Name
Blastus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus
Saint ID
S00476
Number in BH
BHL 5543
Reported Death Not Before
268
Reported Death Not After
270
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00636 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria vetus, north of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E02093 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacuc of Persia (martyrs of the via Cornelia near Rome, S01163) and of *Valentinus (priest and martyr of Rome, S00433) narrates how Marius and his family travelled from Persia to Rome; their care for persecuted Christians and for the burial of martyrs, in particular *Blastus (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00476) in a crypt on the via Salaria, and *Cyrinus/Quirinus (martyr of Rome, S01551) in a crypt in the cemetery of Pontianus (on the via Portuensis); the trial of the priest Valentinus and his conversion of the princeps *Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550) and all his household; the latter's arrest, martyrdom and burial at Ostia, where a church is built; Valentinus’ martyrdom and burial on the via Flaminia; the martyrdom of Marius and his family on the via Cornelia, and their burial. Miracles abound up to this day at the burial places of the martyrs. Written probably in the diocese of Silva Candida near Rome, probably no later than the 6th c. | E04854 | 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 17 June. | E06788 | Latin papyrus preserved in Monza (northern Italy) listing the 'oils of the holy martyrs who in body rest in Rome' brought from Rome for Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, naming many Roman saints. Written at Monza or Rome, 590/604; preserved in its original copy. | E06999 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria vetus, north of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07886 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Pinciana on the via Pinciana, north of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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