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E04420: Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built or restored shrines in Constantinople to the following martyrs: *Tryphon (martyr of Nikaia/Nicaea, S00439), *Menas and Menaios (martyrs venerated at Constantinople, E01698) and *Ia (female martyr in Persia under Shapur II, S00885). Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.
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posted on 2017-11-30, 00:00 authored by juliaProcopius, On Buildings, 1.9.15-16
15 Καὶ Τρύφωνι δὲ ἀνέθηκεν ἱερὸν μάρτυρι, πόνῳ τε καὶ χρόνῳ πολλῷ ἐς κάλλος ἀποτετορνευμένον ἀμύθητον ὅλως, ἐν τῇ τῆς πόλεως ἀγυιᾷ ἣ τοῦ Πελαργοῦ ἐπώνυμός ἐστιν. 16 ἔτι δὲ Μηνᾷ καὶ Μηναίῳ μάρτυσιν ἕδος ἐν τῷ Ἑβδόμῳ ἀνέθηκεν. ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ εἰσιόντι ἐς τὰς Χρυσᾶς καλουμένας Πύλας Ἴας ἁγίας μαρτύριον εὑρὼν καταπεπτωκός,πολυτελείᾳ τῇ πάσῃ ἀνενεώσατο.
'(15) He also dedicated a shrine (hieron) to the martyr Tryphon which was finely built at a great cost of labour and of time so that it became an object of altogether indescribable beauty, in a street of the city which is named Pelargos. (16) Furthermore he dedicated a shrine (hedos) to the martyrs Menas and Menaios in the Hebdomon. And on the left as one enters the gate which is known as the Golden Gate, this Emperor found a martyr's shrine (martyrion) of St. Ia, fallen in ruins, which he restored with all sumptuousness.'
Text: Haury 1913. Translation: Dewing 1940.
15 Καὶ Τρύφωνι δὲ ἀνέθηκεν ἱερὸν μάρτυρι, πόνῳ τε καὶ χρόνῳ πολλῷ ἐς κάλλος ἀποτετορνευμένον ἀμύθητον ὅλως, ἐν τῇ τῆς πόλεως ἀγυιᾷ ἣ τοῦ Πελαργοῦ ἐπώνυμός ἐστιν. 16 ἔτι δὲ Μηνᾷ καὶ Μηναίῳ μάρτυσιν ἕδος ἐν τῷ Ἑβδόμῳ ἀνέθηκεν. ἐν ἀριστερᾷ δὲ εἰσιόντι ἐς τὰς Χρυσᾶς καλουμένας Πύλας Ἴας ἁγίας μαρτύριον εὑρὼν καταπεπτωκός,πολυτελείᾳ τῇ πάσῃ ἀνενεώσατο.
'(15) He also dedicated a shrine (hieron) to the martyr Tryphon which was finely built at a great cost of labour and of time so that it became an object of altogether indescribable beauty, in a street of the city which is named Pelargos. (16) Furthermore he dedicated a shrine (hedos) to the martyrs Menas and Menaios in the Hebdomon. And on the left as one enters the gate which is known as the Golden Gate, this Emperor found a martyr's shrine (martyrion) of St. Ia, fallen in ruins, which he restored with all sumptuousness.'
Text: Haury 1913. Translation: Dewing 1940.
History
Evidence ID
E04420Saint Name
Tryphōn, martyr of Phrygia (ob. c. 250) : S00439 Ia, female martyr in Persia under Shapur II : S00885 Menas and Menaios, martyrs venerated in Constantinople : S01698 Menios, martyr of Laodicea : S01051 Menas, soldier and martyr buried at Abu MenaSaint Name in Source
Τρύφων Ἴα Μηνᾶς, Μηναῖος Μηναῖος ΜηναῖοςRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Menas_soldier_and_martyr_buried_at_Abu_Mena/13729309
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Menios_martyr_of_Laodicea/13731934
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Menas_and_Menaios_martyrs_venerated_in_Constantinople/13733719
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Tryphon_martyr_of_Nikaia_Nicaea/13730326
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Ia_female_martyr_in_Persia_under_Shapur_II/13731421
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Greek