The Martyrdom of Ignatius

Martyrium Ignatii · Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰγνατίου

Only chapters 1–7 (in part) are in the scan text used; the end of the account is not yet on the site.

1The Martyrdom of Ignatius: his trial before Trajan at Antioch, his journey through Smyrna and Troas to Rome, and his death in the amphitheatre.

About this work

Author: Anonymous
Attribution: pseudonymous · The Antiochene acts of Ignatius's martyrdom claim to be written by companions who travelled with him to Rome; they are generally judged a later composition (4th–5th century) that draws on his letters and Eusebius.
Standing: Not honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by the Catholic, Orthodox, or Protestant traditions. Anonymous or pseudonymous work read and used in the church of its time.
Older English translation: Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885) (public domain, at CCEL; for comparison: our translation is made from the original first and checked against it afterwards) · ANF 1, "The Martyrdom of Ignatius" (7 chapters).
Date: 4th–5th century (disputed) (disputed) · The account claims eyewitness authorship (ca. 110); most scholars date it much later.
Written at: Antioch (disputed)
Language: Greek
Genre: martyrdom
Reference system: chapter (ANF 1). The scan text published here holds chapters 1–6 and the start of chapter 7 in one passage (ref 1); the end (relics, date, visions) is lost in the scan.
SBL abbreviation: Mart. Ign.Not yet checked
Clavis: CPG 1035 (not yet checked)
Text from: J.-P. Migne, ed., Patrologiae cursus completus, Series Graeca 5 (Paris: Migne, 1857) (Printed edition in the public domain; archive.org OCR of public-domain page images)
Critical editions: F. X. Funk and F. Diekamp, Patres Apostolici 2 (Tübingen: Laupp, 1913) (cited, not reproduced)