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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Apphianos, martyr of Caesarea of Palestine

Saint ID

S00159

Number in BH

G 161

Reported Death Not Before

306

Reported Death Not After

306

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Aristocrats, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00300Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Martyrs of Palestine (4.1-15), narrates the martyrdom of *Apphianos from Lycia (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00159), on 2 April 305, and the miraculous recovery of his body. Written in Greek at Caesarea in 311; a longer version of the text survives only in a later Syriac translation.
E03097The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 2 April, at the Church of the Anastasis, *Apphianos and Aedesios (martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine, S00159) or possibly *Theodosia from Tyre (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00161) instead of Aedesios.
E03697The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 2 April *Apphianos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00159), *Theodosia from Tyre (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00161), Stephen the Sabaite, 8th c. monk, and an unidentified bishop Stephen.
E04953The Greek Life of *Nikolaos of Sion (abbot and bishop in Lycia, ob. 564, S00559) recounts the foundation of the monastery of Holy Sion in the village of Pharroa in Lycia (south-west Asia Minor) and the miracles of Nikolaos, its first abbot. A number of shrines of different saints are mentioned in the narrative. Written in the late 6th c., probably at the monastery of Holy Sion. Overview entry
E04957The Greek Life of *Nikolaos of Sion (abbot and bishop in Lycia, ob. 564, S00559) mentions fifteen shrines of various saints at villages in the territory of Myra in Lycia (south-west Asia Minor), and the celebration of public feasts with sacrifices of oxen at them, organised by Nikolaos, abbot of the monastery of Holy Sion. Written in the late 6th c., probably at the monastery of Holy Sion in Lycia.
E06318Fragmentary Greek inscription, from Sikyon (near Corinth), with a calendar of saints' feast days, such as that of *Afra (martyr of Augsburg, S01797), *Apphianos (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00159), *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), *Antipas (presumably the bishop and martyr of Pergamon, S01816), *Antoninus (martyr of Alexandria, S00327), *Christophoros (martyr of Pamphylia, S00616), *Demetrios and four companions (unspecified, S02464), *Epimachus (martyr of Rome, S00295), *Glykeria (martyr of Perinthus-Heraclea in Thrace, S00018), *Gordiοs (presumably the soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00114), *Kodratos and his companions (Anectus, Paulus, Dionysius, Cyprianus and Crescens, martyrs of Corinth, S02368), *Laurence/Laurentius (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037), *Pionios (presbyter and martyr of Smyrna, $S00031), *Theodosia from Tyre (martyr of Palestine, $S00161), *Victor or Victorinus (martyr of Corinth, $S01927) and other saints or martyrs whose names are lost. Found at Sikyon near Corinth (north-eastern Peloponnese). Probably 5th c.