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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Caelestinus, bishop of Rome, ob. 432, buried on the via Salaria

Saint ID

S00528

Reported Death Not Before

432

Reported Death Not After

432

Gender
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00637The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria nova, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E01289The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Caelestinus (bishop of Rome, ob. 432, S00528), tells of his gifts to the basilicas of the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008) at Rome, and of his burial in the cemetery of Priscilla on the via Salaria outside the city, on 6 April [AD 432].
E03703The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 8 April *Celestinus (bishop of Rome, ob. 432, S00528), and *Pharmoutios (probably the Egyptian ascetic in Cappadocia, early 4th c., S01648).
E06998The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria nova, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07887The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Salaria (now called saint Silvester's gate) on the via Salaria, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.