Name
Agape, Chione and Eirene, martyrs of Thessalonike
Saint ID
S00206
Number in BH
BHG 34
Reported Death Not Before
304
Reported Death Not After
304
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
ID | Title | E00393 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Chione, Eirene and Agape (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206) offers a plain description, devoid of references to miracles or relics, of the trial and martyrdom of three young women in Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece) in 304, and indicates 1 April as the day of Eirene's martyrdom. Probably written in Thessalonike, at an uncertain, but probably early date; it is likely to contain genuine trial transcripts. | E01464 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 2 April the martyrdom of *Chione and Agape (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02482 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Anastasia and Companions narrates the trial and martyrdom of *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, 00911) in Aquae Gradatae near Aquileia (northern Italy), of the sisters *Agape, Chionia and Irene in Macedonia (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), of *Theodota and her three sons (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257) in Nicaea (western Asia Minor), and of Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) on the insulae Palmariae. Written presumably in Rome, in the 5th or 6th c. | E03221 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Cantius, Cantianus and Cantianilla (martyrs of Aquileia, S01552) narrates how the saints, born in Rome and instructed by Protus, flee Diocletian and Maximian’s persecution to their estates in Aquileia; here they are arrested and beheaded, and their bodies buried by the priest Zoilus; an epilogue found in variant versions adds that Zoilus, who raised the virgins *Agape, Chionia and Irene (presumably the martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), has a vision telling him of their martyrdom; it also adds that the sisters pray at the martyrs’ tomb with *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) before Zoilus dies. Written presumably in Aquileia, at an uncertain date between the 5th and the 9th centuries. | E03696 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 1 April the visitation of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) to *Elisabeth (mother of John the Baptist, S01328), Stephen the Sabaite, 8th c. monk, *Mary of Egypt (S00903), the martyrdom of *Agape, Chione and Eirene (virgins and martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), and the beginning of the week of the Annunciation. | E03699 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 4 April *Antipatros (bishop of Bostra, S01645), *Theodoulos (martyr of Thessalonike, S00995), and, as a later addition, Theodora of Thessalonike, 9th c., and probably *Agape (martyr of Thessalonike, S00206). | E03711 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 April *Basileus (bishop and martyr of Amasea, S01634), *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), and *Eirene (possibly the martyr of Thessalonike, S00206). | E05537 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feasts on 1 and 5 April in Thessalonike (northern Greece) of *Agape, Chione and Eirene (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06655 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Chione, Eirene and Agape (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206) as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry |
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