ܘܒܬܪܥܣܪܐ ܒܢܝܩܘܡܕܝܐ ܡܕܪܘܢܝܤ ܩܫܝܫܐ. ܘܙܡܪܓܕܘܤ ܘܡܓܕܘܢܝܤ ܘܗܝܠܕܐ ܘܐܘܓܢܝܤ ܘܡܟܣܝܡܘܤ ܘܦܛܪܘܤ ܘܕܘܪܬܐܘܤ ܘܪܘܡܢܐ.
'And on the twelfth (day) – at Nicomedia, Mardonios the presbyter, and Smaragdos, and Mygdonios, and Hilaros, and Eugenios, and Maximos, and Petros, and Dorotheos, and Domna.'
Text: Nau 1912, p. 14. Translation: Sergey Minov.
Evidence ID
E01451Saint Name
Mardonios, Smaragdos, Mygdonios, Hilaros, Eugenios, Maximos, Petros, Dorotheos and Domna, martyrs at Nicomedia : S00981Saint Name in Source
ܡܕܪܘܢܝܤ ܘܙܡܪܓܕܘܤ ܘܡܓܕܘܢܝܤ ܘܗܝܠܕܐ ܘܐܘܓܢܝܤ ܘܡܟܣܝܡܘܤ ܘܦܛܪܘܤ ܘܕܘܪܬܐܘܤ ܘܪܘܡܢܐType of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologiesEvidence not before
411Evidence not after
412Activity not before
360Activity not after
411Place of Evidence - Region
MesopotamiaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
EdessaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Edessa
Edessa
Edessa
Ἔδεσσα
EdessaMajor author/Major anonymous work
Syriac Martyrology of 411Cult activities - Festivals
Source
The Syriac Martyrology of the year 411 is the earliest liturgical calendar preserved in Syriac. It appears in the manuscript BL Add. 12150. The manuscript's colophon relates that it was produced in the city of Edessa in the year 411. Composed during the last decades of the fourth or the first decade of the fifth century, the Martyrology is divided into the two main sections - the main one, devoted to the Christian martyrs of the Roman empire, and the shorter one, devoted to the Christians executed in the Sasanian empire. The former section is derived from a lost Greek martyrology. For more information, see E00465
Syriac text: Wright 1865-1866; Nau 1912, pp. 11-26; Brock and van Rompay 2014, pp. 389-392; English translation: Wright 1865-1866, pp. 423-432; French translation: Nau 1912, pp. 11-26; German translation: Lietzmann 1903, pp. 9-16; Latin translation: Mariani 1956. For general information, see Taylor 2012, pp. 80-81; Schäferdiek 2005.Discussion
The Martyrology provides the earliest evidence for the liturgical commemoration of the martyrs Mardonios, Smaragdos, Mygdonios, Hilaros, Eugenios, Maximos, Petros, Dorotheos and Domna among Syriac-speaking Christians.
The exact identity of the fourth and ninth martyrs, whose names in Syriac are 'Hīldā' and 'Rōmnā' is not certain. In our choice of 'Hilaros' for the former and 'Domna' for the latter, we follow the conjectures made by Wright 1865, p. 425.Bibliography
Main editions and translations:
Brock, S.P., and van Rompay, L., Catalogue of the Syriac Manuscripts and Fragments in the Library of Deir al-Surian, Wadi al-Natrun (Egypt) (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 227; Leuven: Peeters, 2014).
Lietzmann, H., Die drei ältesten Martyrologien (Kleine Texte für Theologische Vorlesungen und Übungen 2; Bonn: A. Marcus und E. Weber, 1903).
Mariani, B., Breviarium syriacum seu martyrologium syriacum saec. IV (Rerum ecclesiasticarum documenta, Series minor: Subsidia studiorum 3; Roma: Herder, 1956).
Nau, F., Martyrologes et ménologes orientaux, I–XIII. Un martyrologie et douze ménologes syriaques édités et traduits (Patrologia Orientalis 10.1 [46]; Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1912).
Wright, W., “An Ancient Syriac Martyrology,” Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record NS VIII, 15 (1865), 45-56; 16 (1866), 423-432.
Further reading:
Schäferdiek, K., “Bemerkungen zum Martyrologium Syriacum,” Analecta Bollandiana 123:1 (2005), 5-22.
Taylor, D.G.K., “Hagiographie et liturgie syriaque,” in: A. Binggeli (ed.), L’hagiographie syriaque (Études syriaques 9; Paris: Paul Geuthner, 2012), 77-112.
