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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Makedonios, Theodoulos, and Tatianos martyrs of Meros in Phrygia under the emperor Julian

Saint ID

S01566

Reported Death Not Before

361

Reported Death Not After

363

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04005Socrates, in his Ecclesiastical History (3.15), recounts the martyrdom of *Makedonios, Theodoulos and Tatianos (martyrs of Meros in Phrygia, S01566), under the emperor Julian the Apostate, 362/363. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/446.
E04103Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (5.7-11), lists martyrs and confessors who suffered under Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), probably using hagiographies about them. These are *Georgios (Arian bishop of Alexandria, S01145), Theodoros/Theodoretos (martyr of Antioch, S01382), the brothers *Eusebios, Nestavos and Zenon, and Nestor (martyrs of Gaza in Palestine, S01653), *Hilarion (anchorite in Palestine and Cyprus, ob. 371, S00099), *Virgin Martyrs of Heliopolis-Baalbek (S01564), *Markos (bishop and confessor of Arethousa in Syria, S01563), *Makedonios, Theodoulos and Tatianos (martyrs of Meros in Phrygia, west central Asia Minor,S01566), *Bousiris the Encratite (confessor of Ancyra, central Asia Minor, S01567), the presbyter *Basileios of Ancyra (martyr, S01565), and *Eupsychios (martyr of Kaisareia in Cappadocia, central Asia Minor, S00470). Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.
E04884The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 17 July.