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E00487: The Greek Life of Polykarpos, of the 3rd or early 4th c., mentions the burial of *Boukolos (bishop of Smyrna, 2nd c., S00314) and of *Thraseas (bishop of Eumeneia, martyred in Smyrna, S00271) in the same cemetery. After the burial of Thraseas, a myrtle tree grows, perhaps regarded as a miracle; the text also mentions a memorial service, most probably the Eucharist, held after the burial of Boukolos. Written in Smyrna (western Asia Minor).
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posted on 2015-05-11, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiLife of Polycarp (BHG 1561), 20
ἀγαγόντες δὲ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ μακαρίου Βουκόλου εἰς Σμύρναν εἰς τὸ πρὸ τῆς Ἐφεσιακῆς βασιλείας κοιμητήριον καὶ καταθέμενοι ἔνθα νῦν μυρσίνη ἀνεβλάστησεν μετὰ τὴν ἀπόθεσιν τοῦ σώματος Θρασέου τοῦ μάρτυρος, πληρώσαντες πάντα, προσέφερον ἄρτον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Βουκόλου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν.
‘And they took the body of the blessed Boukolos to Smyrna, to the cemetery by the imperial road to Ephesos, and they buried it where now a myrtle tree has sprung up after the burial of the body of the martyr Thraseas. And, when all was over, they offered bread for Boukolos and the rest.’
Text: Stewart-Sykes 2002. Translation: Efthymios Rizos.
ἀγαγόντες δὲ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ μακαρίου Βουκόλου εἰς Σμύρναν εἰς τὸ πρὸ τῆς Ἐφεσιακῆς βασιλείας κοιμητήριον καὶ καταθέμενοι ἔνθα νῦν μυρσίνη ἀνεβλάστησεν μετὰ τὴν ἀπόθεσιν τοῦ σώματος Θρασέου τοῦ μάρτυρος, πληρώσαντες πάντα, προσέφερον ἄρτον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Βουκόλου καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν.
‘And they took the body of the blessed Boukolos to Smyrna, to the cemetery by the imperial road to Ephesos, and they buried it where now a myrtle tree has sprung up after the burial of the body of the martyr Thraseas. And, when all was over, they offered bread for Boukolos and the rest.’
Text: Stewart-Sykes 2002. Translation: Efthymios Rizos.
History
Evidence ID
E00487Saint Name
Thraseas, bishop of Eumeneia, martyred in Smyrna, ob. c. 170 : S00271 Boukolos, bishop of Smyrna, ob. 2nd c. : S00314Saint Name in Source
Θρασέας ΒουκόλοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Lives of saintLanguage
- Greek