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Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. VI: Antoni I., Martirika

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Summary

This volume collects hagiographic texts attributed to Antoni I (1720–1788), Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, and anonymous authors, preserved in the TITUS Old Georgian corpus. The texts include martyr acts (Martyrika) and other hagiographic narratives used in Georgian liturgical practice. The manuscript tradition is complex, with multiple recensions, and the edition reproduces a single witness per text without critical apparatus. The anonymous pieces likely predate Antoni I, but precise dating remains uncertain. The collection reflects the development of local saint cults and the integration of Byzantine hagiographic forms into Georgian Christianity.

This volume provides insight into the development of Georgian hagiography and its role in shaping local saint cults. It illustrates the adaptation of Byzantine hagiographic genres in the Georgian context and the continued use of these texts in liturgy. The collection also highlights the contributions of Antoni I to Georgian literary and ecclesiastical life during a period of political consolidation and cultural revival under Heraclius II.

Historical context

The texts in this volume belong to the Georgian hagiographic tradition, which flourished from the early medieval period onward. Antoni I (Catholicos-Patriarch 1744–1755, 1764–1788) was a central figure in the Georgian ecclesiastical and literary revival under King Heraclius II (1762–1798). The anonymous texts likely originate from earlier centuries, possibly the 9th–11th centuries, when Georgian monasticism and translation activity peaked. The collection was transmitted through liturgical manuscripts, including menaia and hymnographic collections, indicating its use in worship. The TITUS edition, based on a single manuscript per text, does not document textual fluidity or scribal interventions, limiting our understanding of the transmission history. The term 'Martyrika' is a Georgian calque of Greek 'Martyrikon', showing Byzantine influence.

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6 commentary units 2 background1 structure1 term1 dating1 caution 0 derived notes 1 open questions 1 narrative
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  • limitThe English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve.
  • registerRegister: hagiography in Old Georgian; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them.
  • structurePassages: 1 narrative.
  • sourceSource edition: titus — This text is part of the TITUS edition of Old Georgian Hagiographical Texts, vol. VI. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.8.2015. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder.

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სადიდებლად ცხოველსმყოფელისა თანაარსისა და განუყოფელისა სამებისა, მამისა და ძისა და სულისა წმიდისა ანტონისგან არხიეპისკოპოსისა ყოვლისა ზემოჲსა საქართველოჲსა, დავითიან-ბაგრატოვანისა ქმნილი წიგნი მარტირიკა შესხმა და ისტორია ქრისტესთჳს ვნებულთა მოწამეთა ქართუელთა და სხუათა დროსა ყოვლად ბრწყინუალისა უკეთილმსახურესისა და უმაღლესისა ირაკლი მეორისა, მეფისა ყოვლისა ზემოჲსა საქარ/თუელოჲსასა. ხოლო მამათმთავრობისა თჳსისა წელსა დასაბამითგან სოფლისა 7278 ჴორციელად შობითგან სიტყჳსა ღმრთისა 1769 თთუესა მეათერთმეტესა, რიცხუსა 19
English
For the praise of the life-creating consubstantial and indivisible Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, by Anthony, Archbishop of all Upper Georgia, of the David-Bagratid line, composed the book Martyrika, a collection and history of the martyrs who suffered for Christ, Georgians and others, in the time of the all-brilliant, most pious, and most high Heraclius II, King of all Upper Georgia. In the year of his patriarchate from the beginning of the world 7278, from the incarnation of the Word of God 1769, on the 19th day of the eleventh month.
Citation. Tergwame, “Collectio textuum hagiographicorum, Vol. VI: Antoni I., Martirika”, gh6:1, machine-draft, 2026. https://naxiai.com/christian/works/gh6#s1
Colophon. Source: titus · licence: This text is part of the TITUS edition of Old Georgian Hagiographical Texts, vol. VI. Copyright TITUS Project, Frankfurt a/M, 18.8.2015. No parts of this document may be republished in any form without prior permission by the copyright holder. · model: deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor · provider: Relace · cost: $0.0011 · generated 2026-11-15.