Name
Stratonikos, martyr venerated at Rhegium (Constantinople)
Saint ID
S02163
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E05744 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (18.129), mentions the shrines of *Stratonikos (martyr venerated near Constantinople, S02163; perhaps the martyr of Ptolemais, S01657) and *Alexandros (martyr of Dryzipera, S00070) in the Thracian suburbs of Constantinople, in the context of a barbarian attack against Constantinople in 559. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the 560s. | E08030 | The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6050) states that churches in Constantinople dedicated to *Samuel (Old Testament prophet, S01429), *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and *Vincentius/Vincent (deacon of Zaragoza and martyr of Valencia, S00290), and churches in the nearby town of Rhegion dedicated to *Stratonikos (martyr of Rhegion, S02163) and *Kallinikos (martyr of Gangra, S00923), collapsed during an earthquake in 557. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts. |
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