Name
Polyeuktos, soldier and martyr of Melitene
Saint ID
S00325
Number in BHBHG 1566-1568k
BHG 1566-1568k
BHL 6885-6887
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
260
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00553 | Greek epigram, inscribed in the church and recovered in part through excavation, commemorating the rebuilding of the church of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325) in Constantinople, by Anicia Juliana, 500/527; the church had originally been built by the empress Aelia Eudocia (r. 421-460). The epigram records that Anicia Juliana also built several churches of martyrs in the provinces. Recorded in the 10th c. Greek Anthology. | E00655 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (102), tells of the church of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325) in Constantinople, embellished with a golden ceiling by [Anicia] Juliana, to save her wealth from the emperor Justinian; Polyeuktos is a miracle-worker specialising in thwarting perjury. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00877 | Four boundary stones, with Greek inscriptions, of a church of *Po(- - -), an unidentified saint, found in the proximity of Appia (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique (5th-7th c.). | E01406 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 7 January the martyrdom of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), *Qnōdīnōs (martyr of Heracleia in Thrace, S00951), and *Loukianos (martyr of Nicomedia, S00151). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E01497 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 20 May the martyrdom of *Timotheos (martyr, S01026) and *Polyeuktos (perhaps the soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02836 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325) recounts the story of two soldiers and friends, the Christian Nearchos and the nominally pagan Polyeuktos; the latter defiantly refuses to sacrifice and is martyred in Melitene (eastern Asia Minor). Probably written in Melitene in the 4th/5th c., with a later appendix. | E02837 | The appendix to the Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos of Melitene (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), of the 4th/5th c., mentions the transfer of a blood relic from Melitene to the city of Kana (in Lycaonia or Egypt?). It requires the annual celebration of the saint’s feast and the reading of his martyrdom account, and mentions feasts on 9 January and 25 December. Probably written in Egypt. | E04602 | 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 7 January. | E06249 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (7.6), recounts how *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), *Hilarius/Hilary (bishop of Poitiers, ob. 367, S00183) and *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) were called on to punish any offender against a pact drawn up between Merovingian kings; in Paris, in 584. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 584/594. | E06468 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry | E06469 | Cyril of Scythopolis in the Life of Euthymios mentions the shrines of *Polyeuktos (martyr of Melitene, S00325) and the *Thirty-three Martyrs of Melitene (S01750), which functioned as monasteries. The hero of the text, Euthymios, was born after his parents prayed at the shrine of Polyeuktos. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. | E06837 | An alternative version of the Greek Martyrdom of *Polyeuktos (soldier and martyr of Melitene, S00325), almost certainly a 10th c. or slightly earlier text which reproduces almost unchanged a lost earlier Martyrdom of *Philippos (bishop of Heraclea-Perinthus and martyr of Hadrianopolis, Thrace, S00394). Skeleton entry |
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