Editing Ignatius of Antioch (section)

=== Death and aftermath ===
Ignatius wrote that he would be thrown to the beasts;<ref>{{cite book |author1=Ignatius of Antioch |editor1-last=Roberts |editor1-first=Alexander |editor2-last=Donaldson |editor2-first=James |title=Epistle to the Romans |chapter=5 |series=Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I}}</ref> in the fourth century, Eusebius reports a tradition that this did happen,<ref name="Eusebius 3.36">{{ws|{{Cite book |author=Eusebius |orig-date=313 |date=1890 |title=Church History of Eusebius |translator-last=McGiffert |translator-first=Arthur Cushman |editor-last1=Roberts |editor-first1=Alexander |editor-last2=Donaldson |editor-first2=James |editor-last3=Coxe |editor-first3=Arthur Cleveland |editor-last4=Schaff |editor-first4=Philip |editor-last5=Wace |editor-first5=Henry |series=[[Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers]] |volume=Series 2, Vol. I |title-link=s:Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series II/Volume I/Church History of Eusebius/Book III/Chapter 36}}}}</ref> while [[Jerome]] is the first to explicitly mention lions.<ref name="Arnold 2017 p. 38" /> [[John Chrysostom]] is the first to place of Ignatius' martyrdom at the [[Colosseum]].<ref>Timothy B. Sailors {{Cite news |title=Bryn Mawr Classical Review: Review of ''The Apostolic Fathers - Greek Texts and English Translations'' |url=http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009-07-08.html |access-date=21 May 2023 |archive-date=21 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190921163149/http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2009/2009-07-08.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Modern scholars are uncertain whether any of these authors had sources other than Ignatius' own writings.<ref name="Arnold 2017 p. 38">{{Cite book |last=Arnold |first=B.J. |title=Justification in the Second Century |publisher=[[De Gruyter]] |series=Studies of the Bible and Its Reception (SBR) |date=2017 |isbn=978-3-11-047823-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9qc2DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA38 |access-date=15 April 2018 |page=38 |archive-date=28 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628163135/https://books.google.com/books?id=9qc2DgAAQBAJ&pg=PA38#v=onepage&q&f=false |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Eusebius 3.36" />

According to a medieval Christian text titled ''Martyrium Ignatii'', Ignatius' remains were carried back to Antioch by his companions after his martyrdom.<ref name="ante">{{Cite web |title=Church Fathers - The Martyrdom of Ignatius |url=https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0123.htm |access-date=25 July 2020 |website=newadvent.org |archive-date=1 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701032014/https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0123.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The sixth-century writings of [[Evagrius Scholasticus]] state that the reputed remains of Ignatius were moved by the Emperor [[Theodosius II]] to the Tychaeum, or Temple of [[Tyche]], and converted it into a church dedicated to Ignatius.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Evagrius Scholasticus |chapter=Chapter XVI - Translation Of The Remains Of Ignatius |orig-date=593 |title=Ecclesiastical History |translator-first=E. |translator-last=Walford |date=1846 |chapter-url=http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/evagrius_1_book1.htm |author-link=Evagrius Scholasticus |access-date=15 April 2018 |archive-date=2 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180402194022/http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/evagrius_1_book1.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> In 637, when [[Battle of the Iron Bridge|Antioch was captured]] by the [[Rashidun Caliphate]], the [[relic]]s were transferred to the [[Basilica di San Clemente]] in Rome.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Joseph |last=Mullooly |title=Saint Clement, Pope and Martyr, and his Basilica in Rome |date=1873 |location=Rome |publisher=G. Barbera |page=137 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n88XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA137 |access-date=21 March 2023 |archive-date=2 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002222635/https://books.google.com/books?id=n88XAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA137 |url-status=live}}</ref>