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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Anicetus, bishop and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S00143

Reported Death Not Before

160

Reported Death Not After

180

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00325The first edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, in its account of *Anicetus (bishop of Rome, S00143), states that he was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), on 20 April [AD 153]. The second edition, written not long before 546, adds that he died a martyr, and places his burial in the cemetery of Callixtus, also on 20 April.