Name
Elpidios and Hermogenes, martyrs of Melitene
Saint ID
S01014
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01487 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 3 May the martyrdom of *Elpidios and Hermogenes (martyrs of Melitene, S01014). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E05226 | The pilgrim Egeria, in her Itinerary, describes her visit to the tomb of *Helpidius (monk and martyr of Carrhae, S01969), in Carrhae/Karrhai (Mesopotamia), and how, with many monks from the surrounding region, she attended his feast on 23 April. Written in Latin during Egeria's journey to the East, probably in 381-384. | E05335 | John Moschus, in his Spiritual Meadow (154), mentions a monastery of *Elpidios (perhaps the martyr of Melitene, S01014; or the name of a monastic founder) near Jericho in Palestine. Written in Greek, probably in Rome, in the 620s or 630s. |
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