Name
Diomedes, physician and martyr of Nicaea
Saint ID
S02161
Number in BH
BHG 548-550
Reported Death Not Before
284
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Physicians, Aristocrats
| ID | Title | E04846 | 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 9 June. | E04888 | 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 21 July. | E04925 | 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 20 August. | E04926 | 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 21 August. | E05739 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (18.90), mentions a propitiatory procession to the shrine of *Diomedes (physician and martyr of Nicaea, S02161) in Constantinople, after the ominous prophecies of a woman in 541/2. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E06755 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Diomedes (physician and martyr of Nicaea, S02161). Skeleton entry | E06887 | List of subscriptions documenting foundations dedicated to saints in Constantinople, Syria, and Palestine, preserved in a petition to Pope Agapitus I from eastern monks. Written in Greek in Constantinople in 536. | E08028 | The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6055) mentions a liturgical procession to the church of *Diomedes (physician and martyr of Nicaea, S02161) at Constantinople in 562. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts. | E08131 | The Greek Life of *Matrona (abbess in Constantinople, 5th c., S01829) recounts the story of an aristocratic woman who entered the ascetic way of life disguised as a eunuch at the male monastery of *Bassianos (5th c. abbot in Constantinople, S02890), and later founded her own nunnery in the same city. Written in Constantinople in the late 6th century. |
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