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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Irenaeus, bishop and martyr of Sirmium

Saint ID

S00695

Number in BH

BHL 4466

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

313

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01095The Latin Martyrdom of *Pullio of Ciballae, of the late 4th c., recounts the martyrdom of Pullio (S00694), a chief lector (primicerius lectorum) from Cibalae in Pannonia (now Vinkovci, Croatia). It also mentions the martyrdoms of presbyter *Montanus of Singidunum (S00695), bishop *Irenaeus of Sirmium (S00696), deacon *Demetrius of Sirmium (S00697), and bishop Eusebius of *Cibalae (S00698). Composed in Pannonia (on the middle Danube).
E01468The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 6 April the martyrdom of the bishop *Irenaeus (bishop and martyr of Sirmium, S00695) and *Kyriakos (martyr of Nicomedia, S00997). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E01662The Latin Martyrdom of *Irenaeus of Sirmium (martyr S00695), probably of the late 4th c., recounts the martyrdom of a young bishop on 6 April 304. Probably written in Sirmium (middle Danube).
E01663Greek version of the Martyrdom of *Irenaeus of Sirmium (martyr, S00695) recounts the martyrdom of the young bishop of Sirmium (middle Danube) on 21 August. Written at an uncertain date in the 4th-9th c.