Name
Philoromos, martyr of Alexandria
Saint ID
S00126
Number in BH
BHG 1533
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
313
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Aristocrats, Soldiers, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00317 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.6-12), reports that, during the persecutions of Diocletian, numerous Christians died as martyrs in Melitene, Syria, Palestine, Phoenice, Egypt, Africa, Arabia, Cappadocia, Mesopotamia and Pontus. He names the martyrs *Philoromos (martyr of Alexandria, S00126), *Phileas (bishop of Thmuis, martyr of Alexandria, S00125), and *Adauκtos (martyr of Rome, S00421), and refers to *Prosdoke, Bernike and Domnina (mother and daughters, martyrs of Antioch, S01008). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E01407 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 8 January *Philoromos (martyr of Nicomedia, S02931), in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02642 | Latin Martyrdom of *Phileas (bishop of Thmuis, martyr of Alexandria, S00125), probably early 5th century. | E02836 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325) recounts the story of two soldiers and friends, the Christian Nearchos and the nominally pagan Polyeuktos; the latter defiantly refuses to sacrifice and is martyred in Melitene (eastern Asia Minor). Probably written in Melitene in the 4th/5th c., with a later appendix. | E02837 | The appendix to the Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos of Melitene (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), of the 4th/5th c., mentions the transfer of a blood relic from Melitene to the city of Kana (in Lycaonia or Egypt?). It requires the annual celebration of the saint’s feast and the reading of his martyrdom account, and mentions feasts on 9 January and 25 December. Probably written in Egypt. | E04606 | 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 11 January. | E04607 | 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 12 January. | E04668 | 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 4 February. |
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