Νικόλαος
Nikolaos, Nicholas
Translated by Catharine Roth27 Nov 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
[Bishop]1 of Myra2 in Lycia, an ardent Christian and zealous priest, who spoke very freely with God. This man did not [merely] write to the emperor Constantine3 but appeared to him in dreams, and saved three soldiers condemned to death as a result of some slanderer, when he had received their request for help in prayers. He also snatched some other soldiers from death in a similar manner; and he does not cease up to the present day to rescue those who invoke his intercession from every kind of necessity.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Νικόλαος, Μύρων τῆς Λυκίας, ὁ διάπυρος τῶν Χριστιανῶν καὶ ζηλωτὴς ἱερεύς, ὁ πολλὴν ἔχων πρὸς τὸν θεὸν παρρησίαν. οὗτος οὐκ ἔγραψε μέν, ἐν ὀνείροις δ' ἐπιστὰς τῷ βασιλεῖ Κωνσταντίνῳ, καὶ τρεῖς στρατηλάτας ἔκ τινος διαβόλου κατακριθέντας τὴν ἐπὶ θανάτῳ ἐρρύσατο, παράκλησιν δι' εὐχῆς παρ' αὐτῶν δεξάμενος, καὶ ἄλλους δέ τινας στρατιώτας ὁμοίως ἐκ θανάτου ἐξήρπασε· καὶ οὐ παύεται μέχρι τῆς σήμερον τοὺς τὴν πρεσβείαν αὐτοῦ ἐπικαλουμένους ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνάγκης λυτρούμενος.
Betacode
*niko/laos, *mu/rwn th=s *luki/as, o( dia/puros tw=n *xristianw=n kai\ zhlwth\s i(ereu/s, o( pollh\n e)/xwn pro\s to\n qeo\n parrhsi/an. ou(=tos ou)k e)/graye me/n, e)n o)nei/rois d' e)pista\s tw=| basilei= *kwnstanti/nw|, kai\ trei=s strathla/tas e)/k tinos diabo/lou katakriqe/ntas th\n e)pi\ qana/tw| e)rru/sato, para/klhsin di' eu)xh=s par' au)tw=n deca/menos, kai\ a)/llous de/ tinas stratiw/tas o(moi/ws e)k qana/tou e)ch/rpase: kai\ ou) pau/etai me/xri th=s sh/meron tou\s th\n presbei/an au)tou= e)pikaloume/nous a)po\ pa/shs a)na/gkhs lutrou/menos.
Notes (3)
- The famous Saint Nicholas (died 6 December, 345 or 352), to whom many legendary deeds have been attributed. See Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1. The source of the present entry's material cannot be determined.
- 1The word 'bishop' does not appear in any of the mss but is clearly required by the many analogous entries. ↩
- 2Myra: mu 1431. ↩
- 3On whom see generally kappa 2284, kappa 2285. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 newadvent.org
Linked from2 entries
- μ1431ΜύραMyraA place in the eparchy of the Lycians. Also [sc. attested is the phrase] "of Myrean fellows," [meaning] of those from Myra in Lycia.
- ν395ΝικόλαοςNicolaus, NikolaosOf Myra in Lycia; brother of Dioscorides the grammarian and proconsul and consul and patrician; he too was a sophist in Constantinople, was a pupil of Lachares. He wrote an Art of Rhetoric and declamations.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history5 revisions · last 9 Jun 2013
- another note; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword — David Whitehead
- modified translation at one point; augmented notes — David Whitehead
- added cross-reference — Catharine Roth
- Modified translation, added keywords, set status — William Hutton
- Translated — Catharine Roth