Name
Ioulianos/Julianus, martyr of Emesa
Saint ID
S01259
Reported Death Not Before
282
Reported Death Not After
284
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01628 | Floor-mosaic with a Greek inscription mentioning the 'resting place' and intercession of a martyr *Ioulianos (probably the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305, or, perhaps, the martyr of Emesa, S01259, or a local martyr). Found in Syria, precise provenance unknown, just possibly the territory of Apamea on the Orontes or Emesa (northwest Phoenicia). Probably 5th-7th c. | E02593 | The Martyrdom of Iulianos of Emesa, surviving only in Georgian, recounts the martyrdom and death of *Iulianos/Julian (martyr of Emesa, S01259) and of three other martyrs, *Silouan/Silvanos, Lukas and Mokimos (martyrs of Emesa, S01272). The events were soon followed by the translation of the head of John the Baptist (S00020) to Emesa. Translated in or before the 8th c. from a lost Greek original. | E02709 | Greek graffito with an invocation of God, possibly of a martyr *Ioulianos/Julianus. Found in the so-called 'Cave of the Sisters of Mercy' at Bethany/al-Eizariya, to the east of Jerusalem (Roman province of Palaestina I). Probably 5th-6th c. | E03373 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 4 September *Joseph (Old Testament patriarch, S00277), *Moses (Old Testament prophet and lawgiver, S00241) and *Julian (martyr in Emesa, S01259). | E03752 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 27 May *Ioulianos/Julianus (martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305), or *Ioulianos/Julianus (martyr of Emesa, S01259), *Thirty-three martyrs, probably of Melitene (S01750), and, as a later addition, monk John, an 8th c. confessor. | E04562 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) either built, or renovated numerous fortresses in the diocese of Thrace (eastern Balkans), five of them named after saints. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E05735 | John Malalas in his Chronographia (Book 17), in an account of events in Antioch (Syria) in the early 6th century, mentions the local shrines of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), *Michael (the Archangel, S00181), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), unnamed *Prophets (S00139), *Zachariah (probably the father of John the Baptist, S00597, or the Old Testament Prophet, S00283), and *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers and physician martyrs, S00385), as well as a Gate of *Ioulianos (martyr of Cilicia buried at Antioch, S00305). Written in Greek at Antioch or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E06770 | Cyril of Scythopolis composes the Life of *Theognios (ascetic and bishop in Palestine, ob. c. 522, S01506), recounting his life as a miracle working ascetic. He mentions a shrine and monastery of *Ioulianos (possibly the martyr of Emesa, S01259; or the martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt, S00305; or the martyr of Antinoopolis, S01341) at Jerusalem. He also mentions an extensive biography of the saint, which has not survived. Written in Greek in Palestine, 555/557. |
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