Name
Epimachos, of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria
Saint ID
S00222
Number in BH
BHG 593
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
251
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00164 | Greek Calendar of Church Services to be performed at different churches in Oxyrhynchus (Middle Egypt) from the end of October to the end of March of the years 535–536, providing information on the names of many churches, and on the saints’ days celebrated in the city. | E00277 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.41-42), quotes a letter in Greek by Dionysios, bishop of Alexandria (Egypt), who, in 250/1, informs Phabios, bishop of Antioch (Syria), about martyrdoms in Egypt during the recent Decian persecution; 27 martyrs are named. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E00513 | The Piacenza Pilgrim, in his account of Alexandria (Lower Egypt), lists the graves there of *Athanasios (bishop of Alexandria, ob. 373, S00294), *Phaustos/Faustus (presbyter and martyr of Alexandria, S00299).*Epimachos (presumably Epimachos of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222), 'Antoninus' (either *Antony 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098, or *Antoninus, martyr of Alexandria, S00327) and *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293). Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E00662 | Greek sale of wine with deferred delivery, from Oxyrhynchos (Middle Egypt), mentioning a jar measure named either after *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222) or *Epima (martyr buried at Pankoleeis, in the region of Oxyrhynchos, S01331); dated 2 May 619. | E03911 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 30 October *Zenobia (martyr of Aegae, Cilicia, S01681), *Cleopas (pupil of Jesus, S00249), and *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222). | E03912 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 31 October *Isaiah (Old Testament Prophet, S00282), *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) and *Phokas (possibly martyr of Antioch on the Orontes, S00413), *Paul (the first anchorite, S00089), *Pantaleon / Panteleemon, martyr of Nicomedia, during the Diocletian persecution of 305, S00596), *Cornelius (probably the Centurion, New Testament saint, S00301), and *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222). | E06775 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Epimachos (of Pelusium, martyr of Alexandria, S00222) recounts the martyrdom of a man from Pelusium who appeared during a trial of Christians in Alexandria, and destroyed an altar. Written in Greek, presumably in Egypt before the 7th century. |
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