E05599: The Miracles of Saint Thekla recounts how *Thekla (follower of the Apostle Paul, S00092) healed a poor labourer Pausikakos from blindness in the so called Myrsineon, located near her shrine at Seleucia. Written in Greek at Seleucia ad Calycadnum (southern Asia Minor) in the 470s.

Miracles of Saint Thekla, 23

Summary:

There was a man called Pausikakos whom the saint deemed worthy of a cure, even though he was an impoverished labourer. He was afflicted with a disease of the eyes and lost his sight; this resulted either from the negligence or incompetence of the physicians. But thanks to the martyr Thekla's miraculous intervention, he regained his eyesight.

He did not go the church, but to the smaller outer precinct located not far away from the church; it was called the Myrsineon, that is, the Myrtle Grove, where it was believed that the martyr spent most of her time. He confined himself there in some way and was lamenting and supplicating, and he kept doing it until he regained his sight. The darkness that had affected his eyes receded and the light entered again. Those who had seen him blind for a long time, now could see him performing his routine and habitual activities. The entire city of Seleucia witnessed this miracle.

Text: Dagron 1978. Summary: J. Doroszewska.