Name
Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis, martyrs in Armenia under Licinius
Saint ID
S01778
Number in BH
BHG 1216-1216a
Reported Death Not Before
313
Reported Death Not After
326
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E03796 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 10 July *Menas (soldier and martyr of Abu Mena, S00073) and the *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778). | E03797 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 11 July *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778), *Hyacinthus (martyr of Rome under Trajan, S01609), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) and *Martha (mother of Symeon Stylites the Younger, ob. late 6th c., S00864). | E04877 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 10 July. | E04915 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 August. | E06936 | The Greek Martyrdom of the *Forty-five martyrs of Nikopolis (martyrs in Armenia under Licinius, S01778) recounts the death of a group of Christians, led by the nobles Leontios, Maurikios, and Daniel, in Nikopolis/Nicopolis of Armenia under Licinius. The text alludes to the cult of their relics, refers to a miraculous spring of water on the site of their martyrdom, and contains references to the martyrdoms of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), *Kapitolina (martyr of Caesarea, S02510), *Ioulitta (martyr of Caesarea, S00416) and *Potamiaina (martyr of Alexandria, S00945). Written in Nicopolis (eastern Asia Minor), in the 5th or 6th c. |
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