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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

1003 martyrs of Nikomedia, martyrs under Diocletian in c. 303.

Saint ID

S01513

Number in BH

BHG 1219

Gender
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03367The early seventh-century Georgian version of the Lectionary of Jerusalem commemorates on 31 August *1003 martyrs of Nikomedia (martyrs under Diocletian, S01513).
E03849The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 31 August *1003 martyrs of Nikomedia (under Diocletian, S01513), *Joseph of Arimathea (New Testament figure, S01787), *Nicodemus (the Pharisee, S01788), and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and *Symeon the Elder (stylite of Qal‘at Sim‘ān, ob. 459, S00343).
E06937The Greek Martyrdom of *1003 martyrs of Nikomedia (martyrs under Diocletian in c. 303, S01513). Skeleton entry