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E00298: Eusebius' Martyrs of Palestine includes the story of *Romanos from Caesarea (martyr of Antioch, S00120). Written in 311 in Caesarea (Palestine). Originally written in Greek, its most complete version survives in Syriac.
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posted on 2015-02-16, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiEusebius of Caesarea, Martyrs of Palestine, 2.1-5
Summary
A native of Palestine, who ministered as deacon and exorcist in the church of Caesarea, Romanos happened to come to the city of Antioch at the time when the Diocletianic persecution had just been launched there. When he saw the local Christians yielding to pressure and offering sacrifices to pagan gods, Romanos intervened and rebuked them in public. He was immediately arrested and sentenced to death by fire. However, as Romanos was led to the place of his execution, the Emperor Diocletian, who was present in the city at the time, intervened and ordered that, instead of burning, the martyr should be punished by having his tongue cut out. After a certain period of incarceration, the martyr was executed by strangulation on the same day as *Zakchaios from Gadara and *Alpheios from Caesarea (i.e. 17 November 303).
In the longer Syriac recension of this text, after Romanos has his tongue cut out, he miraculously retains his ability to speak and continues to preach and glorify God.
Summary: Sergey Minov
Summary
A native of Palestine, who ministered as deacon and exorcist in the church of Caesarea, Romanos happened to come to the city of Antioch at the time when the Diocletianic persecution had just been launched there. When he saw the local Christians yielding to pressure and offering sacrifices to pagan gods, Romanos intervened and rebuked them in public. He was immediately arrested and sentenced to death by fire. However, as Romanos was led to the place of his execution, the Emperor Diocletian, who was present in the city at the time, intervened and ordered that, instead of burning, the martyr should be punished by having his tongue cut out. After a certain period of incarceration, the martyr was executed by strangulation on the same day as *Zakchaios from Gadara and *Alpheios from Caesarea (i.e. 17 November 303).
In the longer Syriac recension of this text, after Romanos has his tongue cut out, he miraculously retains his ability to speak and continues to preach and glorify God.
Summary: Sergey Minov
History
Evidence ID
E00298Saint Name
Romanos from Caesarea, martyr in Antioch, ob. 303 : S00120Saint Name in Source
ܪܘܡܢܘܤRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Accounts of martyrdomLanguage
- Greek
Evidence not before
311Evidence not after
340Activity not before
303Activity not after
340Place of Evidence - Region
Palestine with SinaiPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Caesarea MaritimaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Caesarea Maritima Caesarea Maritima Καισάρεια Kaisareia Caesarea Kayseri Turris StratonisMajor author/Major anonymous work
Eusebius of CaesareaCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast