WORKING HANDLIST OF ROMAN MARTYRS
How the Handlist works!
This is a provisional list of those martyred, or worshipped as martyrs, at Rome up to about 600 C.E.
It does not include apostolic martyrs; nor does it include unnamed martyrs (often commemorated at cult sites as 'LXX martyres' or sim.), unless they are clearly associated with named ones.
The entries are constructed as follows:
[a] Name of martyr, always in Latin form. Where one or more martyrs are associated with him/her, these are listed too, in the order in which they are most commonly found, not alphabetical order (so, for example, 'Nereus and Achilleus', 'Marcus and Marcellianus'). Successive martyrs with the same name are distinguished with Roman numerals in square brackets (e.g. [2]).
For ease of reference, the names of those martyrs who have numbered entries in the Bibliotheca Hagiographica Latina (BHL) are always in UPPER CASE letters. Those who have unnumbered entries, or none at all, are listed in Sentence Case.
[b] Following the name of the martyr(s), and on the same line, are comments on their entry in the Bibliotheca Sanctorum (BS). These include, for example, significant variant spellings (the BS lists names in Italian), or variant ordering of the names in the entry. If there is no entry in the BS for a particular martyr, that fact will be noted. Martyrs marked with > have not yet been cross-referenced with the BS.
[c] Immediately below the martyr's name, there appears the details, place and date of martyrdom, and the date of the martyr's feast day, as entered in BHL. If there is no BHL entry, this information may be supplied from elsewhere, and the source noted; otherwise, the line is simply omitted.
[d] The following line simply contains the whole span of BHL numbers pertaining to the martyr.
[e] The next line contains one or more of the earliest sources for the martyr's life, as listed in the BHL. Where such a source may be found in the Acta Sanctorum (AASS), the AASS entry will always be chosen, as being most readily available. The other most common reference is to Mombritius; and the Liber Pontificalis (LP), cited with volume and page number in Duchesne's edition, is naturally the most frequent source for the popes.
So, categories [c], [d], and [e] (in a full entry, the second, third and fourth lines after the martyr's name) all pertain directly to information to be found in BHL. Where there is no BHL entry for a martyr, that fact will always be noted. It will also be noted where there is uncertainty in the attribution of data to a particular BHL entry. (Noting this is very useful. Several confusions have already been cleared up by having an available list of possible options.)
[f] lists the entry or entries to be found in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum. MH designates names found in the actual text, and endorsed by Delehaye in his commentary (as the text of MH is highly contaminated, often a single name prompts long associative lists, and these have in general been omitted). 'MH' designates an interpretation or emendation of an entry made by Delehaye in his commentary. ?'MH' designates a tentative interpretation by Delehaye.
Each MH entry contains the date to which it pertains, and the page number in Delehaye's edition on which the relevant entry, or note in the commentary, appears (not necessarily the page on which the original MH text for the date is printed).
[g] An entry prefaced by CBCR gives relevant data (foundations in the name of martyrs up to c. 600) from Krautheimer's Corpus Basilicarum Christianarum Romae. Page numbers are not given, as the churches are listed through the corpus in alphabetical order by dedicatee, so references are easily found.
[h] An entry prefaced by DE R flags a significant discussion of the martyr(s) (i.e. more than a few words) in De Rossi's Roma Sotterranea Cristiana. The discussion is noted by volume and page number.
[j] An entry prefaced by LP contains references from the Liber Pontificalis to papal foundations in the martyr's name, or donations to a foundation in the martyr's name. It does not include references to martyrdom of the popes themselves in the LP, as these are highly unreliable (though most of such references have ended up being included under [e], by virtue of cross-referencing with MH).
N.B. that unlike the references under [e], these references are made to Davis' translation of LP (in TTH: Liverpool 1989), and include the number of the entry according to his classification, and the dates of the pope according to his calculation (e.g. '[50] Felix II (483-492)').
[k] Site. This includes any site associated with the martyr -- whether because of burial, translation, or the dedication of a basilica -- in any of the sources consulted. Every martyr mentioned in Amore I Martiri di Roma is included, with page reference (given this inclusivity, Amore is listed in bold for ease of reference). The maps (facing p. 1750 and on p. 1753) in Pietri's Roma Christiana were also consulted, and where necessary cross-referenced with his text: information from this source is signalled simply as 'Pietri'. Krautheimer, Rome: This category also frequently includes data from LP or MH, often quoted verbatim. In both these cases, the data will refer to the previous entry (at [j] or [f] respectively); if there are several earlier entries, the relevant one will be specified.
Entries [f] to [k] may each be omitted if there is no pertinent data from the respective sources.
This list is intended to be used as a point of departure, not as a definitive or exhaustive catalogue. The style and criteria for inclusion developed (and became easier to judge!) as the list became more extensive: therefore it may be of use to know in which order the sources were consulted. They run as follows (using the handlist's abbreviations), from least to most recent: De R; CBCR; Pietri; LP; Amore; MH. Cross-referencing with the BHL was carried out throughout the compilation of the list.
WORKING HANDLIST OF ROMAN MARTYRS
NOTE
Martyrs whose entries are preceded by a double asterisk (**), and whose entries are not indented, have been incorporated from dossiers prepared on individual martyrs/groups of martyrs. Indented entries with a double asterisk occur where a martyr/group of martyrs already has an entry, but where preparation of a dossier has yielded new data.
ABDON and SENNEN
mm. Romae, sub Decio. -- July 30.
BHL 6-8.
AASS. Iul. VII. 137-138.
MH July 29 (402); July 30 (404).
Site: in cem. of Pontianus, on the Via Portuensis (Pietri; so too Amore, p. 227-8, MH July 29). MH July 30 adds 'ad ursum pileatum'.
**Abdon and Sennen
(BHL 6-8).
Passio S. Polychronii 2-4, 6, 7-10
ABUNDIUS and ABUNDANTIUS [v.s. Abbondio in BS]
mm., presb. and deacon respectively. (also (BHL) with Marcianus and Johannes.)
BHL 16-18.
AASS. Sept. V. 300-301 [epitome of Passio available only in very early texts]
Site: Via Flaminia; Amore pp. 16-17.
Acontius and Nonnus
[no BHL entry]
MH July 25 (395).
Aedistus ('Edisto' in Amore, BS)
[no BHL ref.]
Site: Via Laurentina (Amore pp. 203-204).
AGAPITUS
m. cum Felicissimo diac. Romae, sub Decio [in BHL under Felicissimus; also BS, with 'Gennaro, Magno, Vincenzo e Stefano'] -- Aug. 6.
BHL 7801.
AASS. Aug. II. 140-141.
MH Aug 6 (419).
-- LP: [50]Felix III (483-492) built basilica.
Site: Basilica of St Agapitus near St Laurence (LP). Buried 'in cim. Praetextati' (AASS; Amore corroborates, pp. 179-80; so too MH).
AGAPITUS [2]
m. Praeneste sub Aureliano -- Aug. 18.
BHL 125-29.
Mombritius I. 14v-16.
Site: ? Via Tiburtina (cem. unspecified) (Amore p. 91; identification of martyr uncertain).
AGATHA
v. m. Catanae, sub Decio -- Feb. 5.
BHL 133-140.
AASS. Feb. I. 615-618.
-- LP: [53]Symmachus (498-514) built basilica to her.
[66] Gregory I (590-604) redeicated the church of the Goths in the Subura in the name of st Agatha the martyr.
Site: church of Symmachus on Via Aurelia at farm Laudarius (LP).
Agelleus
[no BHL ref.]
MH Dec. 25 (p. 7) -- but of Carthage.
AGNES
v. m. Romae, saec. III. -- Jan. 21
BHL 156-167.
AASS. Ian. I, 351-354.
MH Jan. 21 (p. 52): date of passio S. Agnetis; but also noted Jan. 27 (64); Jan. 28 (66) gives 'Romae Agnae in genuinum'. Delehaye: 'Res in obscuro relinquenda est'.
-- CBCR: church founded by Constantine, 314-37
-- LP: basilica to Agnes and baptistry, at request of Constantia, founded during papacy of [34]Silvester (314-335). [37]Liberius (352-366) 'decorated the tomb of the martyr St Agnes with marble tablets'. [42]Innocentius (401/2-417) roofed and decorated basilica; [53]Symmachus repaired it. [72]Honorius (625-638) built church 'from the ground up' [=S. Agnes ad corpus?].
Site: on the Via Nomentana 'at the third mile' (LP). (Also in Rome, Pietri, Amore pp. 78-80, 'MH' p. 52).
ALEXANDER
papa; m. cum Eventio, Theodulo, Hermeti et Quirino, ?116 -- May 3.
BHL 266-271.
AASS. Mai. I. 371-75.
MH Mar 15 (146): 'Alexandri Theodoli'; Mar 17 (149): 'Alexandri episcopi, Theodoli diaconi'. MH/'MH' May 3 (227-8): A. with Eventius and Theodolus.
-- LP: [7]Alexander (c. 110) mentions martyrdom, but only the priest Eventius and the deacon Theodulus as associates.
Site: Amore mentions the possibility of Alexander, Eventius and Theodulus being associated with the cem. at the 7th mile on the Via Nomentana (Amore pp. 83-86 nad MH).
ALEXANDER [2] [BS: v.s. Felicita e sette figli]
m. unus ex septem fratribus filiis S. Felicitatis -- July 10.
BHL [in his own right] 281-284.
AASS. Iul. III. 19-21 n. 3-12.
MH July 10 (362), with Vitalis and Martialis.
Site: Cem. of Jordanus on the Via Salaria Nova (Pietri; 'MH'363).
Amantius
[no approp. BHL ref.]
MH Feb 10 (85); assoc. with Zoticus. Also 'MH'Feb 11 (87); Feb. 13 (91).
Site: Via Labicana mil. x (MH).
ANASTASIA [BS: v.s. Basilissa]
v. m. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- Oct. 28
BHL 404.
Cf. Catal. Paris. III. 55, 70o.
ANASTASIA
m. in insula Palmaria, sub Diocletiano -- Dec. 25
BHL 400-403.
MH Dec. 25 (p. 7).
-- CBCR: Leo I delivers homily in church between 440 and 461: PL LIV, 466.
ANASTASIUS PERSA
m. cum soc. in Assyria, 628. -- Jan. 22.
BHL 408-413.
AASS. Ian. II. 426-431.
'MH' Jan. 22 (p. 57): 'Romae ad Aquas Salvias sancti Anastasii martyris'.
ANATOLIA -- see also Victoria
m. cum Audace in dioecesi Reatina sub Decio. -- Iul. 9
BHL 417-21.
AASS. Iul. II. 676-81.
MH July 9 (360); July 10 (362), with Victoria.
Antea/Antia, mother of Eleutherius -- see under Eleutherius.
ANT(H)IMUS
m. sub Diocletiano cum Sisinnio, Piniano, et Lucina -- May 11.
BHL 561-65.
AASS. Mai. II. 616-18.
MH May 11 (247)
Site: Via Salaria mil. xxii (MH).
Antoninus
?carnifex m. Romae sub Commodo -- Aug. 22.
[BHL unnumbered, between 581 and 582]
MH july 1 (345).
APOLLINARIS
[most likely] ep. Ravennas, saec. I -- Iul. 23.
BHL 623-632.
AASS. Iul. V. 344-50.
-- LP: [72]Honorius (625-638) 'built from the ground up'a basilica to St Apollinaris the martyr.
Site: In the portico of St Peter's which is called ad Palmata (LP).
APRONIANUS
m. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- Feb. 2.
BHL [no number; after 654].
Ado, 2 Feb. [i.e. very late].
Site: Cemetery on Via Latina (Pietri). Amore, p. 124, avers that Apronianus was the founder and proprietor of the cem., but not a true martyr: there is, however, a 'favolosa passio', B.SS. II. 322.
Aristo
[no BHL ref.]
MH Dec. 22 (661)
Site: 'in Portu Romano'.
Artemius, Candida and Paulina [as such in BS]
mm. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- June 6.
[no BHL ref.]
AASS. Iun. I. 171-73 = init. passio SS. Marcellini et Petri.
Site: are these mistakenly the Artemius and Paulinus ascribed by Amore p. 254 to the cem. of St. Pancratius on the Via Aurelia?
**Asterius
BHL i. 118 (no number); recorded as 'presb. m. ad Ostia Tiberina, sub Alexandro Severo.'
Passio SS. Marii, Marthae et socc. §§ 8-14
BALBINA [assoc. with HERMES]
v. Romae, d. 130 -- Mar. 31
BHL 3855 [under Hermes]
AASS. Mart. III. 901-3, n. 8-11.
-- CBCR: 'titulus Sanctae Balbinae' in 595.
Site: cem. of Balbina on Via Ardeatina (Pietri).
BASILIDES
m. cum soc. Romae -- June 12.
BHL 1018-20.
AASS. Iun. II. 508-9.
MH June 10 (312); June 12 (315).
Site: cem. of Basilides, Via Aurelia (Amore pp. 282-4); MH adds 'mil. xiv'.
BASILLA
m. Romae sub Valeriano, May 20 [assoc. in BHL with Eugenia, Prothus, and Hyacinthus]
BHL 2666-70. [under Eugenia]
Vitae Patrum (PL LXXIII.605-20)/ Rufini opera (PL XXI. 1105-22).
MH Jan. 23 (57) -- by confusion between x kal. oct. and x kal. feb (Delehaye). Also May 17 (258), May 20 (264), June 11 (314). Sep. 11 (501) includes E, P and H; Sep. 22 (521) on her own again.
Site: (Amore pp. 20-22; MH) martyr buried in 304 in the cem. of Basilla on the Via Salaria Vecchia; the martyr should not be confused with the homonymous founder of the cemetery.
BEATRIX -- v.s. SIMPLICIUS [also in BS]
BIBIANA
m. Romae sub Iuliano -- Dec. 2 [assoc. with Dafrosa, Flavianus, Faustus, Pigmenius]
BHL 1322-23.
Bibl. Casin. III. Floril. 191-193.
-- CBCR: church dedicated 468-83 by Pope Simplicius; relics of SS. Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix translated, 683 [N.B. also discussion in De Rossi]
-- LP: [49]Simplicius (468-483) dedicated basilica to her. Suggests (contra CBCR) that the translation of relics was to a church close to St Bibiana's, built by [82]Leo II (682-683).
Site: 'within Rome', Amore pp. 297-99.
Blastus [BS adds Diogenes]
17 June
[no BHL number].
MH June 17 (322): Blastus and Diogenes together.
Site: cem. 'in clivum cucumeris' on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 37-38); MH agrees on Via, but gives 'ad septem palumbas'.
**Blastus
Not in BHL.
Passio SS. Marii, Marthae et socc. §§
Bonifatius papa
I, d. 422 -- Sep. 4.
[BHL entry, but no number; just LP ref.]
MH: 29 Dec. (14), the day of his ordination in 418; also Sep. 4 (487).
LP: [44]Boniface (418-422): no suggestion that he was martyred.
Site: buried on the Via Salaria, <in the cemetery> close to the body of St. Felicity, on 25 October (LP and MH Sep., which adds 'in cim. Maximi'). Cem. of Callistus (MH Dec.).
BONIFATIUS
m. Tarsi sub Diocletiano -- May 14.
BHL 1413-17.
AASS. May III. 280-83.
Site: 'within Rome'; Amore p. 299 suggests that his cult introduced to Rome at the beginning of S. VII.
BONOSA, Eutropius, and Zosima
v.m. Romae, sub Severo -- July 15.
BHL 1425-26 gives entry for Bonosa; no ref for others.
AASS. Iul. IV. 21-23.
MH July 15 (375), 'in portu Romano'.
CAECILIA
v. m. Romae -- Nov. 22 [assoc. with Valerian, Tiburtius, and Maximus]
BHL 1495-96
MH Aug 11 (434), by assoc. with Tib.; Sep. 16 (510); Nov. 22 (612), with V T and M tacked on too.
-- CBCR: references from early S. V [also one of the cases discussed in particular detail by Dufourcq: alleged confusion between two Cecilias]
-- DE R II, 147 ff: on historical value of acts of Cecilia (De Rossi prefers Ado's dating: 'M. Aurelio et Commodo impp.', i.e. c. 177).
Site: ??cem. of Callistus on Via Appia (Amore pp. 144-56 discusses identification: probably not a martyr [with Delehaye] but venerated as one by association).
Caecilius
[no BHL ref]
'MH' Nov. 17 (604): 'Transtibere Caecilii'(corrected from Caeciliae).
CALLISTUS
papa, mm. cum Calepodius presb. et soc. Romae, 222 -- Oct. 14.
BHL 1523-25.
AASS. Oct. VI. 439-41
MH Oct 12 (552), Oct 14 (555).
Site: cem. of Callistus on Via Appia; there is another one on the Via Aurelia (Pietri). Acc. Pietri, Calepodius is buried in the latter. Amore is cautious, saying that cem. at 3rd mile on Via Aurelia perhaps associated with Callistus, Calepodius and Cornelius (pp. 276-82). MH gives Via Aurelia; second entry adds 'in cim. Calepodii'.
**Callistus, pope
BHL 1523-5.
Passio SS. Marii, Marthae et socc. §§ 5, 10
CALOCERUS and PARTHENIUS
mm. Romae, sub Decio. -- May 19.
BHL 1534.
AASS. Mai. IV. 302-4.
MH Feb 11 (89); April 18 (196); May 17 (258); May 19 (261) -- with, unusually, brief bio. 'MH' gives July 20 (386).
Site: v.s. Eusebius. But Amore disagrees, and places them in cem. of Callistus on Via Appia (pp. 174-77). So does MH; 'MH' adds 'mil. iii'.
Candida
[BHL identification unclear: probably v.m. Carthagine sub Maximiano -- Sep. 30, BHL 1537.]
MH Aug 29 (474), 'virgo'. Also Oct 3 (538), Dec. 1 (630), 'MH' Dec 2 (632).
Site: cem. of Pontianus on Via Portuensis (Amore pp. 228-30). 'MH'Dec 2 corroborates; but 'MH' Oct. gives 'ad ursum pileatum'.
CASSIANUS
ludimagister, m. apud Forum Cornelii -- Aug. 13.
BHL 1625-29.
Pru. Pe. IX.
MH Aug. 13 (p. 439).
Site: in foro Cornelii (MH).
CASTULUS
m. Romae, socius S. Sebastiani -- March 26.
BHL 1647.
AASS. Mar. III. 613-14.
MH Mar 26 (162).
Site: homonymous cem. on Via Labicana (Amore pp. 109-110; MH).
CHRYSANTHUS and DARIA
mm. Romae sub Numeriano -- Oct. 25
BHL 1787-94.
AASS. Oct. XI, 469-84.
MH Aug 12 (436) -- also Claudius, Hilaria, Iason, Maurus et milites LXX. Nov. 29 (626): with Saturninus and Maurus; Dec 20 (653).
Site: cemetery of St. Saturninus, on the Via Salaria Nova (Pietri). Amore (pp. 43-51) calls cem. that of Thraso (so too MH Nov), but agrees about the site, and that Saturninus was also buried there.
CHRYSOGONUS
m. Aquileiae, sub Diocletiano -- Nov. 24
BHL 1795-97.
Momb. I. 200v-01v.
'MH' Feb 17 (103); MH Nov 24 (618).
-- CBCR: dated by Krautheimer to S. V med; festival in Mart. Hier.
CLEMENS I
papa, saec. I -- Nov. 23
BHL 1848.
Mombritius I. 193-5.
MH Nov 23 (615).
-- CBCR: mentioned by Jerome, ?before his departure from Rome in 385: vir.ill. XV: PL XXIII, col. 666.
Site: 'within Rome' (Amore pp. 302-4: he notes that C. came to be considered a martyr).
Concordia [BS: v.s. Ippolito]
[no BHL ref.]
MH Feb. 22 (110).
Site: cem. of Hippolytus on Via Tiburtina (Amore pp. 101-102). MH gives 'via Tiburtina ad sanctum Laurentium'.
CORNELIUS
papa m. 253 [and Davis LP agrees!] -- Sep. 14
BHL 1958-1966.
Mombritius I. 210-210v.
MH Sep 14 (505).
-- DE R I, 274: tomb of S. Cornelius (pope and martyr) in crypt of Lucina.
-- LP: [47]Leo I (440-461) built basilica 'to the bishop and martyr St Cornelius'.
Site: near cem. of Callistus on the Via Appia (LP); in cem. of Callistus (Amore pp.156-74, MH).
COSMAS and DAMIAN
cum sociis mm. Aegis in Cilicia, sub Diocletiano -- Sep. 27.
BHL 1967-79.
AASS. Sep. VII. 471-72.
'MH' Sep 27 (529).
-- CBCR: dedicated as church by Felix IV, 526-30
-- LP: [56]Felix IV (526-530) built basilica to them. [86]Sergius (687-701) made donations to the basilica.
Site: Via Sacra, near temple of City of Rome (LP).
Crescentianus [BS: v.s. Ciriaco, Largo, Crescenziano etc.]
m. Romae, soc. SS. Cyriaci (see below), Largi et Smaragdi [alias Maximianus]
[no BHL number; ref. Petrus de Nat. x.102]
Site: (if this is Amore's 'Crescenzione') cem. of Priscilla on Via Salaria Nova (Amore pp. 63-64).
CRESCENTINUS (-IANUS) and IUSTINUS
mm. cum soc. Tiferni, sub Diocletiano -- June 1.
BHL 1983.
AASS. Iun. I. 60-61.
MH Aug 4 (417), sp. 'Crescention'; Aug 10 (431) -- by attraction to Laurence (Delehaye).
Site: cem. 'in agro Verano' on Via Tiburtina (Amore pp. 97-98); MH: 'in cim. sancti Laurentii via Tiburtina'.
Crispus [BS: v.s. Crispo, Crispiniano e Benedetta]
[no BHL ref.]
MH June 11 (314) Crispolus: ?'MH' Crispus. Also MH June 27 (337).
Site: cem. of Basilla on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 26-31; discusses possibility of name Crispolus).
CYRIACA
vid. m. Romae. sub Decio -- Aug. 21.
BHL 2055.
AASS. Aug. IV. 403-4, n. 2-4.
Site: cem. 'in agro Verano' on Via Tiburtina (Amore pp. 96-7, who also discusses question of whether she existed). Her body translated to S. Martino ai Monti by Sergius II (LP).
CYRIACUS [also CIRIACUS, QUIRIACUS]
m. Romae, sub Maximiano -- Aug. 8 [with Largus and Maximianus]
BHL 2056-66
AASS. Ian. II. 5-9 (v.s. Marcellus papa, BHL 5235); Aug. II. 332-34, n. 29-36.
[MH has a Cyriacus on Dec. 25, with Ignatius and Gaius -- not in BHL. For Ignatius alone, see MH Dec 20 (655).]
'MH' Mar 16 (148); 'MH'April 14 (190). MH Aug 8 (424) includes Largus, Crescentianus, Memmia, Iuliana, Smaragdus.
-- CBCR: 'titulus Ciriaci', 499; complex history of association with saints bearing similar names -- I, 114.
-- LP: [72]Honorius (625-638) built 'from the ground up'church of St Cyriacus the martyr.
Site: at the 7th mile on the Via Ostiensis (LP, MH). Amore pp. 214-19 concurs, and asserts that Largus, Crescentianus [K.V. misidentification with same name above], Memmia, Juliana, and Smaragdus were buried there too. MH Apr adds 'in titulo iuxta Diocletianas'. No further BHL details.
Cyrilla
v.s. Tryphonia.
Cyrillus
[no obviously corresponding BHL ref.]
MH Aug 10 (431).
Cyrinus ?= Quirinus
[BHL refers Cyrinus to Quirinus]
'MH' Mar 24 (158).
DAMASUS papa
d. 384 -- Dec. 11
BHL 2085-88.
LP I. 212-13.
MH (?'MH' -- day of his ordination) Feb 18 (104). MH Dec 10 (641); 'MH' Dec 11 (644).
Diogenes [v.s. Blastus]
17 June.
[no BHL ref.]
?'MH' Aug 3 (415).
Site: cem. 'in clivum cucumeris' on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 38-39).
Dionysas
[no BHL entries]
-- DE R: III, 49 ff.: chapel of five saints -- 'probabilmente martire'; fresco of them gives names [all sic, with 'in pace' appended]: Dionysas, Nemesi, Procopi, Eliodora, Zoae.
Dionysius papa
d. 268 [Davis LP 267] -- Dec. 26.
[no BHL number, just LP ref.]
MH Dec. 26 (10): depositio in cem. Priscillae; 'MH' prefers to follow LP with cem. Callisti. MH Aug 9 (427); 'MH'adds list of other popes here.
LP: [26]Dionysius (260-267). No mention of martyrdom.
Site: 'buried in the cem. of Callistus on the Via Appia'(LP, MH Aug.); but MH Dec gives cem. Priscillae.
DOMITILLA (FLAVIA) [no entry in BS]
v. et soc. mm., saec. I extr. -- May 12.
BHL 2257.
Passio at end of that of Nereus and Achilleus -- vide ad loc.
Site: cem. of Domitilla (associated with Nereus and Achilleus) on the Via Ardeatina (Pietri).
Eleutherius papa
d. 189 -- May 26, Sep. 6.
[no BHL number, but after 2449]
MH Sep 6 (490)
LP: [14]Eleutherius (c. 180 -- so Davis). No mention of martyrdom.
Site: 'buried close to St. Peter's body on the Vatican on 24 May' (LP). MH: 'via Salaria in civ. Riatensi'.
ELEUTHERIUS [BS: bp. of Illyrium]
ep., m. cum Antia matri eius et soc. Romae, sub Hadriano -- April 18, Dec. 15.
BHL 2450-53.
AASS. Apr. II. 530-532.
MH Apr 18 (with 'Antea mater eius'), 'MH' Nov 24 (619).
-- LP: [51]Gelasius (492-496) dedicated basilica to St. Eleutherius. [I am assuming that this is the one intended; it could conceivably be Eleutherius papa above.]
Site: on the Via Labicana at the Villa Pertusa (LP). 'MH' Nov gives Via Salaria.
EMERENTIANA
v.m. Romae, s. III -- Jan. 23.
BHL [as for Agnes].
Site: cem. 'Maius' on Via Nomentana (adjacent to that of Agnes) (Amore pp. 81-82).
EUGENIA
m. cum Protho et Hyacintho Romae, sub Valeriano. -- Dec. 24, 25.
BHL 2666-70.
Vitae Patrum (ed. Rosweyd, 340-49; PL LXXIII, 605-20); Rufini opera (PL XXI. 1105-22).
MH Dec. 25 (7), Sep 11 (501) -- with Prothus, Hyacinthus, and Basilla.
Site: cem. of Apronianus on Via Latina (Amore pp. 125-126, MH).
EUPHEMIA
Which? BHL gives three choices: (i) v.m. (cum Dorothea, Thecla et Erasma) Aquileiae, sub Nerone; (ii) v.m. Chalcedone, sub Diocletiano; (iii) v.m. (cum Thecla) Tergesti, sub Valeriano. More info. needed to differentiate.
-- LP: [80]Donus dedicated church on the Via Appia to Euphemia.
Euphrasius
episcopus
[no BHL ref]
?'MH' Mar 12 (139). [Could the ref be to Euphrasia, whose feast day is Mar 13 (BHL 2718-21)? Certainly Delehaye frequently changes feminine to masculine forms... ]
EUPLUS
diac. m. Catanae, sub Diocletiano.-- Aug. 12.
BHL 2728-31.
AASS. Aug. II. 721-22.
--LP: [75]Theodore (642-649) built oratory to St Euplus.
Site: oratory outside St Paul's gate (LP).
[N.B.: this may well be a far from final apportionment of the evidence]
EUSEBIUS
m. cum Pontiano, Vincentio et Peregrino Romae, sub Commodo. -- Aug. 25.
BHL 2742-47.
AASS. Aug. V. 115-116.
-- DE R II, 210: 'Damaso diè ad Eusebio il titolo di martire lato sensu'.
Cubiculum of martyrs Calocerus and Parthenius [BHL 1534: sub Decio -- May 19] next to crypt of S. Eusebius -- date of their death and burial uncertain.
Site: there is a cem. of Pontianus at the third mile on the Via Portuensis (Pietri -- but this is not, according to Amore, the martyr Pontianus -- p. 227).
EUSEBIUS [2]
presb. Romanus, d. cca. med. saec. IV -- Aug. 14
BHL 2740-41
AASS. Aug III. 166-67.
'MH' Aug 14 (444), 'Romae Eusebii tituli sui conditoris'. 'MH' Oct 8 (546) gives almost identical entry.
-- CBCR: church based on a 'titulus Eusebii'; 'Gesta Eusebii Presbyteri' ?S.V in., Acta SS. Aug. II, 116 ff. [?reps. previous edition of AASS? or the Eusebius of BHL 2740 -- with which the ref. still doesn't jive].
Eusebius [3]
papa [later martyr], 309/10 -- Sep 26.
[no BHL number: entry with LP ref]
MH Sep 26 (527), Oct 2 (537) -- 'natale'.
Site: via Appia in cim. Callisti (MH). [Presumably treated in De Rossi as well.]
Euticetus [no BS entry]
?= Eutyches, Victorinus et Maro, mm. saec. I ex. -- April 15.
BHL 2789.
AASS.: v.s. Nereus (paenultima pars passionis).
MH Dec. 25 (p. 7) = (?'MH') Eutyches? 'MH' Aug 25 (465): Euticetis (=Eutyches?)
Site: Via Nomentana mil. xviii ('MH').
Euticianus
papa, d. 283 -- Dec 8.
[BHL entry, but no number]
MH Dec 7 (638), 'MH' Dec 8 (639).
Site: in cim. Callisti Via Appia ('MH').
EUTYCHIUS = EUTICIUS
?BHL 2779-80: presb. m. apud Surianum in Tuscia, sub Diocletiano (?) -- May 15
-- DE R III, 37: Eutychius.
MH July 2 (347) [site as 'via Appia in cim. Callisti'may imply confusion with Euticianus].
Site: ?Via Nomentana (cem. unspecified) -- if this is the Euticius of Amore pp. 89- 90. But there's also Amore 185-96, a Eutychius buried in the cem. 'in catacumbas' on the Via Appia.
Exsuperantius
[no clear BHL correlation]
MH Aug 10 (431).
FABIANUS
Papa m., 250 -- Jan. 20
BHL: listed (between 2816 and 2817), but no number.
MH Jan. 20 (p. 50): passio Fabiani episcopi. MH Jan. 16 (p. 42): Delehaye suggests interpolation, with original ref. being to African martyr Fabianus. See also 'MH'Jan 25 (62), Jan 26 (63).
LP ed. Duchesne, I. 148; [21] Fabianus (236-250).
-- DE R II, 60: Fabianus (sometimes called Flavianus).
Site: cem. of Callistus on Via Appia (Amore pp. 143-44; ep. of Cyprian earliest testimony of his martyrdom). 'MH' echoes cem. Callisti.
FAUSTINUS -- v.s. SIMPLICIUS
Felicissimus -- v.s. Agapitus
FELICITAS
m. cum septem filiis Romae, sub Antonino -- July 10, Nov. 23.
BHL 2853-55.
AASS. Iul. III. 12-13.
'MH' Jan 24 (59) emends Felicissimus to Felicitas. See also MH July 9 (360), 'cum septem fratribus'('MH'); July 10 (362); Nov 23 (615).
-- LP: [44]Boniface I (418-422) decorated and made donations to her tomb.
Basilica of Felicitas repaired by [53]Symmachus (498-514).
Site: shrine in the cemetery of Maximus on the Via Salaria Nova (LP 44; Amore pp. 43-51; 'MH' Jan and MH Nov.).
Felicula
v.m. Romae, sub Domitiano. -- June 13. (associated with Nereus and Achilleus, Petronilla)
BHL 6061.
in AASS. Mai. III. 6-13.
MH Feb 14 (94); June 5 (305); June 13 (317).
Site: at 7th mile of Via Ardeatina (Amore p. 201; MH June 5).
FELIX [BS 'Antipapa']
Pope Felix II, m. 365 [Davis LP]/358 [BHL] -- July 29.
BHL 2857-58.
Mombritius I. 306v-307. (Also a Life in AB II. 322-24.)
'MH' July 29 (404).
-- LP: [38]Felix II (355-365) was himself a martyr, beheaded for proclaiming Constantius to be a heretic.
Site: is this the Felix whose cem. is suggested to be on the Via Portuensis (Pietri)? (MH gives Via Portuensis, and adds mil. iii.) Pietri p. 614 is inconclusive; he refers to de Gaiffier, AB 81 (1963), 339. Amore pp. 234-6 seems to feel it is, but comments on lack of secure records (gives feast day, for example, as either 29 July or 22 December). He gives the site as cem. 'ad insalatos' on Via Portuensis. N.B. that Amore also discusses the confusion of the antipope Felix buried in the sanctuary 'ad duos felices' with the martyr Felix of the Via Portuensis (pp. 257-76).
Felix I, papa
d. 274 -- May 30.
[unnumbered BHL entry]
LP: I. 158.
MH Dec. 29 (p. 14) -- associated with Pope Boniface and Cem. of Callistus. [is this pope Felix? unclear]
FELIX and ADAUCTUS
mm. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- Aug. 30.
BHL 2878-84.
AASS. Aug. VI. 546-547, n. 5, 6. (also Mombritius I. 307)
'MH' Aug 29 (475), MH Aug 30 (476).
-- LP: [55]Iohannes I (523-526) rebuilt cemetery of SS. Felix and Adauctus.
Site: cem. of Commodilla, just off the Via Ostiensis on the Via delle Sette Chiese (Pietri; so too Amore, pp. 207-8, MH Aug 30).
Felix and Philippus [no separate BS entry]
more sons of Felicitas (Amore) --10 July.
[no BHL number]
MH 10 July (362)
Site: cem. of Priscilla on Via Salaria Nova (Amore p. 63; MH).
Festus [under 'Giovanni e Festo' in BS]
[no BHL entry]
Site: cem 'in clivum cucumeris' on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore p. 36).
Floriana and Faustina
[no BHL ref.]
MH July 9 (360).
Site: Via Laurentina (Amore pp. 204-5).
Gaius [no BS entry]
Papa, 296. -- April 22.
[BHL: listed, no number]
(LP ed. Duchesne, I. 161)
MH Feb 20 (106), depositio. Apr 22 (202) has more or less the same entry. Also July 1 (345) (erroneously -- Delehaye).
-- DE R: III, 264: three successive translations of the relics of S. Gaius (pope) to the cemetery of Callistus.
Site: MH Feb: 'Romae via Appia in cim. Callisti depositio...'.
Gaius -- v.s. Cyriacus.
GALLICANUS
m. sub Iuliano -- Iun. 25. (and v.s. JOHANNES and PAULUS)
BHL 3236-37.
AASS. Iun. V. 37-39.
Gaudentia
[no BHL ref.]
MH Aug 30 (476).
Site: cem. of Commodilla on Via Ostiensis (Amore p. 209; possibly corroborated by MH).
GENESIUS
mimus m. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- Aug. 25.
BHL 3315-26.
AASS. Aug. V. 122.
Site: cem. of Hippolytus on Via Tiburtina (Amore pp. 102-3; he argues against this Genesius being the martyr of Arles, pointing out that in Mart. Hier. he is clearly a Roman martyr. The consequent identification with the mimus is an internal assumption).
Genuinus, Maximus and Primina [no BS entry]
[no BHL ref.]
MH/'MH' Oct 9 (547) (Genuinus alone).
Site: cem 'inter duas lauros' on Via Labicana (Amore p. 116; MH).
GERVASIUS and PROTASIUS
mm. Mediolani, sub Nerone (?) -- June 19.
BHL 3513-22.
Ambrosii opera (PL XVI. 1019-26) = inventio; passio by Ps.-Ambrose = PL XVII. 742-747 [check: mem. analogy of Vita Agnetis], AASS. Iun. III. 821-22.
-- LP: basilica dedicated by [42]Innocentius (401/2-417), from bequest in will of one Vestina.
GORDIANUS and EPIMACHUS
mm. Romae, sub Iuliano. [no date in BHL]
BHL 3612-13.
AASS. Mai. II. 552-53.
MH May 9 (241); May 10 (244).
Site: Homonymous (Amore, pp. 121-22) cemetery on Via Latina (Pietri, MH).
Gorgonius
[3 Gorgonii in BHL, none obviously apt]
MH Sep 9 (497).
Site: cem. 'inter duas lauros'on Via Labicana (Amore pp. 113-14, MH).
HEDISTUS
m. cum Prisco et soc. Romae, sub Nerone -- Oct 12.
BHL 3765.
AASS. Auctarium ad tom. VI oct., 10-11.
MH Oct 12 (552).
Site: 'MH' gives 'Via Laurentina'.
HELENA
mater Constantini, 'imperatrix', d. c. 328 -- Aug 18.
BHL 3772-90.
'MH' Aug 18 (450).
Site: via Labicana ('MH').
Herculanus [BS: Ercolano]
?BHL 3822-25.
Greg. Magnus Dial. III. 13.
Site: cem. of Basilla on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore).
HERMES (and BALBINA) [BS Ermete]
m. Romae, 116 -- Aug. 28
BHL 3853-55.
AASS. Mai. I. 371-75 (for further details, see BHL 266: here, Hermes is associated with Pope Alexander, Eventius, Theodolus, and Quirinus).
?'MH' Jan 24 (59) (where Emetri may be corrected to either Hermetis or cemeterio). MH Aug 27 (469); Aug 28 (472).
-- CBCR: associated with SS. Basilla, Protus, and Hyacinth
-- LP: [65]Pelagius II (579-590) built cemetery of 'St. Hermes the martyr'.
Site: shrine of St. Hermes in cemetery of Basilla, on the Via Salaria Vetus (Pietri). Amore concurs, pp. 22-23; also MH.
Hilaria [BS has 2: one under 'Claudio, Ilaria, Giasone e Mauro', the other under 'Donata, Paolina, Rustica, Nominanda, Serotina e Ilaria']
Site: eponymous cem. on Via Salaria Nova; but we don't know whether or not she was a martyr (Amore pp. 59-61).
HIPPOLYTUS
Romanus presb., d. cca. 236 -- Aug. 13 etc. [sic!]
BHL 3960-69.
Pru. Pe. XI.
Site: homonymous cem. on Via Tiburtina (Pietri; MH Aug) -- but identification of this Hippolytus is uncertain: see Amore, pp. 98-101.
**Hippolytus and his nurse, Concordia
(BHL 3961 [= Delehaye, ed. Passio Polychronii §§ 30- 35]; there is surely some error here, in that BHL lists this under the prespyter Hippolytus, ob. circa 236).
Passio S. Polychronii 19ff
HIPPOLYTUS and other 'Greek martyrs' [BS: v.s. 'Eusebio, Marcello, Ippolito, Massimo, Adria, Peolina, Neone, Maria, Martara e Aurelia']
m. cum Eusebio et soc. ('martyres graeci') Romae, 257 (?). -- Dec 2, Nov 9 (but Amore gives May 20).
BHL 3970.
DE R, III. 201-8 (first citation of text of Passio).
'MH' June 19 (326) gives Hippolytus, Valeria, and Marcellus.
-- DE R: III, 193, ff.: on martyrs known as 'the Greek martyrs' (and including study of textual evidence): Hippolytus, Adria, Paulina, 'Neone', Maria, Eusebius presb., Marcellus diac.
Site: cem. at 1st mile on Via Appia (whose existence Amore defends, pp. 129-37; martyrs buried there, p. 136). 'MH': 'in cim. Callisti via Appia'.
Iacinthus
[no BHL ref -- unless this is the Hyacinthus, m. in Portu Romano, 4053]
MH Aug 4 (417); Aug 10 (431) (Delehaye: by attraction to Laurence).
Site: MH Aug 4: in via Labicana mil. xiv.
Ianuaria and Dativus [BS: v.s. Saturnino]
[no BHL ref.]
MH Dec. 25 (p. 7); ?Carthaginian (associated with Saturninus).
IANUARIUS
ep. Beneventanus et soc., mm. Puteolis, sub Diocletiano -- Sep 19.
BHL 4115-40.
AASS. Sep VI. 866-70.
Site: Via Tiburtina (cem. unspecified) (Amore p. 91).
[for the Januarius who is son of Felicitas, in cem. of Praetextatus on Via Appia, see under Agapitus; and under Felicissimo in BS]
Ignatius -- v.s. Cyriacus.
Innocentius papa
d. 417 -- July 28.
[unnumbered BHL entry]
MH Mar 12 (139); Mar 14 (144); 'MH' Dec 21 (660) corrects depositio to ordinatio.
Site: 'MH' Mar 12: 'ad Ursum pileatum depositio s. Innocentii episcopi'.
Iohannes
Ioh. I papa, d. 526 -- May 27.
[BHL: no number; after 4328.]
AASS. May VI. 703.
-- LP: claims that he died a martyr to Theoderic (in prison at Ravenna).
Iohannes [BS: Giovanni e Festo]
?presb.
No Passio (Amore); but traditionally, he buried many martyrs, mostly in his own cemetery.
MH June 24 (333).
Site: cem. 'in clivum cucumeris' on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 34-36). 'MH' gives 'ad septem palumbas'.
IOHANNES and PAULUS
mm. Romae -- Iun. 26
BHL 3238-42 (entry under Gallicanus).
[vexed textual tradition; but see Mombritius I. 317-19; AASS Iun. V. 159-60]
MH Jun 26 (336).
-- CBCR: Damasian epigram; passio ?S.VI.
Site: 'within Rome', Amore pp. 287-97 (again with no ref. to Gallicanus).
Iordani [no BS entry]
Site: the martyrs gave their name to a cemetery on the Via Salaria Nova (Amore pp. 61-62).
Iovinus and Basileus
MH Dec. 25 (p. 7): 'Romae Iovini Pastoris Basilei ...'.
Site: cem. of Apronianus on Via Latina (Amore pp. 126-127).
IRENAEUS and ABUNDIUS
mm. Romae sub Valeriano -- Aug. 26.
BHL 4464-65 [under Irenaeus].
AASS. Aug. V. 791.
'MH' Aug 23 (460).
Site: Via Tiburtina, in cem. 'in agro Verano' (Amore pp. 95-96). MH 'in cim. ad sanctum Laurentium'.
**Irenaeus and Abundius
(BHL 4464-65).
Passio S. Polychronii 32
Iuliana v.s. Cyriacus
IULIANUS [BS: under Pietro, Giuliano e cc.]
[which BHL entry is the relevant one? None is for those martyred at Rome.]
-- DE R: II, 226: Bishop Julianus and 27 companions associated in martyrdom.
Iulius I papa
[BHL entry but no number]
LP I. 205
?'MH' Mar 13 (142); MH Apr 12 (185) depositio.
Site: in cim. Calepodii via Aurelia mil. iii. (MH)
Largus v.s. Cyriacus
LAURENTIUS
diac. m. Romae, 258 -- Aug. 10.
BHL 4752-89.
Pru. Pe. II; 4753 = Mombritius II. 50-52; 4762 = AASS. Aug. II. 518-9 (cross-referenced with Ado, and presumably much later)
MH and 'MH' Feb 2 (74): dedication of basilica of Laurence, Sixtus and Hippolytus in Forum Sempronii on Via Flaminia. Main entry: MH Aug 10 (431),
-- CBCR: martyred 258 under Valerianus with Sixtus II; Lib. Pont. I, 155 adds 'in cymiterio Cyriaces' [but archaeology may be too diverse to counterpoise with texts: churches of S. Laurence 'fuori le muri', 'in Damaso', 'in Fonte', and 'in Lucina' -- the last originating as 'titulus Lucinae', CBCR II, 159 ff.]
-- LP: St. Laurence, archdeacon of pope [25]Xystus II (257-258), martyred 'with Claudius the subdeacon, Severus the priest, Crescentius the reader and Romanus the doorkeeper', and buried in cem. of Cyriaces on the Ager Veranus.
Constantine founded basilica to St Laurence on Via Tiburtina at the Ager Veranus during papacy of [34]Silvester (314-335).
[39]Damasus (366-384) built a second basilica within the city walls, close the the Theatre (S. Lorenze in Damaso).
[46]Xystus III (432-440) also built and richly endowed a basilica to St Laurence, as well as a confessio for the martyr. [48]Hilarus (461-468) made donations to basilica of St Laurence the martyr.
[65] Pelagius II (579-590) built basilica over the body of St Laurence (=St Laurence 'ad corpus').
[83] Benedict II (684-685) restored 'the church of the martyr St Laurence called that of Lucina'; [86] Sergius (687-701) provided four silver arches for the same basilica.
Site: Constantinian church on Via Tiburtina [see above], as was cemetery of Laurence associated (pace LP) with Ciriaces (Pietri). Amore lists him as in the cem. 'in agro Verano' on the Via Tiburtina (p. 95).
Leo (?I papa)
[BHL entry but no number, gives feast day as April 11]
LP I. 238-9.
MH Nov 10 (593).
Liberalis [BS: v.s. Liberato e Baiulo]
20/21 Dec. (Amore)
[BHL gives 2 Liberales; neither looks particularly likely.]
Site: cem. 'in clivum cucumeris'on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 39-40).
Liberius I, papa
[unnumbered BHL entry: d. 366, feast day Sep 23]
LP I. 207-8; also Coustant, Epistolae Romanorum Pontificum I (Paris 1721), appendix, 89-94.
MH May 17 (258) depositio. Also MH Sep 23; 'MH' Sep 24 (525).
Site: 'MH' May 'in cim. Priscillae'.
Longinus [?= BS Longino, Megisto e Acesto, July 2, mm. ater apostle Paul]
(aliter Longina, mother of Festus -- Amore.)
AASS. Iul. I. 305-6 [ref from BS]
Site: cem. 'in clivum cucumeris', on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 36-7).
LUCEIA AND AUCEIA
m. cum soc. Romae, sub Diocletiano -- June 25.
BHL 4980-82.
AASS. Iun. V. 13-14.
'MH' June 1 (289), Auceia described as 'rex barbarorum'. Also MH/'MH' Jun 24 (333-4), June 25 (335), Jun 26 (336), July 1 (346). MH Dec 18 and 19 (651 and 653) with list in extenso of others [these entries presumably by association with the martyr of Syracuse, Lucia, whose date is Dec 13].
LUCILLA
?= m. cum Flora et soc., Romae -- July 27.
BHL 5017-21.
AASS. Iul. VII. 23-24.
MH Aug 10 (431).
LUCIUS I, papa
papa, 254 -- March 4.
BHL 5022
AASS. Mar. I. 304-7 ('vita auct. Guaifero mon. Casinensi' i.e. much later);
LP ed. Duchesne, I. 153.
'MH' Mar 2 (122), 'MH' Mar 4 (126) depositio.
-- DE R II, 70: Pope Lucius, martyr (associated with Bishop Julius -- though N.B. that Delehaye corrects Iulii to Lucii at MH Mar 4); Eutichianus.
Site: 'in cim Callisti via Appia' 'MH' Mar 4.
Maior confessor
[no BHL entry]
MH May 10 (243)
Site: in cim Praetextato (MH).
MARCELLIANUS and MARCUS
mm. Romae, sub Diocletiano. -- June 18.
BHL 5302.
AASS. Iun. III. 569-71.
MH June 18 (324).
-- LP: [88]John VII (705-707) worked on the cemetery of the martyrs.
Site: in cem. of Basileus, on Via Ardeatina (Pietri; so too Amore, pp. 198-99). MH gives cim. Balbinae on same Via.
MARCELLINUS and PETRUS
presb., diac., et soc. mm. Romae, 299 -- Iun. 2.
?BHL 5230-33.
Momb. II. 97v-99; AASS. Iun. I. 171-73.
MH June 2 (292); also 'MH' June 3 (300).
-- CBCR: martyred 303-305 during Diocletian's persecution [does this imply confusion with pope Marcellinus, m. 304, feast day April 26?]; passion composed ?S. V; epitaph inside catacomb composed by Pope Damasus, 366-84
-- LP: basilica to SS. Marcellinus and Peter built by Constantine 'on the land between the Two Laurels' (during papacy of [34]Silvester).
Cem. of SS Marcellinus and Peter on Via Labicana renewed by [72]Honorius (625-638).
Site: On Via Labicana, known as ad duas lauros. (Rome; Pietri; Amore pp. 110-112, who refers to cem. as 'inter duas lauros' -- so does MH, and adds mil. iv.).
MARCELLINUS [listed in BS with Claudio, Cirino e Antonino]
papa, m. 304 -- Apr. 26.
BHL ref. but no number (after 5223).
LP: [30]Marcellinus (295-autumn 303).
-- DE R III, 44: double chapel of deacon Severus [not in BHL] and pope Marcellinus. [how does this relate to CBCR catacomb above?]
Site: cem. of Priscilla on Via Salaria Nova (Amore pp. 69-71 -- who points out that M., though he did not die a martyr, was later venerated as one).
MARCELLUS
papa et soc. mm. 309 -- Jan. 16.
BHL 5234-35.
(among others) AASS. Ian. II. 5-9.
MH Jan. 16 (p. 42): depositio Marcellini [sic] in cem. Priscillae on Via Salaria. 'MH' says -- with evidence from It. Salisburgense -- that this should be Marcellus.
LP I. 164; [31] Marcellus (305/6; exiled 306/7). Built cem. <of Novella -- Davis' interpolation> on Via Salaria, with permission of Priscilla. Buried in cem. of Priscilla by Lucina.
-- CBCR: looks like saint invented [/appropriated? depends on date of LP] to explain name of titulus
Site: cem. of Priscilla on Via Salaria Nova (Amore pp. 71-75; LP as above).
MARCUS papa
d. 336 -- Oct 7.
BHL 3293-97.
AASS. Oct. III. 888 n. 17; LP I. 202.
'MH' Oct 4 (540). MH Oct 6 (542), Oct 7 (543).
Site: in cim Balbinae (MH Oct 4) via Ardeatina (Oct 6)/ Via Appia (Oct 7).
Maria and Neo
[go with Greek Martyrs -- s.v. Hippolytus]
[no BHL ref.] -- Nov. 9 (Amore).
Site: cem. at 1st mile on Via Appia (Amore argues in defence of its existence, pp. 129-37; for burial of martyrs, see p. 136).
Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacuc (Persae) and Valentinus (presb.)
mm. Romae, sub Claudio -- Jan. 19.
BHL 5543.
AASS. Ian. II. 216-19.
MH Jan. 20 (p. 50); also 'MH' Jan. 16 (p. 42) -- a reading obtained by dint of significant emendation.
Site: Via Cornelia (Amore p. 286, who does not mention Valentinus) at 13th mile ('MH').
Martialis
[no clear BHL correspondence]
MH Apr 16 (193).
Martina
v.m. Romae sub Alexandro -- Jan. 1.
BHL 5587-90.
Site: 'within Rome' (Amore pp. 300-01).
Maurus
[several Mauri in BHL; none seems appropriate]
'MH' Dec 10 (642).
Site: cem. of Priscilla on Via Salaria Nova (Amore p. 66). MH gives 'in cim. Thrasonis'.
Maximilianus
[BHL number doubtful]
MH Aug 26 (467).
Site: cem. of Basilla on Via Salaria Vetus (Amore pp. 31-32, MH).
Maximus
Site: cem. of Maximus on Via Salaria Nova; is he a martyr or not? (Amore pp.41-42)
Maximus [2] -- v.s. Tiburtius, Caecilia. [also under Tiburtius in BS]
Merita [no BS entry]
[no BHL ref.]
Site: cem. of Commodilla on Via Ostiensis (Amore p. 209).
Milix/Milex
[no BHL ref.]
Site: cem. of Pontianus on Via Portuensis (Amore pp. 231-2).
Miltiades
papa, d. 314 -- Dec. 10 (BHL).
[BHL ref. but no number]
MH Jan. 10 (p. 34) -- aliter Melchias; MH Jul 2 (347): depositio [!].
DE R: on his burial: II. 32, 107, 188-90 (also Ep. Damas. 12).
LP: [33]Miltiades (310-314); buried on Dec. 10 [so text of LP; but Davis puts his death date as Jan. 10 -- which perhaps speaks to discrepancy between BHL and MH].
Site: cem. of Callistus on Via Appia (MH, LP).
>Nabor and Nazarius
[no BHL entry]
MH Jun 8 (309).
Nemesius
m. cum Lucilla Romae, c. 257 -- Oct. 31.
[no BHL number; ref to Ado, 31 Oct.]
Site: cem. of Apronianus on Via Latina (Amore p. 127); or there's another Nemesius in cem. of Commodilla on Via Ostiensis (Amore pp. 210-12).
NEREUS and ACHILLEUS
et soc., mm. Romani, saec. I extr. -- May 12. (The 'soc.' are Marcellus (presumably different from above), Petronilla, Felicula, Nicomedes, Eutyches, Victorinus, Maro, and Domitilla et soc.)
BHL 6058-66.
AASS. Mai III. 6-13.
MH May 11 (247) and May 12 (249).
-- CBCR: 'titulus Fasciolae' apparently dedicated to them some time between the 499 and 595 synods.
-- LP: [55]Johannes I (523-526) rebuilt their cemetery.
Site: Cemetery on Via Ardeatina (LP); Amore p. 200 clarifies as the cem. of Domitilla.
NICANDER
m. cum Marciano et soc. Atinae et Venafri in Campania -- June 17.
BHL 6070-74.
AASS. Iun. III. 270-73. (Also ?an earlier Life in Ruinart (1713) 551-54; (1859) 571-73 -- and other editions.)
-- LP: basilica dedicated to Nicander by [51]Gelasius (492-496).
Site: on the Via Labicana at the Villa Pertusa (LP).
NICOMEDES
presb. m. Romae, saec. I extr. -- Sep. 15.
BHL 6237-38.
AASS. [as for Nereus and Achilleus].
'MH' Sep 15 (510).
-- LP: [71]Boniface V (619-25) completed cem. of St Nicomedes.
Site: Via Nomentana (Pietri; also Amore, pp. 77-78: the martyr gave his name to the cemetery).
Novatianus [no BS entry]
[no BHL entry]
Site: homonymous cem. on the Via Tiburtina (Amore pp. 92-94).
**Olympias and Maximus
(BHL p. 915: 'Vid. Abdon et Sennen 1').
Passio S. Polychronii §§ 5-6
Optatus and Polycamus
[no BHL ref.]
'MH' Nov 27 (624): depositio Optati.
Site: cem. of Callistus on Via Appia (Amore p. 178).
[END OF BS VOL. IX
end of code for martyrs without photocopied BS entries]
Orion
[no BHL ref.]
MH July 1 (345).