Name
Dasios, Gaios and Zotikos, martyrs
Saint ID
S01098
Number in BH
BHG 492
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E01571 | The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 21 October the martyrdom of *Dasios, Gaios and Zotikōs (martyrs, S01098). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411. | E04993 | 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 21 October. | E07146 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Agathonikos and his Companions (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628) recounts the martyrdom of a leading Christian, arrested in the area of Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), and taken to Byzantium and Selymbria (Thrace, eastern Balkans) for execution. The text mentions martyrdoms and shrines in the surroundings of Nicomedia and Chalcedon (both close to Constantinople). Written in Constantinople, perhaps in the 5th or 6th centuries. |
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