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E06259: 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, at their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt), the weakness of the legs of a certain Menas of Alexandria. Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615.
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posted on 2018-08-28, 00:00 authored by juliaSophronius of Jerusalem, The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John, 7
Summary:
There was a certain Menas nicknamed 'Spindle-shanked' (himantopodos) because of his extraordinarily nimble feet. He contracted a chronic disease which changed him into a man of twisted legs (louropodos). When he had been freed from this disease by physicians, he did not let his offspring who was taking care of him leave his bedside, but remained on it immovable. The doctors, although they healed the illness, were not able to cure the weakness caused by it. Thus Menas invoked the martyrs. He went to their sanctuary carried by the legs of others. When he had arrived there, he offered to the saints prayers bringing safety (soterioi litai) and received an order to anoint his legs with oil [from the lamps] which illuminated the saints' tomb at night. He executed it at once and was delivered from the weakness, having regained his previous speed of legs. He chanted a song of thanksgiving (ode charisterion) to the saints and set off on the road to Alexandria on his own legs.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
There was a certain Menas nicknamed 'Spindle-shanked' (himantopodos) because of his extraordinarily nimble feet. He contracted a chronic disease which changed him into a man of twisted legs (louropodos). When he had been freed from this disease by physicians, he did not let his offspring who was taking care of him leave his bedside, but remained on it immovable. The doctors, although they healed the illness, were not able to cure the weakness caused by it. Thus Menas invoked the martyrs. He went to their sanctuary carried by the legs of others. When he had arrived there, he offered to the saints prayers bringing safety (soterioi litai) and received an order to anoint his legs with oil [from the lamps] which illuminated the saints' tomb at night. He executed it at once and was delivered from the weakness, having regained his previous speed of legs. He chanted a song of thanksgiving (ode charisterion) to the saints and set off on the road to Alexandria on his own legs.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E06259Saint 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
Evidence not before
610Evidence not after
615Activity not before
500Activity not after
615Place of Evidence - Region
Egypt and CyrenaicaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
AlexandriaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Alexandria Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein HermopolisCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Chant and religious singing