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History
Saint ID
S00103Gender
- Male
Type of Saint
MartyrsFeast Day
09/03Name in other Language(s)
Τεσσαράκοντα Μάρτυρες (the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) 40 Martyrs of Sebaste - Modern (Original Alphabet) Μελέτιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Meletios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἀέτιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Aetios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Εὐτύχιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Eutychios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Κυρίων (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Kyrion (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Κάνδιδος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Kandidos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἀγγίας (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Aggias (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Γάιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Gaios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Χουδίων (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Choudiōn (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἡράκλειος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Herakleios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἰωάννης (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Ioannes (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Θεόφιλος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Theophilos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Σισίνιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Sisinios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Σμάραγδος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Smaragdos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Φιλοκτήμων (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Philoktēmōn (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Γοργόνιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Gorgonios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Κύριλλος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Kyrillos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Σεβηριανὸς (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Severianos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Theodoulos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Θεόδουλος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Νίκαλλος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Nikallos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Phlavios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Φλάβιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Ξάνθιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Xanthios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Οὐαλέριος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Oualerios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἡσύχιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Hesychios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Δομετιανὸς (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Dometianos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Δόμνος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Domnos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἡλιανὸς (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Helianos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Λεόντιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Leontios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Θεόκτιστος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Theoktistos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Εὐνοϊκὸς (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Eunoikos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Οὐάλης (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Oualēs (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἀκάκιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Akakios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἀλέξανδρος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Alexandros (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Βικράτιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Vikratios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Βιβιανὸς (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Vivianos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Πρίσκος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Priskos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Σακέρδων (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Sakerdōn (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἐκδίκιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Ekdikios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἀθανάσιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Athanasios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Λυσίμαχος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Lysimachos (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Κλαύδιος (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Klaudios (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Iles (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Ἴλης (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Μελίτων (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Original Alphabet) Meliton (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Greek (Transcribed) Forty-eight martyrs of Armenia (= the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Modern (Original Alphabet) 48 martyrs of Armenia (= the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Modern (Original Alphabet) ܐܖ̈ܒܥܝܢ ܣܗ̈ܕܐ - Syriac (Original Alphabet) Quirion (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Latin (Original Alphabet) Candidus (one of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste) - Latin (Original Alphabet)Number in BH
BHG 1201-1208Death After
324Death Before
314Region of Birth/Life
Asia MinorRelated Evidence Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01293_Gregory_of_Nyssa_composes_his_First_Encomium_on_the_Forty_Martyrs_martyrs_of_Sebasteia_Sebaste_E00103_consisting_of_two_orations_Ia_and_Ib_delivered_during_a_two-day_festival_held_in_March_at_their_shrine_at_Sebasteia_eastern_Asia_Mi/13806296
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00821_Basil_of_Caesarea_in_his_Letter_202_of_375_to_Amphilochios_of_Ikonion_Iconium_reports_that_though_ill_he_paid_a_visit_by_carriage_to_shrines_of_martyrs_near_Kaisareia_Caesarea_of_Cappadocia_central_Asia_Minor_Written_in_Greek_at_Kais/13771876
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00648_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Glory_of_the_Martyrs_95_narrates_the_martyrdom_in_a_freezing_lake_and_overheated_bathhouse_of_forty-eight_martyrs_of_Armenia_-_certainly_an_error_for_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_-_and_the_miraculous_re/13800917
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13865585
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13860935
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01304_Gregory_of_Nyssa_in_his_Letter_1_of_the_380s_or_390s_mentions_festivals_of_a_certain_Petros_bishop_of_Sebasteia_S01124_or_S01125_and_unnamed_martyrs_perhaps_Athenogenes_of_Pedachthoe_S00065_at_Sebasteia_Sebaste_eastern_Asia_Minor_and/13806392
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13813247
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13805186
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05338_Gaudentius_of_Brescia_composes_a_Latin_sermon_Sermon_17_in_Brescia_northern_Italy_in_c_402_3_on_the_dedication_of_a_basilica_to_John_the_Baptist_S00020_Andrew_the_Apostle_S00288_Thomas_the_Apostle_S00199_Luke_the_Evangelist_S00442_Ge/13869302
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13877717
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05701_Coptic_document_from_Hermonthis_Upper_Egypt_acknowledging_the_receipt_of_payment_for_building_activity_at_the_city_s_shrine_tops_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_presumably_those_of_Sebaste_S00103_and_of_Theophilos_possibly_the_Decian_martyr_of_/13947713
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01784_Floor-mosaic_with_a_Greek_inscription_commemorating_the_paving_of_an_oratory_eukterion_of_unnamed_gloriously_triumphant_martyrs_or_just_possibly_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebasteia_S00103_Found_at_El-Bire_to_the_south_east_of_Hierapolis-B/13810664
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04956_The_Life_of_Nikolaos_of_Sion_abbot_and_bishop_in_Lycia_ob_564_S00559_mentions_that_the_monastery_of_Holy_Sion_in_Pharroa_of_Lycia_possessed_relics_of_John_probably_the_Baptist_S00020_Stephen_the_First_Martyr_S00030_Theodoros_martyr_o/13862975
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03673_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_century_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_9_March_Forty_martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_/13837838
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04192_Eustratius_of_Constantinople_in_his_tract_On_the_State_of_Souls_after_Death_argues_that_miracles_and_visions_are_performed_by_the_souls_of_the_saints_personally_responding_to_those_who_deny_the_posthumous_activity_of_the_soul_and_asc/13856228
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05878_Romanos_the_Melodist_composes_his_kontakia_cantica_hymns_57_and_58_on_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_they_are_invoked_as_heavenly_protectors_of_the_state_and_allies_of_the_emperor_at_war_Written_in_Greek_at_Constantinople_in_the/13875977
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13862771
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05261_Latin_visitor_graffiti_with_invocations_on_behalf_of_two_people_including_one_monk_affiliated_to_an_institution_of_a_saint_Caecilia_probably_Caecilia_virgin_and_martyr_of_Rome_S00146_and_of_a_saint_whose_name_is_lost_Found_in_the_cem/13868276
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05252_Greek_graffito_invoking_the_intercession_on_behalf_of_two_monks_of_Helena_empress_and_mother_of_Constantine_ob_328_S00185_and_of_unnamed_martyrs_almost_certainly_those_buried_in_the_cemetery_Ad_Sanctos_Marcellinum_et_Petrum_inter_dua/13868156
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E06124_The_Greek_Martyrdom_of_Loukianos_Lucian_of_Antioch_theologian_and_martyr_of_Nicomedia_and_Helenopolis_S00151_survives_in_a_10th_century_metaphrastic_redaction_of_an_earlier_text_that_was_possibly_written_in_the_4th_century_or_later_p/13897043
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03397_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_13_October_the_deposition_of_the_relics_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_/13834709
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03894_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_c_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_13_October_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_Domnina_martyr_of_Anazarbus_under_Diocletian_S0165/13840478
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01832_Inscribed_red_marble_reliquary_from_the_East_church_the_cathedral_church_in_Apamea_on_the_Orontes_central_Syria_recording_relics_of_the_following_saints_Ioudas_a_saint_whose_name_is_lost_D_---_Kallinikos_possibly_the_martyr_of_Gangra/13811153
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03049_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_9_March_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_/13830371
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E07926_Theodosius_in_his_On_the_Topography_of_the_Holy_Land_lists_a_number_cities_and_their_saints_in_Asia_Minor_Written_in_Latin_perhaps_in_Africa_518_540_/13922843
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05853_The_Calendar_of_Willibrord_in_its_earliest_version_records_the_feasts_of_various_saints_in_March_Written_in_Latin_at_Echternach_Frisia_north-east_Gaul_703_710_/13875608
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00989_A_white_marble_reliquary_with_carvings_and_Greek_inscriptions_referring_to_the_relics_of_an_unidentifiable_saint_K_-_-_-_and_apparently_also_to_four_unnamed_martyrs_Found_at_Sebasteia_Roman_province_of_Armenia_I_eastern_Asia_Minor_Pr/13803290
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13860947
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13860944
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01299_Gregory_of_Nyssa_on_9_March_379_in_his_Second_Encomium_on_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_martyrs_of_Sebasteia_Sebaste_E00103_mentions_a_shrine_with_relics_of_the_saints_built_earlier_on_his_family_estate_in_Pontus_northern_Asia_Minor_H/13806353
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13819883
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04343_Greek_inscriptions_graffiti_invoking_the_God_of_All_Saints_the_intercession_of_Mary_Mother_of_Christ_S00033_Sergios_soldier_and_martyr_of_Rusafa_S00023_Stephen_the_First_Martyr_S00030_probably_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebasteia_S00103_or/13858187
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03075_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_the_fourth_Saturday_of_Lent_the_bishops_of_Jerusalem_S01376_and_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_/13830704
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00255_The_Testament_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_designates_the_village_of_Sareim_in_Helenopontus_northern_Asia_Minor_as_the_only_legitimate_place_of_burial_and_veneration_for_their_relics_Written_in_Greek_in_Pontus_northern_Asia/13924463
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04058_Sozomen_in_his_Ecclesiastical_History_recounts_the_discovery_of_relics_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_under_the_church_of_Thyrsos_martyr_of_Bithynia_S00612_in_Constantinople_after_dream_visions_experienced_by_the_empress_Pulc/13945757
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01240_After_the_fall_of_the_city_of_Amida_Mesopotamia_to_the_Persian_army_of_Kavadh_I_in_the_year_503_the_king_took_various_spoils_from_the_Church_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_martyrs_of_the_early_4th_c_S00103_among_which_was_the_food_p/13805783
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13865717
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02386_Gregory_of_Tours_in_his_Histories_10_24_recounts_how_in_573_invading_Persians_had_tried_unsuccessfully_to_burn_the_church_of_the_forty-eight_martyrs_in_Armenia_certainly_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_Gregory_hears_the_story_fro/13820831
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03804_The_Church_Calendar_of_Ioane_Zosime_compiled_in_Georgian_in_the_10th_c_based_however_on_5th-7th_c_prototypes_from_Palestine_commemorates_on_18_July_Rachel_wife_of_the_Old_Testament_patriarch_Jacob_S00701_the_deposition_of_the_relics_/13839431
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01675_Gregory_of_Nyssa_in_his_Life_of_Makrina_ascetic_S00899_of_the_early_380s_refers_to_the_shrine_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_built_on_his_family_estate_in_Pontus_northern_Asia_Minor_It_contains_the_tomb_of_his_parents_and_of_/13809509
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E03361_The_early_seventh-century_Georgian_version_of_the_Lectionary_of_Jerusalem_commemorates_on_25_August_the_deposition_of_the_relics_of_Isaiah_Old_Testament_prophet_S00282_Zechariah_Old_Testament_prophet_S00283_or_the_father_of_John_the_/13834328
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05533_Bede_in_his_Martyrology_records_the_feast_on_9_March_in_Sebaste_eastern_Asia_Minor_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_Written_in_Latin_at_Wearmouth-Jarrow_north-east_Britain_725_731_/13871555
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01303_The_Greek_Martyrdom_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_S00103_of_the_late_4th_to_6h_c_recounts_the_martyrdom_of_forty_Christian_soldiers_in_a_lake_outside_Sebasteia_Sebaste_eastern_Asia_Minor_including_miracles_and_visions_happening_dur/13806383
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02774_The_Greek_Martyrdom_of_Merkourios_soldier_and_martyr_of_Caesarea_S01293_of_the_5th_c_or_later_recounts_the_legend_of_a_soldier_who_excelled_at_war_having_received_a_sword_from_an_angel_and_was_promoted_to_general_by_the_emperor_Deciu/13826702
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01246_Martyr_shrine_of_Akakios_perhaps_the_soldier_and_martyr_of_Byzantion_S00759_with_an_inscription_labelling_the_apparent_burial_chamber_of_the_martyr_and_possible_burials_ad_sanctos_i_e_close_to_the_martyr_s_relics_part_of_the_late_ant/13805843
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00680_The_Notitia_ecclesiarum_urbis_Romae_a_guide_to_saints_graves_around_Rome_lists_those_on_the_via_Labicana_south-east_of_the_city_Written_in_Latin_in_Rome_probably_in_625_649_/13757941
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E04395_Procopius_of_Caesarea_in_his_On_Buildings_reports_that_the_emperor_Justinian_r_527-565_built_a_church_dedicated_to_Eirene_martyr_of_Magedon_S02162_at_Sykai_suburb_of_Constantinople_During_the_building_works_relics_of_the_Forty_Martyr/13858625
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E05271_Latin_and_Greek_graffiti_and_epitaphs_with_invocations_to_unnamed_saints_and_martyrs_holy_spirits_spirita_sancta_and_saints_whose_names_are_lots_Found_in_the_cemetery_ad_Sanctos_Marcellinum_et_Petrum_inter_duas_lauros_via_Labicana_Ro/13868420
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01766_Gregory_of_Nyssa_in_his_Letter_22_of_the_380s_to_Amphilochios_of_Iconium_requests_his_assistance_with_finding_builders_for_the_construction_of_a_martyr-church_martyrion_He_gives_a_detailed_description_of_the_building_Written_in_Greek/13926476
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01298_Gregory_of_Nyssa_on_9_March_379_delivers_his_Second_Encomium_on_the_Forty_Martyrs_martyrs_of_Sebasteia_Sebaste_E00103_recounting_their_martyrdom_and_miracles_Composed_and_delivered_in_Greek_at_Kaisareia_Caesarea_of_Cappadocia_central/13806344
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01242_The_church_dedicated_to_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebaste_martyrs_of_the_early_4th_c_S00103_is_built_in_the_city_of_Amida_Mesopotamia_during_the_episcopate_of_John_Sa_r_483-502_Record_in_the_Syriac_Chronicle_of_the_Year_819_9th_c_/13805804
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E02712_Floor-mosaic_with_a_Greek_inscription_commemorating_the_construction_of_a_church_oikos_of_unnamed_martyrs_Found_at_Khirbet_Sheibun_near_Beit_afafa_in_the_southwest_outskirts_of_Jerusalem_Dated_possibly_c_596_or_7th-8th_c_/13825787
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E00718_Basil_of_Caesarea_in_his_Homily_on_the_Forty_Martyrs_S00103_delivered_during_a_festival_of_the_saints_at_Kaisareia_Caesarea_central_Asia_Minor_recounts_their_story_insisting_on_the_unity_of_their_veneration_and_recommending_them_as_e/13925063
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/E01009_Greek_epitaph_for_a_person_who_found_a_place_of_relief_having_run_to_the_unnamed_Apostles_probably_indicating_a_burial_near_their_church_and_arguably_mentioning_one_of_the_Forty_Martyrs_of_Sebasteia_S00103_Found_at_Tavium_Galatia_cen/13803548
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/_/13921475
