Name
Theodote and her three sons, martyrs of Nicaea
Saint ID
S00257
Number in BH
BHG 1781
Reported Death Not Before
200
Reported Death Not After
323
GenderFemale
Female
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Mothers and fathers, Children, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E00459 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to the basilica of Holy Sion (Jerusalem), formerly the house of *James (almost certainly the 'brother of the Lord', S00058), in which he saw relics of the Passion, stones with which *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) was stoned, the stone into which the cross of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) was set, the chalice of the *Apostles (S00084), and the elaborately encased skull of the martyr *Theodota (possibly Theodote, martyr of Nicaea, S00257), from which he drank. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E01543 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 2 September in Edessa the martyrdom by fire of *Habbib (martyr of Edessa, S00090), and in Nicomedia the martyrs Apītarqīn (otherwise unknown), *Koskonios, Melanippos and Zenon (martyrs of Asia/Nicomedia, S00964), and the sons of *Theodota (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257). 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. | E04339 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor-to-be Justinian (r. 527-565), during the reign of his uncle Justin I (r. 518-527) built, or rebuilt several shrines and churches devoted to martyrs and saints in the city and suburbs of Constantinople. He lists a shrine of *Platon (martyr of Ancyra, S00650), the church of *Mokios (martyr of Byzantion, S01265), the resting-place of *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), a temenos of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), a sanctuary of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), and one of *Theodote (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E04905 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 2 August. | E04938 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 September. | E04939 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 2 September. | E04950 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 13 September. | E05596 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 2 August in Nicaea (north-west Asia Minor) of *Theodota and her three sons (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05689 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 25 December of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), who was consoled during her captivity by *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, S00911), and fed heavenly food by *Theodata (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06706 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Theodote and her three sons (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257). Skeleton entry |
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