Name
Felix and Adauctus, martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Ostiensis
Saint ID
S00421
Number in BH
BHL 2878-2880
Reported Death Not Before
285
Reported Death Not After
313
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00317 | Eusebius of Caesarea, in his Ecclesiastical History (8.6-12), reports that, during the persecutions of Diocletian, numerous Christians died as martyrs in Melitene, Syria, Palestine, Phoenice, Egypt, Africa, Arabia, Cappadocia, Mesopotamia and Pontus. He names the martyrs *Philoromos (martyr of Alexandria, S00126), *Phileas (bishop of Thmuis, martyr of Alexandria, S00125), and *Adauκtos (martyr of Rome, S00421), and refers to *Prosdoke, Bernike and Domnina (mother and daughters, martyrs of Antioch, S01008). Written in Greek in Palestine, 311/325. | E00687 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E01357 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *John I (bishop of Rome, ob. 526, S00308), lists his renovation works in the cemeteries of *Nereus and Achilles (eunuchs and martyrs of Rome, S00403), of *Felix and Adauctus (martyrs of Rome, S00421), and of Priscilla, all in the suburbs of Rome; his adornment of the confessio of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008); as well as offerings made by the emperor Justin I to the churches in Rome of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), and of *Laurence (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037). | E02496 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Felix and Adauctus (martyrs of Rome, S00421) narrates the destruction of pagan statues by the priest Felix and the trial and tortures he endured; then, joined by an unknown Christian man, presumably Adauctus, both are martyred and buried at the second milestone from the city on the via Ostiensis; after the persecutions a church is built there. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest. | E04934 | 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 29 August. | E04935 | 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 August. | E05169 | The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry. | E06989 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07152 | Latin poem by Pope Damasus, for an inscription commemorating the enhancement of the tomb of *Felix and Adauctus (martyrs of Rome, S00421) in the catacomb of Commodilla, on the via Ostiensis outside Rome. Written in Rome, 366/384. | E07894 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Ostiensis (now called saint Paul's gate) on the via Ostiensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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