Name
Agricola and Vitalis, master and slave, martyrs of Bologna
Saint ID
S00310
Number in BH
BHL 8690-8691
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Slaves
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00541 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (43), tells of the tombs of *Agricola and Vitalis (master and slave, martyrs of Bologna, S00310), in Bologna (northern Italy), which are above ground and touched and kissed by many; a man who attempted to steal from the tombs was punished; a tax collector who had lost his takings recovered them after appealing to the saints. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E00723 | Victricius of Rouen names saints who perform healing miracles at their burial place and elsewhere: *John (the Apostle and Evangelist, S00042), *Proculus and *Agricola (martyrs of Bologna, S00448 and S00310), *Antonius/Antoninus (martyr of Piacenza, S00328), *Saturninus and Troianus (martyrs of Macedonia, S00446), *Nazarius (martyr of Milan, S00281) and several other saints, male and female, of uncertain identity (S00449). Written in Latin in Rouen (northern Gaul), 395/397. | E00726 | Victricius of Rouen lists the relics of saints already present in Rouen: *John the Baptist (S00020), the Apostles *Andrew (S00289) and *Thomas (S00199), *Gervasius and Protasius (bothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313), *Agricola (martyr of Bologna, S00310), *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), and *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442). Account in Victricius' Praising the Saints, written in Latin, c.396 in Rouen (northern Gaul). | E00853 | Paulinus of Milan's Life of *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, ob. 397, S00490) tells how its hero discovered the relics of the martyrs *Agricola and Vitalis (master and slave, martyrs of Bologna, S00310) in Bologna (northern Italy) where they were buried, transferred them to Florence (central Italy), and deposited them in a new basilica which he built in this city, all c. 394. Written in Latin, probably in North Africa, c. 422. | E02025 | Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (2.16), recounts the procuring from Bologna (northern Italy) of relics of *Agricola and Vitalis (master and slave, martyrs of Bologna, S00310) for an impressive new cathedral in Clermont (central Gaul), built by the bishop of Clermont, Namatius (c. 446-462). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594. | E02518 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Vitalis and Agricola (master and slave, martyrs of Bologna, S00310), claiming to be by Ambrose of Milan, exists in two main versions. The supposed 'first version' is a forgery written in the 16th c., on the basis of the 'second version', which probably dates from the 9th c. | E04768 | Paulinus of Nola, in several of his poems (in the Natalicia) written in honour of *Felix (priest and confessor of Nola, S00000), describes the building work undertaken by Paulinus at Felix’s tomb at Nola/Cimitile (southern Italy); Natalicium 9 also refers to the relics of several other apostolic saints and martyrs housed in the basilica complex at Nola. Written in Latin, in Spain and later Nola, between 400 and 407. | E04856 | 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 19 June. | E04857 | 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 20 June. | E05007 | 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 3 November. | E05033 | 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 27 November. | E05040 | 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 3 December. | E05047 | 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 December. | E05209 | Ambrose of Milan, preaches a sermon (the Exhortatio Virginitatis, 'Exhortation to Virginity'), which refers to the relics of *Agricola and Vitalis (master and slave, martyrs of Bologna, S00310) being used to consecrate a church in Florence (central Italy). Delivered in Latin in Florence, 393/394. | E07841 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs (43), tells how, in the mid-5th c., relics of *Agricola and Vitalis (master and slave martyrs of Bologna, S00310), brought from Bologna (northern Italy) to Clermont (central Gaul), were ceremonially greeted by Namatius, bishop of Clermont, effecting a miracle at the time. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. | E08079 | Three relic labels, datable by their script to the 7th/8th c., for relics, at the monastery of Saint-Maurice d'Agaune (Agaunum, south-east Gaul), of various saints. Written in Latin, either where the relics originated, or at Saint-Maurice d'Agaune. |
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