E06593: Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Akebeshma/Akepsimas (bishop and martyr of Adiabene and his companions, ob. mid-4th c., S01725). Skeleton entry
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posted on 2018-09-24, 00:00authored byNikolaos
Greek version of the Martyrdom of Akepsimas, Ioseph and Aeithalas (BHG 15-19)
We have not examined this text nor compared it to stories of the martyrdom in other languages. It is believed to be based on a Martyrdom originally written in Syriac (see Detoraki 2014, 74).
Note that translations of hagiographical literature into other ancient languages are not as a rule recorded in the Cult of Saints database, unless there is evidence to suggest that the translation dates from the 7th century or earlier.
History
Evidence ID
E06593
Saint Name
Akebeshma/Akepsimas, bishop and martyr of Adiabene and his companions, ob. mid-4th c. : S01725
For the manuscript tradition, see:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14357/
For the edition, see Bibliography.
Bibliography
Texts:
Delehaye, H., "Les versions grecques des Actes des martyrs persans sous Sapor II," Patrologia Orientalis II.4 (1905), 478-546.
Further reading:
Detoraki, M., "Greek Passions of the Martyrs in Byzantium," in: S. Efthymiadis (ed.), The Ashgate Research Companion to Byzantine Hagiography II: Genres and Contexts (Farnham 2014), 73-74.