E00530: The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to Antioch (Syria), mentioning the tombs there of *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061), the *Three Children (his companions, S00319), *Justina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Julianus/Ioulianos (martyr of Cilicia, S00305), and the Maccabean Martyrs (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303); over the latter hang the instruments of their martyrdom or an account thereof. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 570.

Pilgrim of Piacenza, Itinerarium 46

First recension
Exeuntes de Apamia uenimus Antiochia maiore, in qua requiescit sanctus Babyllas et tres paruuli, sancta Iustina et sanctus Iulianus et fratres Machabei, hoc est nouem sepulchra, et super uniuscuiusque sepulchrum pendent tormenta ipsorum.

'Leaving Apamea we came to Antioch the Great, the resting-place of saint Babylas and the three children, saint Justina, and saint Julianus and the Maccabean brothers, nine tombs in all, over each of which hangs the instrument of his martyrdom.'


Second recension
Inde exeuntes uenimus Antiochia maiore, in qua requiescit sanctus Byllas episcopus et tres paruuli et sancta Iustina et sanctus Iulianus et fratres Machabei, hoc est septem sepulchra, et super uniuscuiusque sepulchrum scripta sunt passiones illorum.

'Leaving there [i.e. Apamea] we came to Antioch the Great, the resting-place of saint Babylas, the bishop, and the three children, saint Justina, and saint Julianus and the Maccabean brothers, seven tombs in all, over each of which is written the story of his martyrdom.'


Text: Geyer 1898, 190 and 218. Translation: Wilkinson 2002, 150.