Name
Genesius, martyr of Rome, also 'the mime'
Saint ID
S00508
Number in BH
BHL 3315-3322d
Reported Death Not Before
285
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Converts
| ID | Title | E00678 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those between the via Nomentana and the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E02199 | Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in August. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535. | E02497 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Genesius (mime artist and martyr of Rome or Arles, S00508). It narrates Genesius mocking Christians through mime, his conversion as he mimed baptism and had a vision of angels, the tortures he endured and his death. Written at an uncertain place and date, perhaps in central Italy, by the early 9th c. at the latest. | E05715 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (12.50), mentions the martyrdom of *Gelasinos (mime and martyr of Heliopolis in Phoenicia, S02157) under Licinius (r. 311-324). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c. | E06996 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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