Name
Kallinikos, martyr of Gangra (central Asia Minor)
Saint ID
S00923
Number in BH
BHG 287
Reported Death Not Before
200
Reported Death Not After
324
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01438 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 26 February the martyrdom of *Kallinikos (possibly the martyr of Gangra, S00923) and *Alexandros (probably the martyr of Dryzipera, S00070). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E01832 | Inscribed red marble reliquary from the East church (the cathedral church) in Apamea on the Orontes (central Syria), recording relics of the following saints: *Ioudas, a saint whose name is lost (D[---]),*Kallinikos (possibly the martyr of Gangra, S00923), *Ioannes/John 'Stratiotes', and the *Forty Martyrs of Sebasteia (S00103). Probably 6th c. | E02708 | Fragmentary Greek inscription with a list of relics probably deposited by the empress Eudocia at the church of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030) in Jerusalem, to the north of the north city gate. Found in Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Possibly 460. | E06651 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Kallinikos (martyr of Gangra, ob. 3rd/4th c., S00923). 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. | E07975 | The Paschal Chronicle, in its account of the siege of Constantinople in 626, mentions various places around Constantinople dedicated to or named after saints: the church of the *Maccabean martyrs (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303), the gate of *Romanos (deacon of Caesarea, martyred at Antioch, S001220), the bridge of *Kallinikos (martyr of Gangra, S00923), the church of *Nicholas (bishop of Myra, S00520), and the district around the shrine of *Konon (potentially any of three martyrs of this name: S00177, S00429, or S00430). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630 |
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