Name
Lucius, bishop and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00208
Reported Death Not Before
255
Reported Death Not After
260
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00360 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Lucius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00208), tells of his martyrdom, and of his burial in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 25 August. | 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. | E05083 | Fragmentary Greek epitaph for *Lucius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00208). Found at the cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia outside Rome. Probably 255. | 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. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
|---|