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E06035: Sophronius of Jerusalem, in his Miracles of the Saints Cyrus and John, recounts how *Kyros and Ioannes/Cyrus and John (physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt, S00406) healed the broken leg of a certain Kalos at their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt). Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615.
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posted on 2018-07-23, 00:00 authored by juliaSophronius of Jerusalem, The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John, 3
Summary:
There was a certain man in Alexandria, whose name was Kalos and it was the right name for him, since it very well matched his character [Greek kalos - beautiful, good]. Once, when he was descending from a ladder, by the pursuit of that which hates the good and the terrible aversion towards the good (ek tes tou misokalou spoudes kai tes pros ta kala deines antistaseos) which always threatens the good, he fell down from a height, and terribly broke his shin bone into thousand pieces.
Having seen that the physicians could not help him, and that his bone had almost disappeared because of its losses, while the flesh on the leg was swollen up and consumed by pus, he reproached himself for preferring physicians to saints and decided to resort to the help of the saints Cyrus and John.
Praying to them, he asked for both their forgiveness and his health. Thanks to his authentic faith, he received healing. Under the saints' command, he anointed his leg with the oil of the lamp (elaios ho tes kandelas) [in the sanctuary] and with it filled the losses of the bone; this way he regained his health.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
There was a certain man in Alexandria, whose name was Kalos and it was the right name for him, since it very well matched his character [Greek kalos - beautiful, good]. Once, when he was descending from a ladder, by the pursuit of that which hates the good and the terrible aversion towards the good (ek tes tou misokalou spoudes kai tes pros ta kala deines antistaseos) which always threatens the good, he fell down from a height, and terribly broke his shin bone into thousand pieces.
Having seen that the physicians could not help him, and that his bone had almost disappeared because of its losses, while the flesh on the leg was swollen up and consumed by pus, he reproached himself for preferring physicians to saints and decided to resort to the help of the saints Cyrus and John.
Praying to them, he asked for both their forgiveness and his health. Thanks to his authentic faith, he received healing. Under the saints' command, he anointed his leg with the oil of the lamp (elaios ho tes kandelas) [in the sanctuary] and with it filled the losses of the bone; this way he regained his health.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E06035Saint Name
Kyros and Iōannēs/Cyrus and John, physician and soldier, martyrs of Egypt : S00406Saint Name in Source
Κῦρος καὶ ἸωάννηςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek