The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Prosdoke, Bernike and Domnina, mother and two daughters, martyrs of Antioch

Saint ID

S01008

Gender

Male
Female

Type of Saint

Martyrs

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E00317	Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.6-12), reports that, during the persecutions of Diocletian, numerous Christians died as martyrs in Melitene, Syria, Palestine, Phoenice, Egypt, Africa, Arabia, Cappadocia, Mesopotamia and Pontus. He names the martyrs Philoromos (martyr of Alexandria, S00126), Phileas (bishop of Thmuis, martyr of Alexandria, S00125), and Adauκtos (martyr of Rome, S00421), and refers to Prosdoke, Bernike and Domnina (mother and daughters, martyrs of Antioch, S01008). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325.
E01479	The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 20 April the martyrdom of Prosdoke and Bernike (mother and daughter, martyrs of Antioch, S01008), and of Romanos (possibly the deacon of Caesarea, martyred at Antioch, S00120). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E02568	John Chrysostom delivers a homily On *Bernike, Prosdoke, and Domnina (mother and daughters, martyrs of Antioch, S01008), during their festival at Antioch (Syria). He recounts their story and suicide in the face of persecution, and invites the audience to venerate their coffins and bones. Written in Greek at Antioch, 386/397.
E02569	John Chrysostom delivers a homily On Lazarus during the feast of the martyrs *Bernike, Prosdoke and Domnina (mother and daughters, martyrs of Antioch, S01008). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria), 386/397.
E04877	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 10 July.
E04878	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 11 July.
E04991	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 19 October.
E05063	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 24 December.