In a message dated 99-08-02 09:39:16 EDT, you write:
<< This inhibition was not felt in the East, where the cult of
Elijah is very ancient. Jerome and Egeria both attest Elijan
sanctuaries in Palestine in the 4th c., and by the 6th the cult was
widespread. >>
I don't know when Elijah became popular in Greece, but there a number of
hills and lesser mountains in that country today which are named after him,
although usually with the distinction of being a prophet and not a saint.
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