The Nicene Age · AD 313–400
Bicor
d. c. AD 376 (martyr) · Bishop · Martyr · Sasanian Persia
The Nicene Age
Who Bicor was
Bishop named with Mareas at the head of a group of twenty bishops and nearly two hundred and fifty clergy killed in the general slaughter. Nothing else about him survives.
Named once in the sources within the horizon; no other ancient witness names him.
Also listed in martyrs and bishops beyond the great sees.
Common questions
When did Bicor die?
Bicor is dated d. c. AD 376 (martyr) in the archive, which places Bicor in the Nicene Age (AD 313–400). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Bicor?
Bicor is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Sozomen. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Bicor from?
The archive associates Bicor with Sasanian Persia.
Who were Bicor’s contemporaries?
The archive links Bicor to 2 other figures, including Mareas and Shapur II. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History II.14 (the persecution under Shapur II)
c. AD 445Mareas and Bicor, bishops, with twenty other bishops, and nearly two hundred and fifty clericsSozomen · Ecclesiastical History II.14 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 306 · The Council of Elvira, AD 306
- AD 311 · Galerius’ edict of Serdica, AD 311
- AD 313 · The Edict of Milan, AD 313
- AD 314 · The Council of Arles, AD 314
- AD 320 · Silvanus tried before Zenophilus, AD 320
- AD 325 · The Council of Nicaea, AD 325
- AD 339 · The persecution of Shapur II, AD 339
- AD 343 · The Council of Serdica, AD 343
- AD 361 · Julian’s pagan restoration, AD 361
- AD 366 · Damasus and the catacomb epigrams, AD 366
- AD 367 · Athanasius lists the 27 NT books, AD 367
- AD 372 · The martyrdom of Sabbas the Goth, AD 372
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Bicor.
- 1Sasanian Persiaprovince only