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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Martyrios and Markianos, martyrs of Constantinople, ob. c. 351

Saint ID

S01719

Number in BH

BHG 1029

Reported Death Not Before

351

Reported Death Not After

352

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy , Officials and professionals
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03905The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 October *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia,S01323), *Micah (Old Testament Prophet, S01236), *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), *Markianos (martyr of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554).
E04021Sozomen, in his Ecclesiastical History (4.3), refers to miracles at the shrine of *Martyrios and Markianos (martyrs of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719) in Constantinople, and to the building of its church in the early 5th century. Written in Greek at Constantinople, 439/450.
E06890The Greek Martyrdom of *Martyrios and Markianos (martyrs of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), based on material in the ecclesiastical historians Socrates and Sozomen, is written in Greek, probably in Constantinople, between the mid 5th century and the 9th century.