Name
Barlaam/Barlāhā, martyr of Antioch
Saint ID
S00417
Number in BH
BHG 221-223
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00078 | The Syriac Chronicle of Edessa records that Diogenes became bishop of Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 409, and started to build a church dedicated to *Barlaam/Barlāhā (martyr of Antioch, S00417). Written in Edessa, in second half of 6th c. | E00672 | A Greek Homily on the Martyr Barlaam, (martyr of Antioch, S00417), attributed to Basil of Caesarea or John Chrysostom, is given during a service at his feast in Antioch (Syria); it recounts the story of his martyrdom. Written in Antioch in the late 4th c. | E01529 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 14 August the martyrdom of *Barlaam/Barlāhā (martyr of Antioch, S00417). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E02572 | John Chrysostom, in his homily On *Barlaam (martyr of Antioch, S00417), delivered during a festival of the saint at a shrine of martyrs in Antioch (Syria), recounts the story of the martyr. Written in Greek, probably at Antioch, 386/397. | E02573 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Barlaam of Antioch (martyr S00417) recounts the story of an elderly Christian who died while being forced to offer incense on a burning altar. Written in the 5th c. or later. | E03921 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 9 November *Eustathios, his wife and their sons (martyrs of Rome, S01804), the *Archangels (S00191), and *Barlaam/Barlāhā (martyr of Antioch, S00417). | E05023 | 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 18 November. |
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