Name
Gothic martyrs, named and unnamed
Saint ID
S00716
Reported Death Not Before
365
Reported Death Not After
379
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00748 | Basil of Caesarea in his Letters 155, 164, 165, of c. 375, to unnamed Cappadocian officials based in Scythia, mentions the transfer of relics of an unnamed recent martyr (almost certainly *Sabas the Goth, martyr of the Danube region in 372, S00489) from Scythia (lower Danube) to Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia (central Asia Minor), accompanied by a letter recounting his martyrdom (see E00753). Written in Greek in Caesarea. | E00753 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Sabas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region in 372, S00489) recounts the martyrdom of a Christian in the lands beyond the Danube on 12 April 372, and the subsequent transfer of his relics to Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). The text was probably originally written in the 370s as a letter addressed to Basil of Caesarea who received the relics in Cappadocia (see E00748). | E00847 | Greek painted inscriptions from churches on Gemiler Island near Ölüdeniz (Lycia, south-west Asia Minor) labelling pictures of several saints: probably *Nicholas (abbot of Holy Sion, ob. 564, S00559) or *Nicholas (bishop of Myra under Constantine, S00520), possibly *Sabas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region in 372, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489), and one more figure whose name is lost. Probably 6th c. or later. | E01129 | The 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. | E01137 | Fragmentary 6th-century calendar, written in Gothic, most probably in Italy, naming saints whose feasts were celebrated by the Homoian ('Arian') Church of the Goths in late October and November. | E01175 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Niketas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region in 372, buried at Mopsuestia, S00711) recounts the translation of the relics of a martyr from beyond the Danube to Mopsuestia (south-east Anatolia) in the late 370s. Probably composed in Mopsuestia in the late 5th or 6th c. | E03710 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 April *Leonidas and his companions (martyrs of Corinth, S01004), *Marcian (Roman emperor, ob. 457, S01495), possibly *Kopres (martyr in Egypt under Julian, S01190), *Sabas (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Caesarea of Cappadocia, S00489) and probably *Zosimas (ascetic in Palestine, 5th c., S01834). | E03866 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 September the death of *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779) and *Niketas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Mopsuestia, S00711), and probably *Martin (confessor and bishop of Rome, ob. 655/656, S00859). | E06856 | The Greek synaxarial epitome of the Martyrdom of *Innas, Rhemas and Pinas (Gothic martyrs, S02590). Skeleton entry |
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