The long history of the cult of the Trapezuntine martyr St. Eugenios and his three lesser companions is vividly reflected in the collections of their miracles and, somewhat less vividly, in the various versions of their Passions.'However, exploring this cult in the context of pilgrimage to shrines in Asia Minor may not seem the most obvious approach when studying these texts. To judge from them, pilgrimage, in the normal sense of the word, does not seem to have been the first priority of those responsible for the organization of the cult at any time of its history. Other martyrs of the area prepared the ground for the development of their shrines into pilgrimage centers with a carefulness that has no parallel in the texts about St. Eugenios. In more than one sense, St. Eustratios of Armenian Arauraka is a case in point.

In the Passio of Eustratios and his four companions we are told that, when his execution was close at hand, he dictated a testament in which he provided for all the prerequisites necessary for the desirable development. The testament prescribed that the remains of Eustratios and his fellow martyrs should be buried intact at a certain place called Analibozora in the polichne of Arauraka, and that the yield of his estate should be used to feed those in charge of his martyrion. This foresighted document was attested by the bishop of Sebasteia, who was given the responsibility to transport the bodies of Eustratios himself and Orestes, one of his companions, back to Arauraka. The following day, which was the 13th of December, he died in the furnace prepared for him. The bishop took care of his