E04742: The Greek Martyrdom of *Aimilianos (martyr of Durostorum under Julian, S01589) recounts the martyrdom of a man who destroyed idols at the city of Durostorum (Lower Danube) under Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), and mentions the saint’s burial site near Durostorum. Written at Durostorum or Constantinople, at an uncertain date in Late Antiquity.

Martyrdom of Aimilianos of Durostorum (BHG 33)

Summary (based on Passio 1, BHG 33):

Under Julian, a certain Kapetoulinos (Capitolinus) is prefect at the city of Durostorum in Moesia. He demands that every Christian of the town be reported to him, and the guards reports that everyone in the town is pagan. He has dinner with the leading men of the town. Aimilianos enters a temple and destroys all the statues, altars and offerings with a hammer.

A servant reports the destruction to Kapetoulinos, and servants go out to arrest the culprit. They find a yeoman whom they beat and take to the praetorium, but Aimilianos reveals himself to them. He is arrested by the soldiers Varianos and Maxentios and brought to the praetorium on 16 July.

Kapetoulinos interrogates Aimilianos and he confesses to being a Christian. Kapetoulinos has him beaten, and then asks him if he is a free man or slave. The martyr reports that he is the son of Sabbatianos, the prefect of the city. Kapetoulinos condemns him to be burned alive, and orders that his father pay one pound of silver to the fisc.
Aimilianos is taken to be burned outside the city by the bank of the Danube. The fire spares his body, which is preserved intact, but it burns his executioners.

The wife of Kapetoulinos, being a Christian, requests the body of the martyr and buries it at a place called Gedina, three miles away from Durostorum. His body is covered with precious perfume and buried in a coffin.
Aimilianos was martyred on 3 September.