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E07111: 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 a certain Theodoros from poison in his intestines at their shrine at Menouthis (near Alexandria, Lower Egypt). Written in Greek in Alexandria, 610/615.
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posted on 2018-11-15, 00:00 authored by juliaSophronius of Jerusalem, The Miracles of Saints Cyrus and John, 27
Summary:
There was a certain Theodoros who suffered from unbearable pains in his intestines, due to poisonous food that he had eaten at the instigation of wicked people. He visited many physicians but without any effect. He thus turned to the martyrs Cyrus and John who are true healers and effective saviours. He rushed to their shrine and went to sleep in expectation of their aid. The martyrs appeared to him without delay and commanded him to eat a viper, in order to be delivered from his misery. Yet, when Theodoros woke up, he believed that the vision was a malignant illusion, so he executed nothing of what he had been told. However, in his despondency, the martyrs reappeared to him on the following night and prescribed the same action. Again he did not do it, since he rather thought that this was some demonic machination aimed at his death. On their third apparition, the martyrs still did not manage to persuade him to execute their order. Thus they visited Theodoros a fourth time and told him that, since he did not want to do what they had told him, he was to eat what he found by their spring (pege). When he woke up in the morning, he went to their spring and behind the door he found a cucumber that he ate with relish. When he reached the end of the cucumber, he saw it was a viper. He immediately threw it on the ground. He began to vomit through fear and disgust, and thereby excreted the malignant poison that he had eaten. He was thus completely healed and thanked the martyrs.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
Summary:
There was a certain Theodoros who suffered from unbearable pains in his intestines, due to poisonous food that he had eaten at the instigation of wicked people. He visited many physicians but without any effect. He thus turned to the martyrs Cyrus and John who are true healers and effective saviours. He rushed to their shrine and went to sleep in expectation of their aid. The martyrs appeared to him without delay and commanded him to eat a viper, in order to be delivered from his misery. Yet, when Theodoros woke up, he believed that the vision was a malignant illusion, so he executed nothing of what he had been told. However, in his despondency, the martyrs reappeared to him on the following night and prescribed the same action. Again he did not do it, since he rather thought that this was some demonic machination aimed at his death. On their third apparition, the martyrs still did not manage to persuade him to execute their order. Thus they visited Theodoros a fourth time and told him that, since he did not want to do what they had told him, he was to eat what he found by their spring (pege). When he woke up in the morning, he went to their spring and behind the door he found a cucumber that he ate with relish. When he reached the end of the cucumber, he saw it was a viper. He immediately threw it on the ground. He began to vomit through fear and disgust, and thereby excreted the malignant poison that he had eaten. He was thus completely healed and thanked the martyrs.
Text: Fernández Marcos 1976, lightly modified in the light of Gascou 2007. Summary: J. Doroszewska.
History
Evidence ID
E07111Saint Name
Kyros and Ioannes/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