Name
Pamphilos, martyr of Caesarea
Saint ID
S00140
Number in BH
BHG 1405-1407
Reported Death Not Before
309
Reported Death Not After
309
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
| ID | Title | E00275 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.32.3 and 6.33.4), expresses his special reverence for *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00140), using, exceptionally for him, the expression ‘holy martyr’, one of the earliest instances of the title in Greek literature. Excerpts, 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. | E00391 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (11.1-28), narrates the martyrdom of *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, 00140) and eleven companion martyrs on 16 February; their bodies are miraculously untouched, though exposed to wild beast and birds, and are honoured by the Christian community. 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. | E01435 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 16 February the martyrdom in Caesarea of Palestine of 'Pamphios and Pamphilos' (probably the same martyr, *Pamphilos martyr of Caesarea, S00140), and eleven companion martyrs (here unnamed) in the city of Caesarea of Palestine. Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02566 | Greek graffito on a roof tile, with an invocation of *Paulos (probably the Apostle, S00008, but perhaps another saintly Paulos) and *Germanos (possibly the martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00195) on behalf of the circus faction of the Blues; a fragmentary dedicatory inscription to a saint whose name is lost; and a reliquary. All found in the so-called 'Church of St. Paul' at Umm er-Rasas/Kastron Mefaa, to the southeast of Madaba (Roman province of Arabia). Probably late 6th or 7th c. | E02840 | Clay bread-stamp with Greek inscription invoking the blessing of *Paul (probably the Apostle, S00008), or of one of two martyrs of Caesarea (Paulos, S00164, or Paulos from Yamnia, a companion of *Pamphilos, S00140). Found in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), at the site of the presumed 'chapel of St. Paul'. Probably 5th-6th c. | E02844 | Pottery fragment with a fragmentary Greek graffito just possibly referring to *Paul (the Apostle, S00008). Found in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), at the site of the presumed 'chapel of St. Paul'. Probably 5th-6th c. | E03017 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 6 February *Pamphilos and companions (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00140). | E03386 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 28 September the deposition of the relics of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Caesarea, 00140), *Alexandros (probably the martyr of Pisidia under Diocletian, S01687), *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710). | E03646 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 16 February *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00140) and eleven other martyrs in the city of Caesarea of Palestine. | E03940 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 28 November *Atticus (unidentified martyr, S01826), *Jacob the Dismembered (martyr of Persia under Bahram V, ob. 421, S01660), *Pamphilos and companions (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00140), *Irenarchos (probably the martyr of Sebasteia, S00623), *Elianos (martyr of Amman, S00889), and *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288). | E04337 | Two Greek graffiti in cursive script, found in the martyr shrine at the North Church at Nessana/Auja Hafir in the Negev desert (Roman province of Palaestina III) of uncertain purpose, listing saints and holy men and women, many undocumented elsewhere; one of the graffiti apparently making reference to dates. Probably 5th - mid-6th c. | E06357 | Jerome, in his Letter 34 to Marcella, mentions *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00140), and his collecting of Christian texts. Written in Latin in Rome, 384-5. | E07907 | Jerome in several of the brief biographical notes in his On illustrious men, mentions the deaths as martyrs of Christian authors. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 392/393. |
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