Name
Kyprianos and Ioustina/Iustina, martyrs of Antioch
Saint ID
S01704
Number in BHBHG 452-461
BHG 452-461
BHL 2047-2054
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Bishops , Converts, Virgins
| ID | Title | E00530 | The Piacenza Pilgrim records his visit to Antioch (Syria), mentioning the tombs there of *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, S00061), the *Three Children (his companions, S00319), *Iustina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Iulianus/Ioulianos (martyr of Cilicia, buried at Antioch or in Egypt S00305), and the *Maccabean Martyrs (pre-Christian Jewish martyrs of Antioch, S00303); over the latter hang the instruments of their martyrdom or an account thereof. Account of an anonymous pilgrim, written in Latin, probably in Placentia (northern Italy), c. 560. | E00886 | Gregory of Nazianzus composes his Oration 24 in 379/380, which he delivers during a service held on the feast of *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411) in Constantinople. The author recounts the saint’s life using a version of the hagiographical legend of *Kyprianos and Ioustina (martyrs of Antioch, S00461). Composed in Greek at Constantinople. | E01163 | The Greek Confession of *Kyprianos of Antioch (martyr of Antioch, S01704), of the mid 4th c., recounts the career of a magician who became a Christian after failing to seduce the pious Christian girl Ioustina by his magic. | E01164 | The Greek text known as the Conversion of *Kyprianos and Ioustina (martyrs of Antioch, S01704), of the late 4th or early 5th c., recounts the story of a pious girl who converted to Christianity, and of the magician who, failing to seduce her by magic, became a Christian himself. | E01165 | The Greek Martyrdom of Kyprianos and Ioustina of Antioch, recounts the martyrdom of the bishop of Antioch *Kyprianos with the virgin Ioustina (S01704), and of a certain *Theoktistos (S00866), all near Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), under Diocletian and Maximian. Their relics are transferred to Rome and buried there. Their feast is on 26 September. Written in the late 4th/early 5th c. | E01166 | The Empress Aelia Eudocia (c. 401-460), in the mid 5th c. paraphrases in Homeric verse the three texts of the legend of *Kyprianos and Ioustina (martyrs of Antioch, S01704) (see E01163, E01164, E01165). Written in Greek, probably in Constantinople. | E03811 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 July *Anna (mother of Mary, S01614), *Olympias (deaconess and abbess of Constantinople, ob. c. 408, S01414), *Eupraxia (virgin and ascetic at Tabenna, S01637), *Kyprianos and Ioustina (martyrs of Antioch, S01704), *George (probably the soldier and martyr, S00259). | E04535 | Long and complex, but poorly spelt, Greek text roughly inscribed on all the faces of a limestone slate, invoking the help of a number of saints: a saint *Klemens (probably *Klemes/Clement of Alexandria, S02839), *Polykarpos (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Tryphon (martyr of Nicaea, S00439), *Kyprianos (probably the magician and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Athanasios (probably Athanasios Pentaschoinitis, youth and miracle-worker in Cyprus, S02999, or the bishop of Alexandria, S00294), *Epiphanios (probably the bishop of Salamis, S00215), *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259). Found at Lythrodontas near ancient Tamassos, Cyprus. Probably 5th or 6th c. | E05628 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 26 September of *Cyprian/Kyprianos and Iustina (martyrs of Antioch, S01704). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05968 | Syriac translation of the Greek Martyrdom of *Kyprianos and Ioustina (martyrs of Antioch, S01704), recounting the martyrdom of the bishop of Antioch Kyprianos with the virgin Ioustina, and of a certain *Theoktistos (S00866); produced during the 5th or 6th century. | E06516 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, addresses in his opening salutation ten nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), four of whom are seemingly named after saints: *Justina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704), *Scholastica (nun of central Italy, ob. c. 543, S01728), *Eulalia (probably the virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407; or perhaps the one of Barcelona, S02047), and *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092). Written in Latin in southern Britain, c. 675/686. | E06580 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Justina/Ioustina (virgin and martyr of Antioch, S01704) as an exemplary virgin. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry |
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