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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Faustus, Ianuarius, and Martialis, martyrs of Córdoba, Spain

Saint ID

S00497

Number in BH

BHL 2841

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00801Prudentius, 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.
E03508The Lives of the Fathers of Mérida (4.7), recounts how Bishop Fidelis, while still alive, was seen to stand and sing in the choir of the church with the host of saints; once a boy sees him at night in a procession of saints from the church of *Faustus (martyr of Córdoba, S00497) to the church of *Lucretia (martyr probably of Mérida, S01457), both outside the city, and then into Mérida. Written in Latin in Mérida (south-west Spain), 633/680.
E04980The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 8 October.
E04983The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 October.
E04985The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 13 October.
E04990The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 18 October.
E05004The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 31 October.
E05014The 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 November.
E05731Hymn in honour of *Faustus, Januarius, and Martialis (martyrs of Córdoba, S00497) composed in Latin in Spain, presumably in the 7th c.