Evidence ID
E00797Saint Name
Kyrikos, 3rd c. child martyr in Tarsus, son of *Julitta : S00007Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Evidence not before
350Evidence not after
1300Activity not before
350Activity not after
1300Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
AigaiPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Aigai
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Source
Grey limestone block, found to the south of Eğrigöl Köyū (near Aigai, western Asia Minor). When recorded, built into the wall of a local church.Discussion
The inscription labels a church of *Kyrikos. The date is unknown.Bibliography
Edition:
Grégoire, H. (ed.), Recueil des inscriptions grecques chrétiennes d'Asie Mineure, vol. 1 (Paris: Leroux, 1922), no. 124.
Keil, J., von Premerstein, A. (eds.), Bericht über eine Reise in Lydien und der südlichen Aiolis, ausgeführt 1906 im Auftrage der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, (Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse, Bd. 53, Abh. 2, Vienna: A. Hölder, 1908), no. 209.
Further Reading:
Destephen, S., "Martyrs locaux et cultes civiques en Asie Mineure", in: J.C. Caillet, S. Destephen, B. Dumézil, H. Inglebert, Des dieux civiques aux saints patrons (IVe-VIIe siècle) (Paris: éditions A. & J. Picard, 2015), 86.
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 81.
