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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Barlaam/Barlāhā, martyr of Antioch

Saint ID

S00417

Number in BH

BHG 221-223

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00078The 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.
E00672A 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.
E01529The 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.
E02572John 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.
E02573The 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.
E03921The 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).
E05023The 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.