Name
Philemon, Apollonios and companions, martyrs of Antinoopolis
Saint ID
S00386
Number in BH
BHG 1514; BHL 6803-6804
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Officials and professionals, Lesser clergy , Merchants, artisans and other free people, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E00597 | Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting *Philemon (martyr of Antinoopolis, Egypt, S00386), with an inscription describing him as a flute player, and indicating March as the month of his festival. | E01473 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 10 April the martyrdom of *Apollonios (priest and martyr of Alexandria, S01001). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02653 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription commemorating the restoration of the pavement in a church or chapel dedicated to *Philemon (possibly the martyr of Antinoopolis, Egypt, S00386). Found at Riḥāb, between Bostra and Gerasa/Jerash (Roman province of Arabia). Dated 663. | E02853 | A complex of warehouses, excavated to the north of the praetorium in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), was richly decorated with religious wall paintings showing Christ with the *Apostles (S00084), and probably the Three Egyptian martyrs: *Ares/Aretas, Promos, and Elias (S00196), and *Philemon (martyr of Antinoopolis, Egypt, S00386). Finds of small objects and the biblical background suggest the existence of a shrine of *Paul the Apostle (S00008) at the site in the 6th/7th c. | E02856 | Fragments of a labelled wall-painting, probably of *Philemon (martyr of Antinoopolis, Egypt, S00386) and just possibly *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199). Found in Caesarea Maritima (Roman province of Palaestina I), at the 'chapel of St. Paul'. Probably 6th-7th c. | E03147 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 10 May *Philemon (probably the martyr of Antinoopolis, S00386), and *Akakios (soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468). | E03418 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 3 November *Philemon (probably the martyr of Antinoopolis, S00386) and *Akakios (probably the soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468). | E03559 | The History of the Monks in Egypt recounts the martyrdom of *Apollonios, Philemon, and their companions (S01001, S00386), whose shrine and relics in the Thebaid (Upper Egypt) were venerated by the author in 394. Written in Greek at Jerusalem, 395/397. | E03564 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Philemon, Apollonios, Areianos, and Companions (martyrs of Antinoopolis, S00386), recounts the martyrdom of eight martyrs, referring to various extravagant details and miracles. Their shrine is at Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt), and their feast is held in the month Phamenoth (4, 7 and 16 March), and on 14 December. Probably written in Egypt in the 5th/6th c. | E03735 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 10 May *Philemon (martyr of Antinoopolis, S00386) and *Akakios (soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468), *Pachomiοs (Egyptian monastic founder, ob. 346, S00352),*Epimachius (martyr of Rome, S00295), all the martyrs whose relics have been deposed under the altar of the church of St Saba Monastery, and *Simon Kananaios (the Zealot, apostle of Christ, S00835). | E03933 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 21 November *Philemon (probably the martyr of Antinoopolis, S00386), *Matthew (Apostle and Evangelist, S00791), *Akakios (probably the soldier and martyr of Byzantion, S00468), and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033). | E03958 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 14 December *Ares, Promos and Elias (Egyptian martyrs of Ascalon, S00196), and *Philemon and Apollonios (martyrs of Antinoopolis, S00386). |
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