Name
Polychronius, bishop of Babylonia, and companion martyrs in Persia under Decius
Saint ID
S02144
Number in BH
BHL 6884 and BHL 6
Reported Death Not Before
249
Reported Death Not After
251
Gender
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Lesser clergy , Aristocrats
| ID | Title | E02504 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Polychronius, Sixtus/Xystus, Laurence, Hippolytus and Others narrates the martyrdom and burial, with references to feast days and burial places, of a number of Persian and Roman saints, notably incorporating an augmented and rewritten version of the Martyrdom of Sixtus, Laurence and Hippolytus (E02513). Written presumably in Rome, possibly in the early 6th c., certainly before the early 8th c. | E05528 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 17 February in Babylon (Persia) of *Polychronius (bishop and martyr of Babylon, S01391). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05541 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 15 April at Cordula (Persia) of *Olympiades and Maximus (companion martyrs of Polychronius, bishop of Babylonia, S02144). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05543 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 22 April at 'Cordula' (Persia) of *Parmenius, Helymas, Chrysothelus, Lucus and Mucus (companion martyrs of Polychronius, bishop of Babylonia, S02144). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. |
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