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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tarachos, Probos, and Andronikos, martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia

Saint ID

S00710

Number in BH

BHG 1574-1574c

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Aristocrats, Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01127Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a church, or an estate belonging to a church, of *Tarachos, Probos, and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos in Cilicia, S00710). Found near Pompeiopolis (Paphlagonia, northern Asia Minor). Probably late 5th-6th c.
E01129The Greek Martyrdom of Niketas the Goth reports that Auxentios, bishop of Mopsuestia (Cilicia, south-east Asia Minor) acquired relics of *Tarachos, Probus, and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos in Cilicia, S00710) in exchange for the promise of relics of *Niketas the Goth, (martyr in the Danube region in 372, buried at Mopsuestia, S00711). The passage gives an account of the opening of the tomb of Niketas, and of a failed attempt to harvest his relics. Probably written in Mopsuestia, in the late 5th or the 6th c.
E02170Greek building inscription possibly for a martyr shrine (martyrion) dedicated to *Andronikos (perhaps the martyr of Anazarbos in Cilicia, S00710). Found at Jasem, to the southwest of Aere (northwest Roman province of Arabia). Probably 5th-7th c.
E03208The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 27 June, at the church of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), the deposition of relics of *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs in Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710).
E03278The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 18 July commemorates *Rachel (wife of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob, S00701) at her tomb on the road to Bethlehem, the deposition of the relics of Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), John the Baptist (S00020), Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597), *Phokas (martyr of Antioch, S00413), *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710).
E03386The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 28 September the deposition of the relics of *George (soldier and martyr, S00259), *Pamphilos (martyr of Caesarea of Caesarea, 00140), *Alexandros (probably the martyr of Pisidia under Diocletian, S01687), *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710).
E03389The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 1 October Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710).
E03783The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 27 June *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs in Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710), and *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), and *Sampson (the Xenodochos, priest in Constantinople, S01666), and *Kyrillos/Cyril (bishop of Alexandria, S00874).
E03804The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 July *Rachel (wife of the Old Testament patriarch Jacob, S00701); the deposition of relics of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *John the Baptist (S00020), *Zechariah (father of John the Baptist, S00597) and forty unnamed martyrs (perhaps the *Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, S00103); *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710); *Phokas (possibly the martyr of Antioch, S00413); *Athanasios (governor of Egypt and martyr of Klysma, S01216), here presented as a brother of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00079); and *Dioskoros (probably the Decian martyr of Egypt, S00230).
E03882The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 1 October *Tarachos, Probos and Andronikos and their companions (martyrs of Anazarbos in Cilicia, S00710), *Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), and, as a later addition, 'Ploutianos', an unidentified martyr.
E03892The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 11 October *Paulos and Ioulianna (martyrs in Ptolemais, S01535), *Stratonikos (solider and martyr in Ptolemais under Aurelian, S01657), and *Tarachos (martyr of Anazarbus in Cilicia, S00710).
E04969The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 September.
E04980The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 October.
E04981The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 9 October.
E04982The 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 October.
E04983The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 October.
E06468Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, οb. 472, S01352), recounting his life as a miracle-working ascetic, adding a set of posthumous miracle stories, and including references to the cult of several other saints. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557. Overview entry
E06470Cyril of Scythopolis in the Life of Euthymios describes the construction of a burial chapel for the transfer of the relics of *Euthymios (monastic founder in Palestine, S01352) to the saint’s monastery in 473. When the church was consecrated in 483, relics of *Tarachos, Probos, and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbus, S00710) were placed under the altar. Written in Greek at the New Laura in Palestine, in 555/557.
E07093The Greek Martyrdom of *Tarachos, Probos, and Andronikos (martyrs of Anazarbos, Cilicia, S00710). Skeleton entry