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 the flute-player Philemon, the Reader Apollonios, and their persecutor Areianos (who converts inspired by their example); several remarkable miracles occur along the way; their shrine is at Antinoopolis (Middle Egypt). Written in Egypt, probably in the 5th 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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