Late Antique Historiography

Collection of ancient martyrs

Title(s):
  • Collection of ancient martyrs
  • Συναγωγὴ τῶν ἀρχαιῶν μαρτύρων
    (Sunagōgē tōn archaiōn marturōn, Collection of ancient martyrs)
Author:
Period covered:
At least 249-251
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
Remarks:
Eusebius refers to a collection of ancient martyrs in his Ecclesiastical history. We only know for certain that it included the martyrdom of Pionius, but it must have included more martyr accounts.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical history 4.15.48, 5.1.2, 5.4.3, 5.21.5
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • T.D. Barnes (2010) Early Christian hagiography and Roman history. Tübingen: 44-45.
  • É. Rebillard (2017) Greek and Latin narratives about the ancient martyrs. Oxford: 22-25.
  • V. Saxer §1984) 'Les actes des "martyrs anciens" chez Eusèbe de Césarée et dans les martyrologies syriaque et hiéronymien'. Analecta Bollandiana 102: 85-95.
  • E. Schwartz, T. Mommsen (1903-1909) Eusebius: Werke. Volume Two, Parts One and Two (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte). Leipzig.