Name
Potamiaina, Markella, and Basileides martyrs of Alexandria
Saint ID
S00945
Reported Death Not Before
200
Reported Death Not After
220
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Mothers and fathers, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E01868 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.5), summarises the Egyptian martyrdom account of *Potamiaina, Markella, and Basileides (martyrs of Alexandria, S00945). It is one of the earliest attestations of the belief in the power of a martyr’s posthumous prayers and intercession. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E03312 | Palladius of Helenopolis, in his Lausiac History (3), recounts the story of *Potamiaina (martyr of Alexandria, S00945) as he heard it from Isidoros in Alexandria in the late 380s. Written in Greek at Aspuna or Ankyra (both Galatia, central Asia Minor), 419/420. | E04865 | 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 28 June. | E06936 | The Greek Martyrdom of the *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778) recounts the death of a group of Christians, led by the nobles Leontios, Maurikios, and Daniel, in Nikopolis/Nicopolis of Armenia under Licinius. The text alludes to the cult of their relics, refers to a miraculous spring of water on the site of their martyrdom, and contains references to the martyrdoms of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Kapitolina (martyr of Caesarea, S02510), *Ioulitta (martyr of Caesarea, S00416) and *Potamiaina (martyr of Alexandria, S00945). Written in Nicopolis (eastern Asia Minor), in the 5th or 6th c. |
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