Name
Konon, martyr of Isauria
Saint ID
S00430
Number in BH
BHG 2077-2079
Reported Death Not Before
50
Reported Death Not After
150
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Married but sexually abstinent, Ascetics/monks/nuns, Miracle-workers in lifetime
| ID | Title | E00866 | Label of a low relief carving on a marble plaque, possibly showing *Konon (one of several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia). Found at Side (Pamphylia, southern Asia Minor). Possibly 6th c. | E00868 | Greek ownership inscription on a silver chalice, for a church of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia). Find-spot unknown, perhaps Paonala or Paunalla (Pamphylia, southern Asia Minor). Probably 7th c. | E00919 | Greek inscription with an invocation, probably of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia). Found at Laodikeia/Laodicea Combusta (Pisidia, west central Asia Minor). Probably 6th/8th c. or later. | E00989 | A white marble reliquary with carvings and Greek inscriptions referring to the relics of an unidentifiable saint *K(- - -), and apparently also to four unnamed martyrs. Found at Sebasteia (Roman province of Armenia I, eastern Asia Minor). Probably 6th/7th c. | E01006 | Fragmentary Greek inscription probably commemorating the consecration of a church of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia), constructed as a vow by a pious confraternity (spoudaioi). Found at Amorion (Galatia, central Asia Minor). Probably late 6th or 7th c. | E01017 | Greek epitaph with an invocation of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia), probably indicating a burial ad sanctos. Found near Tyana (Cappadocia, central Asia Minor). Probably 6th c. or later. | E01065 | Labels of tombs at Korykos/Corycus (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor), owned by a charitable institution named after *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia, probably that of Isauria, S00430), and perhaps affiliated to a church dedicated to the saint. Probably late 5th or 6th c. | E01076 | Greek inscription labelling a collective martyr shrine dedicated to *George (presumably the soldier and martyr, S00259), *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia, probably that of Isauria, S00430)), *Christophoros (presumably the martyr of Pamphylia, S00616), and, probably, *Kyrikos/Cyricus and Ioulitta/Julitta (child and mother, martyrs of Tarsus, S00007). Found at Yanıkhan near ancient Elaioussa-Sebaste (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). 5th-6th c., possibly 470-484. | E01082 | Greek inscription recording the fulfilment of a vow made to *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia). Found near Lamos (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor). Probably 5th-6th c. | E01085 | Silver casket, probably re-used as a reliquary, decorated with depictions of *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), Christ flanked by the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008), and with Greek invocations, apparently of Konon, asked for health. Found at Çirga near Mut (Isauria, southern Asia Minor). Very probably late 5th c. | E01152 | Greek epitaph, mentioning a saint, probably *Konon (one of the several homonymous martyrs of Anatolia), perhaps invoked as a guardian of a tomb. Found near Tavium (Galatia, central Asia Minor). Probably 5th/6th c. | E03913 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 November *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), *Konōn (gardener and martyr of Magydos of Pamphylia, S00177), *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), and Zosimos, an unidentified figure. | E05099 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) renovated a great number of monasteries in the region of Jerusalem (and elsewhere in the East), many of them dedicated to saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E05729 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia, mentions the shrine and monastery of *Konon (perhaps the martyr of Isauria, S00430) in Peran (suburb of Constantinople across the Golden Horn), near which lay a site of executions, associated with events of 488, 528, and 532. In the context of an incident in 531, a shrine of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037), probably Pulcheria's foundation near Blachernae, is named as a place of sanctuary. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid 6th c. | E06711 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Konon (martyr of Isauria (south-east Asia Minor), S00430). Skeleton entry | E07512 | Floor-mosaic with an unpublished Greek inscription reportedly referring to a martyr shrine of *Konon (one of several homonymous Anatolian martyrs). Found at the village of Ḥorbat Kenes/Khirbet el-Kanayis near Karmiel, c. 12 km to the east of ancient Ptolemais/Acre (Galilee). Probably 6th c. | E07673 | Greek inscription on a floor-mosaic commemorating the paving of an aisle in a church under a servant of *Konon (one of the several homonymous Anatolian martyrs). Exact provenance unknown, probably the environs of Tyre, Lebanon. Dated probably 25 March 560 (if so, on the feast of the Annunciation, not mentioned explicitly in the text). | E07968 | The Paschal Chronicle records that the deposed emperor Maurice and his family were captured at the church of *Autonomos (martyr of Nicomedia, S00016) at Praenetus near Constantinople in 602, and that one of his officials, Comentiolus, was executed near the shrine of *Konon (potentially any of three martyrs of this name: S00177, S00429, or S00430). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630. | E07975 | The Paschal Chronicle, in its account of the siege of Constantinople in 626, mentions various places around Constantinople dedicated to or named after saints: the church of the *Maccabean martyrs (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303), the gate of *Romanos (deacon of Caesarea, martyred at Antioch, S001220), the bridge of *Kallinikos (martyr of Gangra, S00923), the church of *Nicholas (bishop of Myra, S00520), and the district around the shrine of *Konon (potentially any of three martyrs of this name: S00177, S00429, or S00430). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630 |
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