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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tryphon, martyr of Nicaea

Saint ID

S00439

Number in BH

G 1856-1858

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

251

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Peasants and labourers
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00733Greek inscription recording a vow made by 'the villages and people' of *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439). Found near Alexandreia Troas (Hellespontus, north-west Asia Minor). Probably late antique (5th-8th c.).
E00908Fragmentary Greek building inscription for a church dedicated to a saint whose name is lost (possibly *George, soldier and martyr, S00259). Found near Akmonia (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Late antique.
E00955Greek epitaph for an abbot (archimandrite) of a monastery of *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439). Found near Chalcedon (Bithynia, north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople). Probably late antique.
E02939The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 1 February *Ephrem the Syrian (poet and theologian of Edessa, ob. 373, S01238), possibly *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439) and Hermogenes, an unidentified martyr.
E03146The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 9 May, at the Church of the Apostles in Jerusalem, the deposition of relics of the Apostles *Peter (S00036), *Thomas (S00199) and *John (S00042), of *John the Baptist (S00020), *Isaiah (Old Testament Prophet, S00280), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), Claudian (unidentified figure), *Tryphon (possibly the martyr of Nicaea, S00439).
E04420Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built or restored shrines in Constantinople to the following martyrs: *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439), *Menas and Menaios (martyrs venerated at Constantinople, E01698) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia under Shapur II, S00885). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
E04535Long and complex, but poorly spelt, Greek text roughly inscribed on all the faces of a limestone slate, invoking the help of a number of saints: a saint *Klemens (probably *Klemes/Clement of Alexandria, S02839), *Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439), *Kyprianos (probably the magician and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Athanasios (probably Athanasios Pentaschoinitis, youth and miracle-worker in Cyprus, S02999, or the bishop of Alexandria, S00294), *Epiphanios (probably the bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at Lythrodontas near ancient Tamassos, Cyprus. Probably 5th or 6th c.
E04870The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 July.
E04872The 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 July.
E05169The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry.
E06679The Greek Martyrdom of *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439). Skeleton entry