File(s) not publicly available
E05722: John Malalas in his Chronographia mentions the shrine of *Mamas (martyr of Caesarea in Cappadocia, S00436) on the Bosphorus (close to Constantinople), where the emperor Leo I (r. 457-474) resided for six months after a disastrous fire in Constantinople in 469. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
online resource
posted on 2018-06-13, 00:00 authored by erizosJohn Malalas, Chronographia, 14.43
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ βασιλείᾳ ἐμπρησμὸς μέγας ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει οἷος οὐδέποτε· ἐκαύθη γὰρ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἕως θαλάσσης· καὶ φοβηθεὶς τὸ παλάτιον ἐξῆλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Λέων πέραν εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Μάμαντα καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκεῖ μῆνας ἓξ ἐν προκέσσῳ· καὶ ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ λιμενάριν καὶ ἔμβολον, ὅπερ ἐκάλεσε νέον ἔμβολον· ὅστις οὕτω καλεῖται ἕως τῆς νῦν.
‘There occurred in his reign [Leo I] a great conflagration in Constantinople, such as had never been experienced before. The flames spread from sea to sea, and the emperor Leo, fearing for the palace, left the city and crossed over to Saint Mamas. He spent six months there on a processus. He built a harbour there and a colonnade, which he called the New Colonnade, as it is called to the present day.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986.
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ βασιλείᾳ ἐμπρησμὸς μέγας ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει οἷος οὐδέποτε· ἐκαύθη γὰρ ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἕως θαλάσσης· καὶ φοβηθεὶς τὸ παλάτιον ἐξῆλθεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Λέων πέραν εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Μάμαντα καὶ ἐποίησεν ἐκεῖ μῆνας ἓξ ἐν προκέσσῳ· καὶ ἔκτισεν ἐκεῖ λιμενάριν καὶ ἔμβολον, ὅπερ ἐκάλεσε νέον ἔμβολον· ὅστις οὕτω καλεῖται ἕως τῆς νῦν.
‘There occurred in his reign [Leo I] a great conflagration in Constantinople, such as had never been experienced before. The flames spread from sea to sea, and the emperor Leo, fearing for the palace, left the city and crossed over to Saint Mamas. He spent six months there on a processus. He built a harbour there and a colonnade, which he called the New Colonnade, as it is called to the present day.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986.
History
Evidence ID
E05722Saint Name
Mamas, martyr of Kaisareia/Caesarea in Cappadocia : S00436Saint Name in Source
ΜάμαςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Greek
Evidence not before
520Evidence not after
570Activity not before
469Activity not after
469Place of Evidence - Region
Syria with Phoenicia Constantinople and regionPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Antioch on the Orontes ConstantinoplePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Antioch on the Orontes Thabbora Thabbora Constantinople Constantinople Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoupolis Constantinopolis Constantinople IstanbulMajor author/Major anonymous work
John MalalasCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedCult activities - Places Named after Saint
- Other