Evidence ID
E00384Saint Name
Pēleus, Neilos, Patermouthios and Ēlias, martyrs in Palestine, ob. 310 : S00197Saint Name in Source
Πηλεύς, Νεῖλος, ΠατερμούθιοςType of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
GreekEvidence not before
311Evidence not after
340Activity not before
310Activity not after
340Place of Evidence - Region
Palestine with SinaiPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Caesarea MaritimaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Caesarea Maritima
Caesarea Maritima
Καισάρεια
Kaisareia
Caesarea
Kayseri
Turris StratonisMajor author/Major anonymous work
Eusebius of CaesareaCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Composing and translating saint-related textsCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - bishopsSource
In this work Eusebius presents an account of the suffering and death of Christian martyrs executed during the eight years of the Diocletianic (or Great) persecution, i.e. 303-311. Most of the martyrdoms described by Eusebius took place in Palestine, with the provincial capital city of Caesarea as the most prominent setting.
Peleus, Neilos, Patermouthios, and Elias: ed. Cureton 1861, pp. 49*-50* (long recension); ed. Schwartz et al. 1999, vol. 2, p. 947 (short recension); English trans. Lawlor and Oulton 1927-1928, vol. 1, pp. 395-397.
For a full discussion of Martyrs of Palestine, see $E00294.Discussion
This entry, typical of Eusebius' description of the martyrs of Palestine, consists of a brief account of torture and death, with no reference to miraculous events. Although there is no explicit reference to the martyrs' commemoration, the record of their death by Eusebius might suggest that they were commemorated in Caesarea.Bibliography
Editions and translations:
Cureton, W. (ed.), History of the Martyrs in Palestine, by Eusebius, Bishop in Caesarea, Discovered in a Very Ancient Syriac Manuscript (London / Edinburgh: Williams and Norgate / Paris: C. Borrani, 1861).
Lawlor, H.J., and Oulton, J.E.L. (trans.), The Ecclesiastical History and the Martyrs of Palestine. 2 vols (London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927-1928).
Schwartz, E., Mommsen, T., and Winkelmann, F. (eds.), Eusebius Werke, Band 2, Teil 2 (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte NF 6/2; 2nd ed.; Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1999).