dormants d’Ephèse selon le codex syriaque N.S. 4 de Saint-Petersbourg." in René Lavenant (ed.), VI Symposium Syriacum, 1992: University of Cambridge, Faculty of Divinity, 30 August – 2 September 1992, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 247 (Roma: Pontificio Istituto Orientale, 1994)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sleepers of Ephesus” last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1227.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sleepers of Ephesus.”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published August 17, 2016. http://syriaca.org/person/1227.

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Entry Title: Sleepers of Ephesus

Additional Credit:

  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

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