E06726: The Greek Martyrdom of *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136). Skeleton entry

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Martyrdom of Theodore 'Stratelates' (BHG 1750-1750c, 1751-1751b)

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History

Evidence ID

E06726

Saint Name

Theodore 'Stratelates', general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00136

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Theodore_Stratelates_general_and_martyr_of_Amaseia_and_Euchaita/13729483

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Language

Greek

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see: http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17962/ http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17964/ http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/17965/ For the edition, see Bibliography.

Discussion

It has been recently argued that the cult of Saint Theodore 'Stratelates' appeared in the mid 8th century or afterwards: see Haldon 2016, pp. xi, 6-12.

Bibliography

Text: van Hooff, G., "Acta graeca S. Theodori ducis martyris nunc primum edita," Analecta Bollandiana 2 (1883), 359-367. (BHG 1750) Delehaye, H. (ed.), Les légendes grecques des saints militaires (Paris, 1909), 151–167. (BHG 1751) Further reading and English translation: Haldon, J., A Tale of Two Saints: The Martyrdoms and Miracles of Saints Theodore 'the Recruit' and 'the General', (Translated Texts for Byzantinists 2; Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2016).