Name
Prokopios, martyr of Caesarea of Palestine
Saint ID
S00118
Number in BH
BHG 1576-1577d
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
303
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
| ID | Title | E00296 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (1.1-5), narrates the martyrdom of *Prokopios from Scythopolis (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118) on 7 June 303. Written in Greek at Caesarea in 311; a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation. | E00528 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to Caesarea Maritima (Palestine) and the graves of *Cornelius (centurion baptised by Peter in Acts, S00301) and the local martyrs *Pamphilos (S00140) and *Prokopios/Procopius (S00118). Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E01011 | Greek inscription on a boundary stone granted probably by the emperor Justinian to a sanctuary of unidentified martyrs *Prokopios and *Ioannes/John. Found near Verinopolis (Galatia, central Asia Minor). 527-565. | E02557 | Floor-mosaics with Greek dedicatory inscriptions commemorating the construction of a church dedicated to *Lot (Old Testament patriarch, S01234) and *Prokopios (probably the martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118), invoking the God of these saints and the God of unnamed martyrs. Found at Khirbat al-Mukhayyat near Mount Nebo (Roman province of Arabia). Probably 558 or 573. | E03204 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 23 June, at the church of the Holy Anastasis, *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118). | E03268 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 8 July *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118). | E03779 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 June *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118), *Zenon and possibly Zenas (martyrs of Philadelphia/Amman, S01664) and the birth of *John the Baptist (S00020). | E03794 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 8 July *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118). | E04407 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek verse inscription praising the virtues of the family of a local aristocrat, including very possibly his grandfather's embellishment of a sanctuary dedicated to a saint Prokopios, 'protector of the city' (probably *Prokopios, martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118). Found at Diokaisareia/Sepphoris in Galilee (Roman province of Palaestina II). Probably 6th c. | E04845 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 June. | E05576 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 8 July in Palestine of *Procopius (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05727 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (15.8), reports that, after the Samaritan revolt of Justasas, the emperor Zeno (r. 474-491) rebuilt the church of *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118) in Caesarea, and converted the Samaritan synagogue of Mount Gerizim into a church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); all in Palestine. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E05895 | Hesychius of Jerusalem composes his Homily 14, On *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118), which he preaches during his feast in Jerusalem. Written in Greek at Jerusalem, in the early 5th c. | E06677 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Sabas (‘the Sanctified’, monastic founder in Palestine, ob. 532, S00910), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic and founder of numerous monasteries, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to cults of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, 555/557. Overview entry | E07128 | The first Greek 'epic' Martyrdom of *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118) expands the brief mention of Prokopios' martyrdom by Eusebius of Caesarea into a longer account of his trial and execution in Caesarea (Palestine). Written possibly in Caesarea, possibly in the late 4th to 5th century. | E07129 | The second 'epic' Greek Martyrdom of *Prokopios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00118) gives the saint a new background story as a pagan military commander originally named Neanias, converted to Christianity and martyred in Caesarea. Written sometime in the 5th-8th c. somewhere in the East, perhaps in Caesarea. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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