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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Aniketos, soldier and martyr of Nicomedia and nephew Photios

Saint ID

S01802

Number in BH

BHG 1542-1543

Reported Death Not After

313

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03897The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 October *Aniketos and Photios (soldier and martyr of Nicomedia and his nephew, S01802), *Yazdbozed (Persian martyr, 6th c., S00115), *Hosea (Old Testament prophet, S01803), and *Gregory (bishop of Nyssa, ob. 395, S01357).
E07100The Greek Martyrdom of *Aniketos and Photios (martyrs of Nicomedia, S01802). Skeleton entry