Sergius - ܣܪܓܝܣ

http://syriaca.org/person/1466
Sergius was one of the most popular saints of the Orient. He was a Roman soldier martyred shortly after his friend Bacchus since he refused to sacrifice to the Roman gods. Sergius was decapitated at Resafa on the Euphrates.

Names

  • ܣܪܓܝܣ1
  • Sergius
  • ܡܪܝ ܣܪܓܝܣ16
  • ܣܐܪܓܝܣ1
  • Sargis
  • Sargīs1
  • Serge1
  • SERGE ET BACCHUS2
  • Sergius and Bacchus
  • Sergius (saint)
  • St Sergius15

Floruit

275-310

Floruit

early 4th century

Sex

male2, 18

Event

The saint is venerated on 7 October. 2

Notes

Status: draft  Is this record complete?

Works Cited

Any information without attribution has been created following the Syriaca.org editorial guidelines.

  • 1 Ugo Zanetti and Claude Detienne, Bibliotheca Hagiographica Syriaca., entry: 83, 510, 998, 1257, 1273, 1760, 1911, 1930, 181.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Jean-Maurice Fiey, Saints syriaques, Studies in Late Antiquity and Early Islam 6 (Princeton, NJ: Darwin Press, 2004), entry: 403.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Jules Baudot, Léon Chaussin and Benedictines, Vies des saints et des bienheureux selon l'ordre du calendrier: avec l'historique des fêtes (Paris: Librairie Letouzey et Ané, 1935)., vol: X, section: 7 October, p: 101-107.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran, The Transformation of Classical Heritage 28 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Pontificia Università lateranense and Istituto Giovanni XXIII, Bibliotheca sanctorum (Roma: Istituto Giovanni XXIII nella Pontificia Università lateranense, 1961)., vol: XI, p: 876-82.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Mat Immerzeel, "Holy Horsemen and Crusader Banners: Equestrian Saints in Wall Paintings in Lebanon and Syria." Eastern Christian Art vol. 1 (2004).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Elizabeth Key Fowden, The Barbarian Plain: Saint Sergius between Rome and Iran, The Transformation of Classical Heritage 28 (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Dorothée Sack, "St Sergios in Resafa: Worshipped by Christians and Muslims Alike." in Michael Blömer, Achim Lichtenberger and Rubina Raja (eds.), Religious Identities in the Levant from Alexander to Muhammed: Continuity and Change, Contextualizing the Sacred 4 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2015)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Andrew Palmer, "Jacob of Serugh’s Metrical Homily on Sargis and Bakhos." Parole de l’Orient vol. 41 (2015).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Dianne van de Zande, "The Cult of Saint Sergius in its Socio-Political Context." Eastern Christian Art vol. 1 (2004).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 11 Tomasz Waliszewski et al., "The Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus in Kaftūn (Northern Lebanon) and its Wall Paintings: Preliminary Report 2009-2010." Dumbarton Oaks Papers vol. 67 (2013).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 12 Amir Harrak, "Commemorating Church History in the Ottoman Era: Monumental Architecture and Art." in Erica C. D. Hunter (ed.), The Christian Heritage of Iraq: Collected Papers from the Christianity of Iraq I-V Seminar Days, Gorgias Eastern Christian Studies 13 (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2009)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 13 Irfan Shahîd, Byzantium and the Arabs in the Sixth Century (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks, 1995).Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 14 Alexander Markus Schilling, Die Anbetung der Magier und die Taufe der Sāsāniden: Zur Geistesgeschichte des Iranischen Christentums in der Spätantike, CSCO 621, Subs. 120 (Louvain: Peeters, 2008)Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 15 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013)., entry: St Sergius.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 16 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 285; 286, chapter: 3.6.4.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 17 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 1361.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 18 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 285; 286.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sergius — ܣܪܓܝܣ ” last modified January 12, 2024, http://syriaca.org/person/1466.

Bibliography:

Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent et al., “Sergius — ܣܪܓܝܣ .”, edited by ., edited by Nathan P. Gibson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published January 12, 2024. http://syriaca.org/person/1466.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Sergius — ܣܪܓܝܣ

Additional Credit:

  • URI minted and initial data collected by Silvio Roggo
  • Editing, proofreading, data entry and revision by Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent
  • Data architecture and encoding by David A. Michelson
  • Editing, Syriac data conversion, data entry, and reconciling by Adam P. Kane
  • Editing and Syriac data proofreading by Aram Bar Schabo
  • Entries adapted from the work of Ugo Zanetti
  • Entries adapted from the work of Claude Detienne

Copyright and License for Reuse

Except otherwise noted, this page is © 2024.

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

Show full citation information...