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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Eukarpion, soldier and martyr of Nicomedia

Saint ID

S00392

Number in BH

BHG 2464-2465

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00594Mosaic in the Rotunda of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece), of the 5th/6th c., depicting the soldier and martyr *Eukarpion (probably Eukarpion of Nicomedeia, S00392), with an inscription describing him as a soldier, and indicating December as the month of his festival.
E05036The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 30 November.
E05042The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 5 December.