Name
Maurikios, soldier and martyr of Apamea on the Orontes and his 70 companions
Saint ID
S01437
Number in BH
G 1230
Reported Death Not Before
305
Reported Death Not After
311
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Children, Mothers and fathers, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E03486 | Floor-mosaics with fragmentary Greek epigrams commemorating the construction or embellishment of a church, probably dedicated to *Maurikios (soldier and martyr of Apamea, S01437) by a bishop. Found at Apamea on the Orontes (Roman province of Syria II). Datable c. 415-431. | E03501 | Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Cure for Greek Maladies refers to the veneration of relics, the dedication of offerings for healing, the naming of children after martyrs, the replacement of pagan temples by shrines of martyrs, and the festivals of the Apostles *Peter (S00036), *Paul (S00008), and *Thomas (S00199), and of the martyrs *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023), *Markellos (martyr of Apameia on the Orontes, S01456), *Leontios (probably the martyr of Tripolis, Phoenicia, S00216), *Antoninos, and *Maurikios (martyr of Apameia, S01437). Written in Greek in the 420s, at the monastery of Nikerte near Apamea on the Orontes or in Cyrrhus (both north Syria). |
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