Name
Anthimos, bishop and martyr of Nicomedia
Saint ID
S00124
Number in BH
BHG 134x-135a
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
311
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00316 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.5-6), reports that, during the persecution of Diocletian, several people were martyred in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), including *Dorotheos and Gorgonios (S00242), and their companions, a certain *Petros (S01119), and the bishop *Anthimos (S00124). Their bodies are thrown into the sea lest Christians worship them as gods. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E00318 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.13 and 9.6), gives a list of nineteen Christian leaders martyred alongside numerous other Christians in various regions of the East during the tetrarchic persecutions (304-313). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E00965 | Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a church of a martyr *Anthimos (very probably the bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124). Found at Pompeiopolis (Paphlagonia, northern Asia Minor). Probably late 5th or 6th c. | E01481 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 24 April the martyrdom of *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124) and five unnamed companions. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E03853 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 2 September *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124), *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239) and *Mamas (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436). | E03854 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 3 September *Aaron (Old Testament prophet, S01427), *Eleazar (Old Testament priest, son of Aaron, S01489) and *Phineas (Old Testament priest, grandson of Aaron, S01490), the ascension of *Elijah/Elias (Old Testament prophet, S00217), *Theoktistos (hermit and follower of Euthymios the Great, S01622), and *Joshua (Old Testament leader of the Israelites, S00258), and *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124). | E04393 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built the church of *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124) on the shore of the Golden Horn, across from the district of Blachernae at Constantinople. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E05283 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, mentions several shrines and festivals of saints at Sykeon and other places in Anatolia, the Holy Land, and Constantinople. Written at Sykeon (central Asia Minor), in the 640s. | E05291 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619) is written by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, recounting the life, ascetic feats, and miracles of its hero, and the foundation of the monastic centre of Sykeon in Galatia (central Asia Minor). The text mentions several shrines and festivals of saints in cities and villages of Asia Minor, and also in Constantinople and the Holy Land. Written in Greek at Sykeon, in the 640s. Overview entry | E05719 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (14.20), mentions the rebuilding of the shrine of *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124) in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople) after an earthquake under Theodosius II (r. 408-450). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E06124 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Loukianos/Lucian of Antioch (theologian and martyr of Nicomedia and Helenopolis, S00151) recounts the childhood and scholarly career of Loukianos, as well as his arrest and journey to Nicomedia, his imprisonment and eventual death there, together with the miraculous recovery of his relics; the text also mentions a number of other martyrs of the tetrarchic persecution. Survives in a 10th c. metaphrastic redaction of an earlier text, possibly written in the 4th c. or later, possibly in Bithynia. | E06609 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Anthimos (bishop and martyr of Nicomedia, S00124). Skeleton entry | E07952 | The Paschal Chronicle records the martyrdom of three martyrs of Nicomedia in 303: Dorotheos and Gorgonios (S00242), and Bishop Anthimos (S00124). The entry includes an otherwise unknown quotation from Loukianos/Lucian of Antioch on the martyrdom of Anthimos. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630. |
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