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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Aimilianos, soldier and martyr of Durostorum, ob. 362

Saint ID

S01589

Reported Death Not Before

362

Reported Death Not After

363

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04153Theodoret of Cyrrhus in his Ecclesiastical History (Book 3) recounts the persecutions of Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), mentioning the *Martyrs of Askalon in Palestine (S01853), *Kyrillos (deacon and martyr of Heliopolis-Baalbek in Syria, S01851), *Aimilianos (martyr of Durostorum on the Lower Danube, S01589), *Ioventinos and Maximinos (soldiers and martyrs of Syrian Antioch, S00053), *Artemios (dux of Egypt and martyr in Antioch, S01128), and the confessor *Markos (bishop of Arethousa in Syria, S01563). Written in Greek at Cyrrhus (northern Syria), 444/450.
E04742The Latin Martyrdom of *Aimilianos (martyr of Durostorum under the emperor Julian, S01589) recounts the martyrdom of a man who destroyed idols at the city of Durostorum (Lower Danube) under Julian the Apostate (r. 361-363), and mentions the saint’s burial site near Durostorum. Written in Greek at Durostorum or Constantinople, at an uncertain date in Late Antiquity.
E04885The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 July.
E04888The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 July.