Coptic fragment of an Encomion on *Viktor (presumably the son of Romanos, S00749), attributed to John Chrysostom, from the White Monastery (Upper Egypt), relating the miracle of the death and resurrection of a boy killed after his parents refuse to donate him to the saint's shrine as they had promised, a miracle resulting in the self-donation of the entire family as servants at the shrine of the saint. Written probably during the 6th century.
E07043
Late antique original manuscripts - Parchment codex
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miracles
Pushkin Museum Moscow, page 17, col. 2, line 1–page 18, col. 1, line 15:
ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲙⲏⲏϣⲉ ⲇⲉ ⲧⲏⲣϥ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲉϣⲡⲏⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲥϣⲱⲡⲉ · ⲁⲩⲡⲱⲧ ⲉϫⲙ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲉⲩⲁϣⲕⲁⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ · ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲁ ⲡⲉ
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ :–
ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲣⲁ ⲉⲡⲏ · ⲁⲩⲉⲛⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩ[ⲭⲣ]ⲏⲙⲁ ⲧ[ⲏⲣⲟⲩ] ⲙⲛ [ⲧⲉⲩⲙⲛ]ⲧⲣⲙ[ⲙⲁⲟ ⲧⲏⲣⲥ] ⲁⲩⲧ[ⲁⲁⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩ]ⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡϩⲁⲅⲟⲥ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲧⲟϥ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥϩⲙⲉ · ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ · ⲁⲩϭⲱ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ϣⲁ ⲡⲉϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲉⲩⲙⲟⲩ :–
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ · ⲁϥϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲥⲱⲧⲡ ⲙⲡⲁⲣⲑⲉⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲟⲩⲟⲉⲓϣ ⲧⲏⲣϥ · ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲁϥⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲧⲁⲝⲓⲥ
ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲡⲣⲉⲥⲃⲩⲧⲉⲣⲟⲥ :–
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲥⲉϫⲱ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧϥ ϫⲉ ⲁϥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϩⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲛϩⲟ · ϩ ϩⲟ ⲛ[ⲟ]ⲩⲙⲏⲏϣ[ⲉ ⲛⲥ]ⲟⲡ :–
‘After the whole crowd saw the miracle, which had occurred, they rushed to the young boy, crying out: “One is the God of saint Viktor!”
Afterwards, they (the boy’s parents) went home. They brought [all] their possessions and [all their riches] and [donated them] to the shrine of saint Viktor. He (the father of the boy) and his wife and his son remained in the shrine until the day of their death.
And the young boy was a chosen man, a virgin for his entire lifetime. Later he obtained the rank of presbytership. He is said to have seen saint Viktor face to face many times.’
Text and translation: A. I. Elanskaya, modified.
Cult building - unspecified
Places Named after SaintChurch
Non Liturgical ActivityBequests, donations, gifts and offerings
MiraclesMiracle after death
Punishing miracle
Power over life and death
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Children
Officials
Source
Two parchment leaves of the Pushkin Museum in Moscow, I.1.b.656+714 (5681, Copt. 18/1 and 18/2), belong to the same codex as fragments in the National Library in Paris and Berlin. The manuscript contained two different encomia on Viktor, one attributed to Theodore of Jerusalem, the other to John Chrysostom. According to the colophon, the manuscript was produced in Touton in the Fayum on behalf of the White Monastery. The date of the manuscript production is given as the year 656 of the Diocletian era, i.e. AD 939/940.For a quick overview of the known manuscripts see A. I. Elanskaya, The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 75–76.
Bibliography
Text and translation:Elanskaya, A.I., The Literary Coptic Manuscripts in the A. S. Pushkin State Fine Arts Museum in Moscow (Leiden, 1994), 75–84.
Gesa Schenke
2/11/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00749 | Viktor, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos; and companion martyrs | ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ | Certain |
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