Name
Merkourios, soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia
Saint ID
S01323
Number in BH
BHG 1274-1277
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
252
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers
| ID | Title | E01326 | Amulets with depictions of holy riders. Probably Christian. Found at Amathous and Salamis/Constantia (Cyprus). Probably prior to the 7th c. | E01861 | Coptic Encomion on *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia, S01323), attributed to Basil of Caesarea, presented on his feast day, relating six miracles connected to his martyr shrine at Caesarea/Kaisareia (central Asia Minor), including a vision of the saint as the slayer of the emperor Julian. Written possibly in the 6th century; preserved in a manuscript dated 8 March 842. | E02774 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea, S01293) recounts the story of a soldier who excelled at war, having received a sword from an angel, and was promoted to general by the emperor Decius; he suffered martyrdom at Caesarea/Kaisareia of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor) after refusing to participate in a sacrifice. Probably written in Cappadocia, in the 5th c. or later. | E02775 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (13.25), records the story that *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea, S01293) was sent by Christ to kill the emperor Julian the Apostate, and that this was revealed in a vision to *Basil of Caesarea (bishop of Caesarea, ob. 379, S00780). Written in Greek at Antioch or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E02781 | Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (6.2), mentions stories of visions indicating that the emperor Julian the Apostate was killed by two apostles or prophets. Another vision announced the death to *Didymos the Blind (ascetic and philosopher of Alexandria, S01370). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450. | E03383 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 23 September *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), *Bakchos (martyr of Barbalissos, S00079) and *Merkourios (S01323). | E03388 | The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 30 September *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea, S01293). | E03874 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 September the deposition of the relics of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), *Thyrsos (martyr of Bithynia, S00612), *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00079), *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S01323), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092), *Hesychios (priest and saint of Jerusalem, S00261), and Theophilos, 9th c. bishop of Ephesos. | E03905 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 October *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia,S01323), *Micah (Old Testament Prophet, S01236), *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), *Markianos (martyr of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554). | E03936 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 November *Agapios (martyr of Caesarea of Palestine, S00188), bishop Eusebios (an unidentified figure), *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia, S01323), *Micah (the Old Testament prophet, S01236), and *Catherine (martyr of Alexandria, S00765). | E04930 | 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 25 August. | E04931 | 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 26 August. | E05347 | The Greek Life of *David (dendrite and recluse in Thessalonike, S02012) recounts the story of a wonder-working ascetic who mediated between the city of Thessalonike (south Balkans/Greece) and the emperor Justinian. The text mentions a local monastery of *Theodoros (probably the martyr of Euchaita, S00480) and *Merkourios (martyr of Caesarea, S01323), and the site of martyrdom of *Theodoulos and Agathopous (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00995). Written at Thessalonike, in the early 8th c.. | E07926 | Theodosius, in his On the Topography of the Holy Land, lists a number cities and their saints in Asia Minor. Written in Latin, perhaps in Africa, 518/540. |
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