Name
Eighteen martyrs of Saragossa
Saint ID
S00485
Reported Death Not After
313
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E00799 | Prudentius writes Crowns of the Martyrs IV, a poem on the martyrdom of the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (S00485); it also mentions other saints connected to Zaragoza (north-east Hispania): *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, S00290), *Encratis (confessor of Zaragoza, S00512), and *Gaius and Crementius (confessors of Zaragoza, S00513). Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. Overview of Peristephanon IV. | E00801 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IV) on the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-eastern Hispania, S00485), lists the saintly patrons of various places in Hispania, Gaul and North Africa, who will be presented by their cities at the Last Judgement, and singles out Zaragoza for special praise, because of the number of its martyrs. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E00813 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IV) on the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (S00485), tells of the upbringing of *Vincent (deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, E00290) in Zaragoza (north-east Hispania). Even though his tomb is at Sagunto (near Valencia in eastern Hispania), some of his blood is kept in Zaragoza and this city too treats him as its own saint. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E00814 | Latin poem on the burial church of the *Eighteen Martyrs of Zaragoza (north-east Hispania) is composed in mid-7th c. by Eugenius, bishop of Toledo (central Hispania). Lists the names of all the martyrs, and also mentions *Encratis/Encratia (confessor of Zaragoza, S00512) buried separately in this church of Zaragoza. | E04618 | 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 January. | E04925 | 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 August. | E04926 | 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 21 August. |
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