ܒܝܪܚ ܬܫܪܝ ܐܚܪܝ ܒܬܠܬܐ ܒܕܝܘ̈ܢܝܐ ܒܩܣܪܝܐ ܕܩܦܕܘܩܝܐ ܩܪܡܢܘܤ ܘܬܐܘܦܝܠܘܤ ܘܩܝܪܠܘܤ.
'On the third (day) of the month of the Latter Teshri (i.e. November), according to (the reckoning of) the Greeks, – at Kaisareia in Cappadocia, Germanos, and Theophilos, and Kyrillos.'
Ed. Nau 1912, p. 22; trans. S. Minov.
Evidence ID
E01578Saint Name
Germanos, Theophilos and Kyrillos, martyrs in Kaisareia of Cappadocia : S01105Saint Name in Source
ܩܪܡܢܘܤ ܘܬܐܘܦܝܠܘܤ ܘܩܝܪܠܘܤType 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 Germanos, Theophilos and Kyrillos 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.
