Name
Petros, martyr of Nicomedia
Saint ID
S01119
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
304
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00316 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.5-6), reports that, during the persecution of Diocletian, several people were martyred in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), including *Dorotheos and Gorgonios (S00242), and their companions, a certain *Petros (S01119), and the bishop *Anthimos (S00124). Their bodies are thrown into the sea lest Christians worship them as gods. Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E06937 | The Greek Martyrdom of *1003 martyrs of Nikomedia (martyrs under Diocletian in c. 303, S01513). Skeleton entry |
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