Name
Theodore 'Stratelates', general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita
Saint ID
S00136
Number in BH
BHG 1760-1773
Reported Death Not Before
306
Reported Death Not After
306
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Soldiers, Martyrs, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E01146 | Papyrus from Hermopolis (Middle Egypt) with Greek and Coptic scribal exercises, mentioning an oratory of Abba *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136); datable to the 8th century. | E01426 | Fragmentary Greek votive inscription, mentioning *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136). Found at Dülük Baba Tepesi near Ancient Doliche (northern Syria). Probably 8th c. or later. | E01901 | Coptic Encomion on *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), attributed to Anastasios of Euchaita and presented on the saint's feast day, relating how his father was a Christian Egyptian, how he slew a dragon and was martyred, and how his mother took his body to be buried 'at the mountain of Shotep' in Upper Egypt. Written sometime in the 6th/8th c., preserved in a manuscript dated to 861. | E04215 | Coptic document of unknown Egyptian provenance with an invocation to *Severos (bishop of Antioch, ob. 538, S00262), *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), and *Thekla (probably the follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) to help a patient to obtain healing; datable to the 7th/8th century. | E06263 | Sophronius of Jerusalem, in his Miracles of the Saints Cyrus and John (8), recounts how *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406) saved from shipwreck Christodoros, oikonomos/manager of their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt); and later, summoned by *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136), also cured him of buboes. Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615. | E06726 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136). Skeleton entry | E07827 | Sophronius of Jerusalem, in his Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John (70), recounts how *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406), aided by *Theodore 'Stratelates' (general and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00136) and *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), healed a disease of his eyes, at their sanctuary at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt), and how he has composed this book in gratitude. Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615. |
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