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E01543: The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 2 September the martyrdom of *Habbib (martyr in Edessa, ob. 310/12, S00090) and of *Apītarqīn, Koskōnios, Zēnōn, Melanippos, and the sons of Theodota (martyrs in Nicomedia, S01071).

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posted on 2016-06-07, 00:00 authored by sminov
ܘܒܬܪܝܐ ܒܝܪܚ ܐܝܠܘܠ. ܒܐܘܪܗܝ ܡܕܝܢܬܐ ܚܒܝܒܝ ܡܘܕܝܢܘܬܐ ܕܢܘܪܐ. ܘܒܢܝܩܘܡܕܝܐ ܒܗ ܒܬܖ̈ܝܐ ܕܐܝܠܘܠ ܡܢ ܡܘ̈ܕܝܢܐ ܩ̈ܕܡܝܐ ܐܦܝܬܪܩܝܢ ܘܩܘܣܩܘܢܐ ܘܙܢܘܢ ܘܡܠܢܗܝܦܘܤ ܘܒܢ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܬܐܘܕܘܛܐ.

'And on the second (day) of the month of Ilul (i.e. September) – in the city of Edessa, Habīb, (by) the martyrdom of fire. And on the same second (day) of Ilul – at Nicomedia, from the ancient martyrs, Apītarqīn, and Koskonios, and Zeno, and Melanippos, and the sons of Theodota.'

Ed. Nau 1912, p. 20; trans. S. Minov.

History

Evidence ID

E01543

Saint Name

Habbib, martyr in Edessa, ob. 310/12 : S00090 Apītarqīn, Koskōnios, Zēnōn, Melanippos and the sons of Theodota, martyrs in Nicomedia : S01071

Saint Name in Source

ܚܒܝܒܝ ܐܦܝܬܪܩܝܢ ܘܩܘܣܩܘܢܐ ܘܙܢܘܢ ܘܡܠܢܗܝܦܘܤ ܘܒܢ̈ܝܗ̇ ܕܬܐܘܕܘܛܐ

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologies

Language

Syriac

Evidence not before

411

Evidence not after

412

Activity not before

360

Activity not after

411

Place of Evidence - Region

Mesopotamia

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Edessa

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Edessa Edessa Edessa Ἔδεσσα Edessa

Major author/Major anonymous work

Syriac Martyrology of 411

Cult activities - Festivals

  • Saint’s feast

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 one of the earliest testimonies of the liturgical commemoration of the martyr Habbib as well as the earliest evidence for the liturgical commemoration of the martyrs Apītarqīn, Koskōnios, Zēnōn, Melanippos and the sons of Theodota among Syriac-speaking Christians.

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.

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Categories

Keywords

S00090S01071History

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