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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Victor, bishop and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S00144

Reported Death Not Before

190

Reported Death Not After

210

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00326The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Victor (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00144), states that he died a martyr and was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 28 July [AD 197].
E05062The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 December.
E08363Seven relic labels from Cantù (north-west Italy), datable by their script to c. 700, for relics of various saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Cantù, or possibly Rome or Milan.