Name
Eupsychios, martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia
Saint ID
S00470
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00772 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 252 of 376, invites the bishops of the Pontic Diocese (central and northern Asia Minor) to visit Kaisareia/Caesarea (central Asia Minor) for the festival of its martyrs *Eupsychios (S00470) and *Damas (S00471), according to an old custom, in order to help him with preaching on the day. Written in Greek at Kaisareia of Cappadocia. | E00817 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 176 of 374, invites Amphilochios, bishop of Ikonion/Iconium, to visit Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (both central Asia Minor), in order to attend local festivals of unnamed martyrs, held on 2 and 5 September. Written in Greek at Kaisareia. | E00818 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 100 of 372, invites Eusebios, bishop of Samosata, to attend the festival of *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia, S00470) in Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), on 7 September. Basil hopes to hold an episcopal council during the festival, which will elect new bishops. Written in Greek at Kaisareia. | E00819 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 142 of 373, mentions that he had invited the chorepiskopoi of his jurisdiction to the festival of *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia, S00470) in Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), in order to introduce them to the accountant (noumerarios) of the prefect. Written in Greek at Kaisareia. | E00820 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 200 of 375, invites Amphilochios, bishop of Ikonion/Iconium, to Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), in order to attend the festival of *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia, S00470). Written in Greek at Kaisareia. | E00821 | Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 202 of 375, to Amphilochios of Ikonion/Iconium, reports that, though ill, he paid a visit by carriage to shrines of martyrs near Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). Written in Greek at Kaisareia. | E01044 | Gregory of Nazianzus, in his Letter 58 of 372/373, to Basil of Caesarea, mentions a sermon given by Basil during the festival of the martyr *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia, S00470) at Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). Written in Greek at Nazianzos (also central Asia Minor). | E04103 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (5.7-11), lists martyrs and confessors who suffered under Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), probably using hagiographies about them. These are *Georgios (Arian bishop of Alexandria, S01145), Theodoros/Theodoretos (martyr of Antioch, S01382), the brothers *Eusebios, Nestavos and Zenon, and Nestor (martyrs of Gaza in Palestine, S01653), *Hilarion (anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, ob. 371, S00099), *Virgin Martyrs of Heliopolis-Baalbek (S01564), *Markos (bishop and confessor of Arethousa in Syria, S01563), *Makedonios, Theodoulos and Tatianos (martyrs of Meros in Phrygia, west central Asia Minor,S01566), *Bousiris the Encratite (confessor of Ancyra, central Asia Minor, S01567), the presbyter *Basileios of Ancyra (martyr, S01565), and *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia in Cappadocia, central Asia Minor, S00470). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E04947 | 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 10 September. | E06790 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00470). Skeleton entry |
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