Site logo

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


The Greek Martyrdom of *Charitine (virgin and martyr of Corycus (Cilicia), S00664). Skeleton entry

Evidence ID

E06693

Type of Evidence

Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdom

Martyrdom of Charitine (BHG 299z)

We have not examined this text.

Source

For the manuscript tradition, see:
http://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr/notices/oeuvre/14885/

For the edition, see Bibliography.



Discussion

Note that the Bollandists had earlier located the martyrdom of saint Charitine to the city of Amisus in Pontus on the basis of a conjecture based on the name of the persecuting official Dometianos (for whom see the Discussion in $E06121), due to the fact that the relevant geographical indication was lacking in her later tradition; the true affiliation of her cult, not with Amisus but with Corycus in Cilicia, was only revealed through the publication of both the present text, which explicitly names the Cilician city, and a set of late antique inscriptions from Corycus mentioning the saint ($E01062): Delehaye 1954, 7-8.


Bibliography

Text:
Delehaye, H., "Les actes inédits de Sainte Charitine martyre à Corycos en Cilicie," Analecta Bollandiana 72 (1954), 8-14.


Record Created By

Nikolaos Kälviäinen

Date of Entry

04/10/2018

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00664Charitine, virgin and martyr of Corycus (Cilicia)Certain


Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
Nikolaos Kälviäinen, Cult of Saints, E06693 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E06693