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E05719: John Malalas in his Chronographia mentions the rebuilding of the shrine of *Anthimos (martyr of Nicomedia, S00124) in Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople) after an earthquake under Theodosius II (r. 408-450). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
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posted on 2018-06-13, 00:00 authored by erizosJohn Malalas, Chronographia, 14.20
Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ θεομηνίας Νικομήδεια, μητρόπολις τῆς Βιθυνίας, τὸ πέμπτον αὐτῆς πάθος ἑσπέρας βαθείας καὶ ἀπώλετο εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς θάλασσαν καταποντισθεῖσα. καὶ πολλὰ ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ καὶ τὰ δημόσια καὶ τοὺς ἐμβόλους καὶ τὸν λιμένα καὶ τὰ θεώρια καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀνθίμου καὶ πάσας τὰς ἐκκλησίας αὐτῆς.
‘During his reign Nikomedeia, the metropolis of Bithynia, suffered its fifth calamity from the wrath of God. It happened late in the evening, and the city was razed to the ground and flooded by the sea. Theodosius built many buildings there including the public baths, the colonnades, the harbour, the public arenas, the martyrium of St Anthimos, and all the city's churches.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986.
Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς αὐτοῦ βασιλείας ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ θεομηνίας Νικομήδεια, μητρόπολις τῆς Βιθυνίας, τὸ πέμπτον αὐτῆς πάθος ἑσπέρας βαθείας καὶ ἀπώλετο εἰς γῆν καὶ εἰς θάλασσαν καταποντισθεῖσα. καὶ πολλὰ ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ καὶ τὰ δημόσια καὶ τοὺς ἐμβόλους καὶ τὸν λιμένα καὶ τὰ θεώρια καὶ τὸ μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀνθίμου καὶ πάσας τὰς ἐκκλησίας αὐτῆς.
‘During his reign Nikomedeia, the metropolis of Bithynia, suffered its fifth calamity from the wrath of God. It happened late in the evening, and the city was razed to the ground and flooded by the sea. Theodosius built many buildings there including the public baths, the colonnades, the harbour, the public arenas, the martyrium of St Anthimos, and all the city's churches.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986.
History
Evidence ID
E05719Saint Name
Anthimos, bishop and martyr of Nicomedia : S00124Saint Name in Source
ἌνθιμοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Greek