Name
Ignatios, bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00649
Number in BH
BHG 813-814
Reported Death Not Before
98
Reported Death Not After
117
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Writers, Bishops
| ID | Title | E01569 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 17 October the martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E01840 | Coptic fragment with the beginning of the Martyrdom of *Ignatios 'Theophoros' (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), giving his feast day as 1 July; composed most likely during the 5th–7th century. | E01856 | Coptic fragment with the end of a Martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), giving his feast day as 25 June; composed probably in the 5th/7th c., preserved in a manuscript of the 9th/11th c. | E02011 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.25), mentions several 1st, 2nd, and 3rd c. martyrs, namely *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *James ('the brother of the Lord', S00058), *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293), *Stephen (the first martyr, S00030), *Clemens/Clement (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111), *Symeon (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S01139), *Ignatios, (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), *Iustinus (philosopher and martyr of Rome, S01140), *Polycarp (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Cornelius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00172), and *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02261 | John Chrysostom, in a homily On *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649) delivered during a festival at the saint’s shrine at Antioch, shortly after the feast of *Pelagia (virgin and martyr of Antioch S01093), recounts the story of the martyr, and encourages the people to venerate his relics which were brought from Rome to Antioch. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 386/397. | E02895 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 29 January *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), and *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779), and John, an unidentified abbot of the Mar Saba Monastery. | E02896 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 30 January *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), and *Abramios (monk and bishop of Krateia of Bythinia, ob. 553, S01673), and *Hippolytus (martyr of Antioch, S00959). | E02960 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 30 January *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). | E02987 | Gildas, in his treatise On the Destruction of Britain, refers to the martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch, martyred at Rome, S00649), and quotes one of his letters. Written in Latin in Britain, c. 480/c. 550. | E03466 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 19 December *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). | E03964 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 20 December *Addai/Thaddeus (the Apostle, one of the seventy-two, S00255) and *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). | E04492 | Evagrius Scholasticus, in his Ecclesiastical History (1.16), mentions the transfer of the relics of *Ignatios (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00649) to the former pagan shrine of Tyche in Antioch, under Theodosius II (r. 408-450); a yearly festival is held on the anniversary of this transfer. Such transfers as an honour for the martyrs is said to have originated from Julian’s unwitting translation of *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061) from Daphne to Antioch in 362. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 593/594 | E04498 | Jerome, in his On illustrious men, states that *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649) was sent to Rome for martyrdom in the times of the emperor Trajan and that his body lies outside the city-walls of Antioch (Syria). Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 392/393. | E05059 | 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 20 December. | E05669 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (11.10), mentions the martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch, S00649), *Five Female Martyrs (of Antioch, S02138), and *Drosis (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01189) under Trajan (r. 98-117). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E05685 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 17 December of *Ignatius (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05862 | The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in December. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710. | E06858 | The two versions of the Greek Martyrdom of *Ignatios (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649). Skeleton entry |
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