Name
Stephanus, bishop and martyr of Rome, with many companions
Saint ID
S00205
Number in BH
BHG 1669
Reported Death Not Before
255
Reported Death Not After
260
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00361 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Stephanus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00205), tells of his martyrdom and of his burial in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 2 August | E00681 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E01051 | The Depositio Episcoporum, a list of the burials of the bishops of Rome deceased between 255 and 352, 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. | E01900 | Augustine of Hippo, in his treatise On the sole baptism, refers to the Roman practice of commemorating all the bishops of the city whose episcopate was irreproachable, and mentions specifically *Stephanus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00205). Written in Latin, probably in Hippo (Numidia, central North Africa), 410/411. | E02514 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Stephanus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00205) and his Companions narrates Stephanus' administration of the Roman church under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus, the numerous conversions and baptisms that he carried out, the martyrdom and burial of the most prominent converts, and finally the martyrdom and the burial of Stephanus in the cemetery of Callixtus. Written presumably in Rome, certainly by the 9th c. | E04905 | 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 August. | E04913 | 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 10 August. | 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. | E05069 | 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 30 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. | E05173 | Latin inscription with a poem, sometimes wrongly attributed to Pope Damasus, commemorating a restoration of a shrine or tomb (sedes) of *Nemesius (possibly one of a group of martyrs with Stephanus bishop of Rome, S00205). Now lost. Probably originally displayed on the via Latina, Rome. Probably late 4th c. | E05595 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 2 August at Rome of *Stephanus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00205). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06992 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E06993 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07891 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists three gates, including the porta Asinaria (now called saint John's gate), and the martyrs buried outside the porta Latina on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | 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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