Name
Platon, martyr of Ankyra (central Asia Minor)
Saint ID
S00650
Number in BH
BHG 1549-1552
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01007 | Greek epitaph for a chief presbyter of a church of *Platon (martyr of Ankyra, S00650). Found at Tavium (Galatia, central Asia Minor). Probably late antique. | E01518 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 22 June the martyrdom of *Platōn (martyr of Ankyra, S00650). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E03406 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 22 October the deposition of the relics of *Platon (martyr of Ankyra, S00650). | E03903 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 October the deposition of the relics of *Platōn (martyr of Ankyra, Galatia, central Asia Minor, S00650), *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), Kripto (unidentified name), *Apollo (hermit, S01837), and *James ('brother of the Lord',S00058). | E03930 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 November *Epiphanios (bishop of Salamis, ob. 403, S00215), *Gregory (the Miracle-Worker, bishop and missionary in Pontus, ob. 270, S00687), *Platon (martyr of Ankyra, S00650). | E04339 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor-to-be Justinian (r. 527-565), during the reign of his uncle Justin I (r. 518-527) built, or rebuilt several shrines and churches devoted to martyrs and saints in the city and suburbs of Constantinople. He lists a shrine of *Platon (martyr of Ancyra, S00650), the church of *Mokios (martyr of Byzantion, S01265), the resting-place of *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), a temenos of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), a sanctuary of *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), and one of *Theodote (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E04889 | 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 22 July. | E05283 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619), by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, mentions several shrines and festivals of saints at Sykeon and other places in Anatolia, the Holy Land, and Constantinople. Written at Sykeon (central Asia Minor), in the 640s. | E05291 | The Greek Life of *Theodoros (ascetic and abbot of Sykeon, ob. 613, S01619) is written by Eleusios-Georgios of Sykeon, recounting the life, ascetic feats, and miracles of its hero, and the foundation of the monastic centre of Sykeon in Galatia (central Asia Minor). The text mentions several shrines and festivals of saints in cities and villages of Asia Minor, and also in Constantinople and the Holy Land. Written in Greek at Sykeon, in the 640s. Overview entry | E07098 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Platon (martyr of Ankyra, Galatia, central Asia Minor, ob. c.303-305, S00650). Skeleton entry | E07926 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, lists a number cities and their saints in Asia Minor. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. | E08031 | The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6055) states that when Hagia Sophia was reconsecrated for the second time in 562, the procession set out from the church of *Platon (martyr of Ankyra, S00650). Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts. |
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