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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Euphemia, martyr of Chalcedon

Saint ID

S00017

Number in BH

BHG 619-624
BHL 2708-2716

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00015Theophylact Simocatta, in his History (8.14), describes the miraculous flow of fragrant blood from the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at her church in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, close to Constantinople), which the clergy collect and distribute to the people. The emperor Maurice (r. 582-602) doubts the miracle and attempts to suppress the cult, but the phenomenon persists with greater intensity. Written in Greek at Constantinople in the early 7th century.
E00084The Syriac Chronicle of Edessa recounts how the emperor Anastasius ordered the opening of the coffin of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople) in the year 511/512, in order to destroy the book deposited there by the council of Chalcedon; his attempt was miraculously thwarted. Written in Edessa, in second half of 6th c.
E00160Greek private letter, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt) concerned with greetings and the transport of goods, providing a list of five saints to be invoked on the sender’s behalf: *John (presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and *Ioulianos (probably the , martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt S00305), datable to the 4th/5th c.
E00164Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city.
E00208Greek tax account from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt), mentioning a street named after *Euphemia (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and a street named after *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena, S00073), as well as another street named after a saint whose name is now lost; it also mentions an oikonomos of *Sergios (probably the soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023); datable to the 7th c.
E00374Evagrius Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical History (2.3), describes the shrine of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople), and the miracle of her flowing blood. The sanctuary hosted the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 593/594.
E00477Asterius of Amasea in his Ekphrasis on *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) describes a canvas painting depicting the martyrdom of the saint; the image is exhibited in a portico near the saint’s tomb at Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). Written in Greek, probably in Amasea (Pontus, northern Asia Minor), in the late 4th c.
E00526The Piacenza Pilgrim recounts how *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and *Antoninus/Antonius (probably Antoninus, martyr of Piacenza, S00328, but possibly *Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098) appeared to him and cured him, when he was ill in Jerusalem. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560.
E00555Six Greek epigrams, inscribed in the church, commemorating the refurbishment of the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in the quarter of Olybrios in Constantinople, by Anicia Iuliana, 500/527. The church had been built and embellished in 462/472 by the former West Roman empress Licinia Eudoxia and her daughter Placidia (Anicia Iuliana's grandmother and mother). Recorded in the 10th c. Greek Anthology.
E00726Victricius of Rouen lists the relics of saints already present in Rouen: *John the Baptist (S00020), the Apostles *Andrew (S00289) and *Thomas (S00199), *Gervasius and Protasius (bothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313), *Agricola (martyr of Bologna, S00310), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442). Account in Victricius' Praising the Saints, written in Latin, c.396 in Rouen (northern Gaul).
E00741Greek list from the city of Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), presenting festal payments expected from various churches and shrines, most of them dedicated to saints, including *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Ioustos/Justus (saint with martyr shrine at Oxyrrhynkos, S01172), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073), *Thekla (probably the follower of Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Neilos (perhaps the martyr of Alexandria, S00405), *Viktor (, martyr of Egypt, son of Romanos, S00749), possibly *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), *Gabriel (the Archangel, S00192), *Philoxenos (saint with cult at Oxyrhynchos, S00443), and *Ioulianos/Julianus (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305); datable to the 5th c.
E01196The Syriac Chronicle of Pseudo-Zachariah Rhetor recounts how the emperor Justin I and the Gothic general Vitalian made peace with each other soon after the former's accession [in 518], by taking oaths in the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). Written, probably in Amida (northern Mesopotamia), c. 568/569.
E01305The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Leo (bishop of Rome, ob. 461, S00423), tells how a certain Demetrias built a basilica of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) on the via Latina outside Rome; how Leo himself established a monastery at St Peter's, built a basilica to *Cornelius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00172) near the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia, carried out a number of repairs at the basilicas of the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008) and at the Lateran, and replaced the liturgical vessels of the city's tituli, which had been stolen by the Vandals. It also gives an account of the Council held in the basilica of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon, near Constantinople, and records *Leo's burial in Rome at the basilica of St Peter on 11 April [AD 461].
E01316The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Gelasius (bishop of Rome, ob. 496, S00789), recounts his burning of heretical books before the doors of the basilica of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) in Rome; his dedication of a basilica of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Tibur/Tivoli, and basilicas of *Eleutherius (martyr of Rome, S01661), *Nicander (saint of Rome, S00788), and *Andreas (probably Andrew the Apostle, S00288) on the via Labicana, outside Rome; his building of a basilica of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) on the via Laurentina; and his burial in the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 21 November [AD 496]. A later interpolation records the discovery of the sanctuary of the Archangel *Michael (S00181) on Monte Gargano (southern Italy).
E01372The short Life of Vigilius, bishop of Rome 537-555, in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, probably during the 6th c., mentions several churches and other places dedicated to saints, namely the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), the church of *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146), the city-gate of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), and the grave of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), all in or around Rome, as well as a church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Constantinople.
E01656The short Life of *Donus (bishop of Rome, ob. 678, 00869) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, soon after his death, lists his work in suburban churches of Rome: paving of the atrium of the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036); restoration of a church of the Apostles, probably Peter and *Paul (S00008), on the via Ostiensis; the dedication of a church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) on the via Appia; as well as Donus' burial at St Peter's on 11 April.
E01689Greek inscription on a house at Barad/Brad in the Limestone Massif (north Syria), with a list of six or more saints: a saint *John (presumably either the Baptist, S00020, or the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Dometios (monk of Syria, later 4th c., S00414), *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Christophoros (martyr of Pamphylia, S00616), *Euphemia (probably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Philotheos (possibly the martyr of Antioch, S00878), possibly *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406), a certain *Eusebios, possibly *Thomas the Apostle (S00199), and other unnamed martyrs. Probably 5th/6th c.
E01914Greek land lease from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) probably mentioning a church or monastery 'of the holy Ama *Euphemia' (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Kleopatris (Hermopolites, Middle Egypt); dated 12 September 470.
E02002The Life of *Melania the Younger (aristocratic ascetic in Jerusalem, ob. 439, S01134), by Gerontius, a monk at her monastery, recounts how, in 436, she stopped at the martyrion of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, close to Constantinople), and found comfort there. Written in Greek or Latin, probably in Jerusalem, c. 450.
E02200Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in September. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535.
E02276Greek lease from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning an area of the city named after *Euphemia (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017); dated 26 July 568.
E02397Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (10.1), quotes in full the instructions of Pope Gregory the Great in 590 to the people of Rome, then suffering the plague, for a sevenfold litany (septiformis letania), with seven supplicatory processions through the city to the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) [Santa Maria Maggiore], departing from different churches: of *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313); *Marcellinus and Petrus (priest and exorcist, martyrs of Rome, S00577); *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome, S00384); *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017); *Clemens/Clement, (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 590/594.
E02944Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna, in a sermon on the Parable of the Tares (Sermon 97), mentions the martyrdom of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Delivered in Latin at Ravenna (northern Italy), c. 450.
E03380The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 11 September the deposition of the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and priest Sabinos.
E03459The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 12 December *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and the deposition of the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017).
E03797The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 11 July *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778), *Hyacinthus (martyr of Rome under Trajan, S01609), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and *Martha (mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger, ob. late 6th c., S00864).
E03814The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 28 July *Eustathios (soldier and martyr of Ancyra S01501), *Ephrem (possibly poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Anatolios (possibly martyr of Nicaea under Maximian, S01781), *Pantaleōn / Panteleēmōn (martyr of Nicomedia, during the Diocletian persecution of 305, S00596), *Symeon the Elder (stylite of Qal‘at Sim‘ān, S00343), and, as a later addition, John the Bishop of Chalcedon and confessor during Iconoclasm.
E03862The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 11 September the deposition of the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and the Empress Eudokia (ob. 460), and *Peleus (martyr of the Phaeno copper mines, S00197), and Peter, 9th c. bishop of Nicaea and confessor.
E03867The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 September *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017).
E03868The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 17 September *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis, ob. 403, S00215) or *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030).
E03874The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 September the deposition of the relics of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00079), *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S01323), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Hesychios (priest and saint of Jerusalem, S00261), and Theophilos, 9th c. bishop of Ephesos.
E03891The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 10 October *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Zenaida (martyr and follower of Apostle Paul, S01656), and possibly *Gregory the Illuminator (the converter of Armenia, S00251).
E03893The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 12 October *Gregory the Illuminator (the converter of Armenia, S00251), the *Archangels (S00191), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and Karion and Apollo, monks from the Apophegmata Patrum.
E03956The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 12 December *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), the deposition of the relics of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Spyridon (bishop of Trimythous, Cyprus, ob. 348, S00790) and *Sabas the Sanctified (founder of the Mar Saba Monastery in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910).
E04013Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.6), reports that in 400 the emperor Arcadius and the Gothic leader Gainas took oaths of non-aggression at the shrine of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon, near Constantinople. Later, Gainas was prevented by angels from torching the imperial palace in Constantinople, and settled at the shrine of *John (the Baptist S00020, or the Evangelist S00042) at Hebdomon, pretending to suffer from a demon. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446.
E04768Paulinus of Nola, in several of his poems (in the Natalicia) written in honour of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000), describes the building work undertaken by Paulinus at Felix’s tomb at Nola/Cimitile (southern Italy); Natalicium 9 also refers to the relics of several other apostolic saints and martyrs housed in the basilica complex at Nola. Written in Latin, in Spain and later Nola, between 400 and 407.
E04870The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 July.
E04878The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 July.
E04922The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 August.
E04940The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 September.
E04958The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 16 September.
E04959The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 September.
E04960The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 September.
E04961The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 September.
E05033The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 November.
E05228The pilgrim Egeria, in her Itinerary, records her visit to the sanctuary of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). Written in Latin during Egeria's journey to the East, probably in 381-384.
E05302John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (88), recounts miracles at the tomb of a certain *Thomas (monk, S01992), who died in the church of *Euphemia (presumably the martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Daphne near Antioch on the Orontes (north Syria). Initially buried in a cemetery of strangers, his body rejected the bodies of women buried over it. It was then reburied in the ancient Christian cemetery of Antioch (Koimeterion) and a small oratory was built over him. Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s.
E05462The Council of Chalcedon of 451 is convoked at the shrine of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), which is named as the venue of the council in several documents of its Acts. The martyr is mentioned as the invisible protector and guide of the bishops’ decisions in a letter addressed by the council to Pope Leo I of Rome. Written in Greek in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople).
E05484The delegates of the 451 Council of Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople), congratulate Leo, bishop of Rome, for defending Orthodoxy as the representative of the Apostle *Peter (S00036). They also present *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) as a defender of Orthodoxy. Written in Latin in Chalcedon.
E05487Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, writing in Constantinople in 451, presents *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) as protecting the Council of Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). Letter to Pope Leo the Great, surviving only in Greek.
E05616A letter from Italian, probably Milanese, clerics to a group of Frankish envoys on their way to Constantinople describes how two African bishops took refuge in the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon in 551, when they were pressured by Justinian to condemn the Three Chapters. Written in Latin, probably in Milan, 551/2.
E05620Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 16 September of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05747John Malalas, in his Chronographia (18.132 and 141), mentions that, in the context of events in 551 and 562, people sought sanctuary at the shrines of *Mary (mother of Christ, S00033) at Blachernae (Constantinople) and *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). The authorities arrested them none the less. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the 560s.
E05792Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, refers to a basilica dedicated to *Probus (bishop of Ravenna, ob. c. 175, S02147) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy), in which he claims bishops of Ravenna were buried between the 1st c. and the 6th. Agnellus describes its location in relation to the nearby churches dedicated to *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Account written in Ravenna in 830/846.
E05859The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in September. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E05950Mosaic roundels on the barrel vaults of the Cappella Arcivescovile of Ravenna (northern Italy), with portrait busts of twelve apostles and twelve martyrs (six female, six male); created 494/520.
E06046Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/570.
E06237Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), gives a list of prominent female virgin saints. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s.
E06245Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem on virginity (8.3), when describing the court of heaven lists numerous saints with the cities of their resting-place. Written in Latin in Gaul, probably in the early 570s.
E06497The Greek Life of *Alypios (stylite and monastic founder in Hadrianopolis, ob. early 7th c., S02437), written as a funeral oration (epitaphios logos), presents its hero as an extraordinary stylite, describing his upbringing, career, struggles with demons, miracles, and death. Probably written at Alypios’ monastery near Hadrianopolis (Paphlagonia, northern Asia Minor), in the mid to late 7th c. Overview entry
E06543The Latin Gelasian Sacramentary (or Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae), probably compiled around 750 near Paris using earlier material from Rome, records prayers for *Euphemia on her feast day in April.
E06783The Greek Martyrdom of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017). Skeleton entry
E06887List of subscriptions documenting foundations dedicated to saints in Constantinople, Syria, and Palestine, preserved in a petition to Pope Agapitus I from eastern monks. Written in Greek in Constantinople in 536.
E06936The Greek Martyrdom of the *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778) recounts the death of a group of Christians, led by the nobles Leontios, Maurikios, and Daniel, in Nikopolis/Nicopolis of Armenia under Licinius. The text alludes to the cult of their relics, refers to a miraculous spring of water on the site of their martyrdom, and contains references to the martyrdoms of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Kapitolina (martyr of Caesarea, S02510), *Ioulitta (martyr of Caesarea, S00416) and *Potamiaina (martyr of Alexandria, S00945). Written in Nicopolis (eastern Asia Minor), in the 5th or 6th c.
E07876Marcellinus Comes, in his Chronicle, records that the heretic Eutyches was condemned at a council held in the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon in 451 (i.e. the Council of Chalcedon). Written in Latin in Constantinople, 518/534.
E07983The Paschal Chronicle records in its entry for 464 that a church dedicated to *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) was established at Constantinople by the future western emperor Olybrius and his wife Placidia. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E08016The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5932) states that *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) was translated to Alexandria in 439. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E08018The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 5944) mentions that the Council of Chalcedon was held in the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon in 451. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E08029The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6047) states that an earthquake took place on the feast of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) 'and the Definition', in 555. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts.
E08077Six relic labels at the monastery of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (south-east Gaul), datable by their script to the 2nd half of the 7th c., for relics of various saints. Written in Latin, either where the relics originated, or at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune.
E08274Victor of Tunnuna, in his Chronicle, recounts that in 551/2 the African bishop Verecundus of Iunca took refuge from attempts by the emperor Justinian to force him to condemn the Three Chapters in the shrine of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) at Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople), and subsequently died there. Written in Latin in Constantinople, 565/566.
E08311Latin inscription recording the deposition in 474 of relics of *Laurentius/Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037), *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), possibly *Menas (soldier and martyr buried at Abu Mena,S00073), and of the Holy Cross. Found between present-day Constantine and Setif (Roman Numidia, central North Africa).
E08326Pope Vigilius, in a letter of 552, describes why he took refuge in the church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon when he was pressured by Justinian to condemn the Three Chapters. Written in Latin in Chalcedon.
E08329A letter of 552, written while Pope Vigilius was taking refuge in the basilica of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Chalcedon, during the Three Chapters controversy, states that two of his deacons had been forcibly removed from the basilica and that Vigilius and numerous priests had been injured in the incident. Written in Latin, probably in Chalcedon.
E08532The Miracles of Kosmas and Damianos (Rupprecht 15) recount how *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385) in their church in Constantinople cured a woman suffering with dropsy, after one of the saints was seen to descend from an image of the two set up at the entrance to their church. Written in Greek, probably in Constantinople, between the 6th c. and the 11th c.; preserved in an Egyptian manuscript of the 11th c.