Name
Pontianus, bishop and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00169
Reported Death Not Before
225
Reported Death Not After
245
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00341 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Pontianus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00169), tells of his martyrdom in Sardinia on 30 October, the transfer of his body to Rome, and its burial in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia outside the city. | 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. | E04738 | Greek graffito expressing a wish that a certain Pontianos would ‘live in God' and probably with 'All the Saints.' Once wrongly identified with *Pontianus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00169). Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably first half of the 4th c. | E04740 | Greek epitaph for *Pontianus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00169), naming him a bishop and martyr (with the second epithet being added by a different hand). Found in the lower part of the cemetery of Callixtus, on the via Appia outside Rome. Probably 236-250. | E04917 | 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 13 August. | E05039 | 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 2 December. | E05070 | 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 31 December. | E07892 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Appia on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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