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Procopius of Scythopolis
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<h2 id="accounts">Accounts</h2> <p>Eusebius's account of Procopius's martyrdom also exists in medieval Syriac, Georgian, and Latin translations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Later legendary and contradictory accounts claimed that he was either a <a href="/facts/Soldier_saint/zgybX9Qt">soldier saint</a>, <a href="/facts/Ascetic/s3szkXBx">ascetic</a>, a <a href="/facts/Persians/4GhM3jl2">Persian</a>, or prince of <a href="/facts/Alexandria/hdg1twWA">Alexandria</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> One myth claimed that he slew around 6,000 barbarian invaders simply by showing them the cross. Another account, clearly borrowed off of the life of the <a href="/facts/St._Paul_of_Tarsus/mIAFgUw7">Apostle St. Paul of Tarsus</a>, claimed that he was a persecutor of Christians originally named Neanias whom <a href="/facts/Roman_Emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Diocletian/l4Inf5wa">Diocletian</a> appointed as duke of <a href="/facts/Alexandria/hdg1twWA">Alexandria</a>, <a href="/facts/Egypt/8Ttg0JwB">Egypt</a>; on the way from <a href="/facts/Antioch/Evq0VtjE">Antioch</a>, Neanias experienced a vision and declared himself to be a Christian.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="veneration">Veneration</h2> <p>In <a href="/facts/Western_Europe/YmWlV59w">Western Europe</a>, Procopius was first enumerated in the calendar of saints by <a href="/facts/St._Bede/y9yWnIua">St. Bede</a>, whose <i>Martyrology</i> listed the saint under 8 July. His name and date were added to the <i><a href="/facts/Roman_Martyrology/FEVRQbGm">Roman Martyrology</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p><p>In <a href="/facts/Beit_She%2527an/Cvtlthrh">Scythopolis</a> a chapel was dedicated in honor of him. In <a href="/facts/Caesarea_Maritima/r03E9DCI">Caesarea Maritima</a> <a href="/facts/Roman_Emperor/sT4nFc67">Roman Emperor</a> <a href="/facts/Zeno_(emperor)/AuFStWfV">Zeno</a> erected a church dedicated in honor of him in AD 484. His <a href="/facts/Relics/oSksAgIf">relics</a> were <a href="/facts/Translation_(relics)/7FpeKsm0">translated</a> to the Church of Saint Michael in <a href="/facts/Antioch/Evq0VtjE">Antioch</a>, <a href="/facts/Syria/7pDXGzq8">Syria</a>. In <a href="/facts/Constantinople/fLcY371n">Constantinople</a> 4 churches were dedicated in his honor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> He is the <a href="/facts/Patron_saint/Gw1cv1vH">patron saint</a> of <a href="/facts/Prokuplje/XEaHKFb7">Prokuplje</a>, <a href="/facts/Serbia/U0LVzPdI">Serbia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a> </p><p>In the <a href="/facts/Eastern_Orthodox_Church/5n20Akh5">Eastern Orthodox Church</a>, he is remembered in the marriage dismissal.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Cyril_of_Scythopolis/Wzl4CQ2J">Cyril of Scythopolis</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.bartleby.com/210/7/082.html">"St. Procopius, Martyr"</a>, <i>Butler's Lives of the Saints</i></li> <li><a href="http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?SID=4&ID=1&FSID=101966">Greatmartyr Procopius of Caesarea, in Palestine</a> Orthodox <a href="/facts/Icon/d5am7oen">icon</a> and <a href="/facts/Synaxarion/DX2x2LkS">synaxarion</a> for July 8</li> <li><a href="http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml">Saints of July 8: Procopius of Scythopolis</a> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191229103658/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml">Archived</a> 2019-12-29 at the <a href="/facts/Wayback_Machine/nmQ3a6JC">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li>(in Italian) <a href="http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61400">San Procopio di Cesarea di Palestina</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Προκόπιος ὁ Παλαιστίνιος. 22 Νοεμβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ. <a href="http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1239/sxsaintinfo.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.synaxarion.gr/gr/sid/1239/sxsaintinfo.aspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Martyr Procopius the Reader at Caesarea, in Palestine. OCA - Lives of the Saints. <a href="http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/11/22/103369-martyr-procopius-the-reader-at-caesarea-in-palestine" target="_blank">http://oca.org/saints/lives/2014/11/22/103369-martyr-procopius-the-reader-at-caesarea-in-palestine</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Saints of July 8 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Kazhdan, Alexander; Ševčenko, Nancy Patterson (1991). "Prokopios, saint". In Kazhdan, Alexander (ed.). The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1731. ISBN 0-19-504652-8. <a href="0-19-504652-8" target="_blank">0-19-504652-8</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Saints of July 8 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Saints of July 8 Archived December 2, 2008, at the Wayback Machine <a href="http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0708.shtml</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>San Procopio di Cesarea di Palestina <a href="http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61400" target="_blank">http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61400</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>San Procopio di Cesarea di Palestina <a href="http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61400" target="_blank">http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/61400</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"ST. PROCOPIUS". Retrieved 2 March 2017. <a href="http://www.nisandbyzantium.org.rs/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/engleski/ST%20PROCOPIUS.html" target="_blank">http://www.nisandbyzantium.org.rs/manastiri_i_crkve_grada_nisa/engleski/ST%20PROCOPIUS.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Crowning". Archived from the original on 2015-02-04. Retrieved 2014-04-10. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150204060935/http://anastasis.org.uk/crowning.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20150204060935/http://anastasis.org.uk/crowning.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>