The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Callixtus, bishop and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S00145

Number in BH

BHL 1523

Reported Death Not Before

220

Reported Death Not After

230

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Bishops

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E00327	The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145), states that he died a martyr and was buried in the cemetery of Calepodius, on the via Aurelia outside Rome, on 14 October. The second edition adds that he built a cemetery on the via Appia, where many martyrs lie and which is still called the cemetery of Callixtus.
E00689	The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E01052	The Depositio Martirum, a list of burials of martyrs (primarily of Rome), gives both the day of the year and the place of their burial; from the so-called Chronography of 354, compiled in Latin in Rome, c. 354.
E02485	The Latin Martyrdom of Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145), Calepodius (priest and martyr of Rome, S01411) and Companions narrates the activities in Rome of pagans around the Capitol and of Christians in Trastevere; the conversion and baptism of the consul Palmatius and the senator Simplicius, with their households, and of the soldier Privatus; miraculous healings; the martyrdom of all the protagonists as well as of *Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550). Calepodius and Callixtus are both buried in the cemetery of Calepodius on the via Aurelia. Written presumably in Rome, certainly before the early 8th c.
E04729	Latin epitaph for a certain Iovina, saying that she was buried ad domnum Gaium, perhaps in proximity of the tomb of Gaius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00661), also mentioning Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145) as the eponym of the cemetery. Found in the lower part of the cemetery of Callixtus, on the via Appia outside Rome. Probably second half of the 4th c.
E04730	Fragment of a Latin epitaph probably mentioning *Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145) as the eponym of the cemetery. Found in the lower part of the cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 4th c.
E04984	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 12 October.
E04986	The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 14 October.
E05062	The 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.
E05653	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 14 October of Callixtus/Callistus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145), who was consoled by a vision of Calepodius (priest and martyr of Rome, S01411). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05658	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 21 October of Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550), who buried the body of Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06362	The decrees of a synod held by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 in St Peter’s basilica, Rome, are subscribed by presbyters from many of the city's titular churches, all dedicated to saints (Register 5.57a). Written in Latin in Rome.
E06912	The Cymiteria totius Romanae urbis lists 17 cemeteries around the city of Rome, giving their original names and the name of a prominent saint (or saints) buried there. Presumably written in Rome, possibly in the 6th c.
E06982	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07896	The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Aurelia (now called saint Pancratius' gate) on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.