Name
Roman martyrs associated with Xystus/Sixtus, Laurence and Hippolytus
Saint ID
S00213
Reported Death Not Before
255
Reported Death Not After
260
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy , Soldiers, Monarchs and their family
| ID | Title | E00362 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Xystus/Sixtus II (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201), lists the martyrdoms and burials of the following saints (here as recorded in the second edition): Xystus himself, and his six deacons, *Felicissimus, Agapitus, Ianuarius, Magnus, Vincentius and Stephanus, (all S00202) on 6 August; his archdeacon *Laurence (S00037), with four lesser martyrs (S00213) on 10 August; Xystus is recorded as buried in the cemetery of Callixtus, on the via Appia, the six deacons in the cemetery of Praetextatus, also on the via Appia, and Laurence in a crypt in the ager Veranus on the via Tiburtina, all outside Rome. | E00678 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those between the via Nomentana and the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E00679 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E02504 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Polychronius, Sixtus/Xystus, Laurence, Hippolytus and Others narrates the martyrdom and burial, with references to feast days and burial places, of a number of Persian and Roman saints, notably incorporating an augmented and rewritten version of the Martyrdom of Sixtus, Laurence and Hippolytus (E02513). Written presumably in Rome, possibly in the early 6th c., certainly before the early 8th c. | E04666 | 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 February. | E04907 | 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 4 August. | E04910 | 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 6 August. | E04914 | 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 9 August. | E04927 | 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 22 August. | E04928 | 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 August. | E05601 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 9 August at Rome of *Romanus (martyr of Rome, S00213), whom *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037) baptized. Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05604 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 13 August at Rome of *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509), his nurse *Concordia (martyr of Rome, S00213), and nineteen others of his household. Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05607 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 26 August at Rome of the martyrs *Herennius and Habundius, who had moved the body of the martyr *Concordia (all S00213), and were themselves buried next to *Laurence (S00037). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05655 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 18 October at Rome of *Triphonia (wife of the emperor Decius, S00213). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05660 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 28 October at Rome of *Cyrilla (daughter of the emperor Decius and martyr of Rome, S00506), buried with her mother (Triphonia) next to *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06996 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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