A Note on the Figure of Elpidios within the Prosopographical Dossier of the Seven Bishops of Cherson
Journal: Brepols eBooks
Year: 2025

Figures of the first alleged bishops of Cherson are fundamental to the Christian history of Chersonesus-Cherson (southern Crimea) and of the whole northern Black Sea coast. Accounts of the miracles and martyrdoms of these missionary bishops of fourth-century Cherson, whose historicity might be dubious, originate from a heterogeneous, multilayered, and multilingual set of sources. This hagiographic tradition itself is not contemporary with the events described and was established in different pha