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E07818: The Miracles of *Artemios (martyr of Antioch under Julian, S01128) recounts the miraculous healing by the saint in Constantinople of a 50-year-old It is 50-year-old man from a disease of the testicles. After spending time at the shrine, the man left without receiving any cure; but on his way home he was cured when the saint appeared to him in a dream and pricked his testicles. Written in Greek in Constantinople, 582/668; assembled as a collection, 658/668.
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posted on 2019-10-28, 00:00 authored by juliaMiracles of Artemios (BHG 173), 13
Πεντήκοντά τις ἐτῶν ὑπάρχων, ἀνὴρ πεπολιωμένος καὶ νόσῳ τῶν διδύμων κεκρατημένος, προσεκαρτέρησεν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε. ἐπειγούσης δὲ αὐτὸν φροντίδος οἰκιακῆς, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἀπευδοκήσεως αὐτὸν ὠθούσης, ὡς οὐχ ὑγιαίνει τοῦ λοιποῦ εἰς γῆρας ἐλθών, ἄρας αὐτοῦ τὴν στρωμνὴν ἀνεχώρησεν. πιεζόμενος δὲ τῇ νόσῳ καὶ τῷ φόρτῳ τῆς στρωμνῆς ὀκνηρότερόν πως περιεπάτει. καταλαβὼν δὲ τὸ δημόσιον λουτρόν, τὸ λεγόμενον Δαγισθέου, κατὰ τὴν κύφην, ἔνθα ποτὲ τὰ σταῦλα ἦσαν τῶν τοῦ Ἱπποδρομίου ἵππων, ἀτονήσας ἀπέθετο τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐν μιᾷ γωνίᾳ
καὶ ἀνεπαύσατο ἐπ’ αὐτήν. ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ τρίτη. ὀδύνῃ δὲ σφοδρᾷ σφιγγόμενος καὶ ἀνακαλούμενος ἑαυτὸν ἐτράπη εἰς ὕπνον καὶ ὁρᾷ τινα νύξαντα αὐτοῦ τοὺς διδύμους, καὶ ἐκ τῆς ὀδύνης ἐξύπνισεν καὶ ηὗρεν ἑαυτὸν αἱμάτων καὶ πύων πεπληρωμένον, τό τε δέρμα τῶν διδύμων αὐτοῦ διερρωγὸς καὶ δυσωδίαν οὐ φορητὴν ἀποπνέον. παραυτὰ δὲ ὑποστρέψαντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Προδρόμου, σπόγγοις καὶ χλιαροῖς ὕδασιν οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἀπέμαξαν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἰχῶρα. ἐπιθείς τε τῷ διερρωγότι τόπῳ ἔμπλαστρον ἐκ τῆς κηρωτῆς ὑγιὴς γέγονεν.
'A certain 50 year old man, grey and overcome by disease of the testicles, waited upon the saint for fifteen days. But since domestic concerns were pressing on him while at the same time despair also was oppressing him, that having reached old age he would not enjoy good health thereafter, he picked up his mattress and withdrew. But hampered by the disease and by the burden of the mattress, he walked somewhat haltingly. Reaching the public bath, the one called Dagistheos', opposite the 'Kyphe' where once there were the stables of the horses of the Hippodrome, exhausted he set the mattress down in a corner and rested on it. It was about the third hour. Constricted by extreme pain but pulling himself together, he fell asleep and saw someone pricking his testicles. He was awakened by the pain and found himself covered with blood and pus, while the skin of his testicles was ruptured and exuded an intolerable odour. Immediately he returned to the house of the Forerunner; those who were present wiped off his effluvium with sponges and warm water. He was restored to health after applying a plaster of wax to the ruptured spot.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909; translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
Πεντήκοντά τις ἐτῶν ὑπάρχων, ἀνὴρ πεπολιωμένος καὶ νόσῳ τῶν διδύμων κεκρατημένος, προσεκαρτέρησεν τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡμέρας δεκαπέντε. ἐπειγούσης δὲ αὐτὸν φροντίδος οἰκιακῆς, ἅμα δὲ καὶ ἀπευδοκήσεως αὐτὸν ὠθούσης, ὡς οὐχ ὑγιαίνει τοῦ λοιποῦ εἰς γῆρας ἐλθών, ἄρας αὐτοῦ τὴν στρωμνὴν ἀνεχώρησεν. πιεζόμενος δὲ τῇ νόσῳ καὶ τῷ φόρτῳ τῆς στρωμνῆς ὀκνηρότερόν πως περιεπάτει. καταλαβὼν δὲ τὸ δημόσιον λουτρόν, τὸ λεγόμενον Δαγισθέου, κατὰ τὴν κύφην, ἔνθα ποτὲ τὰ σταῦλα ἦσαν τῶν τοῦ Ἱπποδρομίου ἵππων, ἀτονήσας ἀπέθετο τὴν στρωμνὴν ἐν μιᾷ γωνίᾳ
καὶ ἀνεπαύσατο ἐπ’ αὐτήν. ὥρα ἦν ὡσεὶ τρίτη. ὀδύνῃ δὲ σφοδρᾷ σφιγγόμενος καὶ ἀνακαλούμενος ἑαυτὸν ἐτράπη εἰς ὕπνον καὶ ὁρᾷ τινα νύξαντα αὐτοῦ τοὺς διδύμους, καὶ ἐκ τῆς ὀδύνης ἐξύπνισεν καὶ ηὗρεν ἑαυτὸν αἱμάτων καὶ πύων πεπληρωμένον, τό τε δέρμα τῶν διδύμων αὐτοῦ διερρωγὸς καὶ δυσωδίαν οὐ φορητὴν ἀποπνέον. παραυτὰ δὲ ὑποστρέψαντος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ Προδρόμου, σπόγγοις καὶ χλιαροῖς ὕδασιν οἱ εὑρεθέντες ἀπέμαξαν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἰχῶρα. ἐπιθείς τε τῷ διερρωγότι τόπῳ ἔμπλαστρον ἐκ τῆς κηρωτῆς ὑγιὴς γέγονεν.
'A certain 50 year old man, grey and overcome by disease of the testicles, waited upon the saint for fifteen days. But since domestic concerns were pressing on him while at the same time despair also was oppressing him, that having reached old age he would not enjoy good health thereafter, he picked up his mattress and withdrew. But hampered by the disease and by the burden of the mattress, he walked somewhat haltingly. Reaching the public bath, the one called Dagistheos', opposite the 'Kyphe' where once there were the stables of the horses of the Hippodrome, exhausted he set the mattress down in a corner and rested on it. It was about the third hour. Constricted by extreme pain but pulling himself together, he fell asleep and saw someone pricking his testicles. He was awakened by the pain and found himself covered with blood and pus, while the skin of his testicles was ruptured and exuded an intolerable odour. Immediately he returned to the house of the Forerunner; those who were present wiped off his effluvium with sponges and warm water. He was restored to health after applying a plaster of wax to the ruptured spot.'
Text: Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909; translation: Crisafulli and Nesbitt 1997.
History
Evidence ID
E07818Saint Name
Artemios, martyr of Antioch under the emperor Julian : S01128Saint Name in Source
ἈρτέμιοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Hagiographical - Collections of miraclesLanguage
- Greek