Name
Agathonikos and Companions, martyrs of Bithynia and Thrace
Saint ID
S01628
Number in BH
BHG 39-43
Reported Death Not Before
284
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E03836 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 18 August *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), *Agathonikos (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628), *Floros (martyr of Ulpiana, S00871). | E03840 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 22 August *Isaac (Old Testament patriarch, S00275), and *Jacob (Old Testament Patriarch, S00280), *Loukianos (martyr of Heliopolis-Baalbek, S00831) and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) and *Agathonikos (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628). | E04346 | Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, mentions the church of *Agathonikos (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628) in Constantinople, which was rebuilt by Justinian (r. 527-565). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s. | E07146 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Agathonikos and his Companions (martyr of Bithynia and Thrace, S01628) recounts the martyrdom of a leading Christian, arrested in the area of Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), and taken to Byzantium and Selymbria (Thrace, eastern Balkans) for execution. The text mentions martyrdoms and shrines in the surroundings of Nicomedia and Chalcedon (both close to Constantinople). Written in Constantinople, perhaps in the 5th or 6th centuries. |
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