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E04229: The Miracles of *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128) recounts the miraculous healing by the saint at his shrine in Constantinople of a man from Amastris with a boil on his testicles. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
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posted on 2017-10-30, 00:00 authored by juliaMiracles of Artemios (BHG 173), 3
Ἐκ τῆς χώρας Ἀμάστριδός τις ὑπῆρχεν ἐνδημῶν τῇ πανευδαίμονι καὶ βασιλίδι πόλει. τοῦτον ἔτυχεν κατὰ τῶν διδύμων πώρωμα ἐσχηκέναι, ὥστε διὰ πολλῶν ἰατρῶν ἐλθόντα μηδὲν ὠφεληθῆναι, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλάσαι. ὑπὸ δέ τινος
εἰσηγηθεὶς προσέδραμεν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ θαυματουργῷ. παραμείνας οὖν ἡμέρας τρεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον ταῖς ὀδύναις πιεζόμενος, παρακλήσεις προσάγει τοῖς ἱερομύσταις τοῦ ναοῦ, αἰτῶν δοθῆναι αὐτῷ τῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ τοῦ μάρτυρος κηρωτῆς. λαβὼν οὖν καὶ ποιήσας ἔμπλαστρον ἐπέθηκεν ἐν ᾧ ὠδυνᾶτο τόπῳ. ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ τετάρτη, τῷ δὲ μεσεμβρίῳ ἐπέστη αὐτῷ ὁ ἅγιος τοῦ θεοῦ θεράπων, καὶ προσποιησάμενος αὐτὸν ψηλαφᾶν δέδωκεν αὐτῷ μετὰ ξίφους τομήν· καὶ παραχρῆμα διαρραγέντος οὗπερ εἶχεν πωρώματος, δυσωδίας ἐπληρώθη ὅλος ὁ ἅγιος οἶκος, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς παρόντας ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν θεωμένους τὴν τοῦ μάρτυρος θαυματουργίαν καὶ μὴ φέροντας τὴν δυσωδίαν ἀγαγεῖν ὕδατα θερμὰ καὶ σπόγγους καὶ δι’ ἑαυτῶν ἀποσπογγίσαι τὸν ἰχῶρα τοῦ ἕλκους. τινῶν δὲ συμβουλευόντων αὐτῷ ἀνακλιθῆναι εἰς τὸν ξενῶνα, οὐκ ἠνέσχετο, ἀλλὰ πάντας ἀπεπέμπετο φάσκων· “Τῶν ἔνθεν οὐκ ἀναχωρῶ, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἐμπλάστρῳ ταύτῃ χρήσομαι τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου κηρωτῆς”. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσας ὑγιὴς κατέστη καὶ ἀπῆλθεν δοξάζων τὸν θεόν, τὸν ἰασάμενον αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος.
'There was a certain man from the region of Amastris staying in the divinely favored and imperial city. It happened that he had a boil on his testicles so that, although he had visited many doctors, he did not derive any benefit at all, but grew worse. After he was brought in by someone, he ran to the saint and wonderworker. Waiting then three days and becoming more and more distressed by pain, he directed entreaties to the priests of the church, requesting that there be given to him some of the wax-salve (kerotes) of the Forerunner and of the martyr. So after receiving it and making a poultice, he applied it to the painful area. This took place about the fourth hour, but at noon the holy servant of God stood near him and pretending to touch him made an incision with a scalpel; immediately the boil which he had burst and all of the holy house was filled with a stench, so that those present who witnessed the martyr's miracle with their own eyes, but could not bear the stench, brought warm water and sponges and with their own hands sponged off the effluvium from the sore. Although some advised him to lie down in the hospital, he refused and sent them all away saying: "I am not going to withdraw from here, but I will use the poultice of the saint's wax." And doing so, he was restored to health and went away glorifying God Who had cured him through the holy martyr.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909. Translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
Ἐκ τῆς χώρας Ἀμάστριδός τις ὑπῆρχεν ἐνδημῶν τῇ πανευδαίμονι καὶ βασιλίδι πόλει. τοῦτον ἔτυχεν κατὰ τῶν διδύμων πώρωμα ἐσχηκέναι, ὥστε διὰ πολλῶν ἰατρῶν ἐλθόντα μηδὲν ὠφεληθῆναι, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὸ χεῖρον ἐλάσαι. ὑπὸ δέ τινος
εἰσηγηθεὶς προσέδραμεν τῷ ἁγίῳ καὶ θαυματουργῷ. παραμείνας οὖν ἡμέρας τρεῖς καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον ταῖς ὀδύναις πιεζόμενος, παρακλήσεις προσάγει τοῖς ἱερομύσταις τοῦ ναοῦ, αἰτῶν δοθῆναι αὐτῷ τῆς τοῦ Προδρόμου καὶ τοῦ μάρτυρος κηρωτῆς. λαβὼν οὖν καὶ ποιήσας ἔμπλαστρον ἐπέθηκεν ἐν ᾧ ὠδυνᾶτο τόπῳ. ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ τετάρτη, τῷ δὲ μεσεμβρίῳ ἐπέστη αὐτῷ ὁ ἅγιος τοῦ θεοῦ θεράπων, καὶ προσποιησάμενος αὐτὸν ψηλαφᾶν δέδωκεν αὐτῷ μετὰ ξίφους τομήν· καὶ παραχρῆμα διαρραγέντος οὗπερ εἶχεν πωρώματος, δυσωδίας ἐπληρώθη ὅλος ὁ ἅγιος οἶκος, ὥστε καὶ τοὺς παρόντας ὀφθαλμοῖς αὐτῶν θεωμένους τὴν τοῦ μάρτυρος θαυματουργίαν καὶ μὴ φέροντας τὴν δυσωδίαν ἀγαγεῖν ὕδατα θερμὰ καὶ σπόγγους καὶ δι’ ἑαυτῶν ἀποσπογγίσαι τὸν ἰχῶρα τοῦ ἕλκους. τινῶν δὲ συμβουλευόντων αὐτῷ ἀνακλιθῆναι εἰς τὸν ξενῶνα, οὐκ ἠνέσχετο, ἀλλὰ πάντας ἀπεπέμπετο φάσκων· “Τῶν ἔνθεν οὐκ ἀναχωρῶ, ἀλλὰ τῇ ἐμπλάστρῳ ταύτῃ χρήσομαι τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου κηρωτῆς”. καὶ τοῦτο ποιήσας ὑγιὴς κατέστη καὶ ἀπῆλθεν δοξάζων τὸν θεόν, τὸν ἰασάμενον αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος.
'There was a certain man from the region of Amastris staying in the divinely favored and imperial city. It happened that he had a boil on his testicles so that, although he had visited many doctors, he did not derive any benefit at all, but grew worse. After he was brought in by someone, he ran to the saint and wonderworker. Waiting then three days and becoming more and more distressed by pain, he directed entreaties to the priests of the church, requesting that there be given to him some of the wax-salve (kerotes) of the Forerunner and of the martyr. So after receiving it and making a poultice, he applied it to the painful area. This took place about the fourth hour, but at noon the holy servant of God stood near him and pretending to touch him made an incision with a scalpel; immediately the boil which he had burst and all of the holy house was filled with a stench, so that those present who witnessed the martyr's miracle with their own eyes, but could not bear the stench, brought warm water and sponges and with their own hands sponged off the effluvium from the sore. Although some advised him to lie down in the hospital, he refused and sent them all away saying: "I am not going to withdraw from here, but I will use the poultice of the saint's wax." And doing so, he was restored to health and went away glorifying God Who had cured him through the holy martyr.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909. Translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
History
Evidence ID
E04229Saint Name
Artemios, martyr in Antioch on the Orontes, ob. 362 : S01128Saint Name in Source
ἈρτέμιοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek