Name
Marcellus, bishop and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00529
Number in BH
BHL 5235/2056
Reported Death Not Before
309
Reported Death Not After
309
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00399 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, ob. c. 307, S00529) attributes to him the establishment of 26 tituli (or 'parochial' churches) in Rome, for the administration of baptism, penitence, and the burial of martyrs, and his burial in the cemetery of Priscilla on the via Salaria outside the city, on 16 January. The second edition adds an account of the foundation and dedication of Marcellus' titulus church in the city, and of his suffering and death under persecution. | E00637 | The 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. | E01372 | The short Life of Vigilius, bishop of Rome 537-555, in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, probably during the 6th c., mentions several churches and other places dedicated to saints, namely the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), the church of *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146), the city-gate of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), and the grave of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), all in or around Rome, as well as a church of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017) in Constantinople. | E02501 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529) and Companions is loosely arranged around the story of Marcellus and narrates the martyrdoms and burials of the Roman martyrs, Apronianus, Sisinnius and *Saturninus (S00422) on the via Salaria, and of the soldiers Papias and Maurus on the via Nomentana (martyrs of Rome, S02057); Cyriacus’ exorcism of Diocletian’s daughter Artemia and her baptism; Cyriacus, Smaragdus and Largus’ travels to Persia to exorcise king Shapur’s daughter Ioba; persecution under Maximian with the martyrdom and burial of Crescentianus on the via Salaria, and of his companions *Cyriacus, Largus, Smaragdus and others (martyrs of Rome, S00678), also on the via Salaria; the translation of their bodies to the via Ostiensis; Marcellus’ forced labour in stables; his death and his burial on the via Salaria. Written presumably in Rome, certainly by the early 8th c.. | E04611 | 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 16 January. | E04976 | 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 4 October. | E04979 | 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 7 October. | E05062 | 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 23 December. | E05411 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 16 January of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), who founded a church in Rome in the house of Lucina, was condemned to hard labour, and eventually buried in the cemetery of Priscilla (on the via Salaria). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05439 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 29 January at Rome of *Papias and Maurus (soldiers and martyrs of Rome, S02057), who converted after the example of the martyrs *Saturninus (S00422) and *Sisinnius (S02058), were baptised by *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), and buried at the fountain of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05798 | Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, quotes a Latin funerary inscription of c. 595 from a monasterium dedicated to *Marcus (bishop of Rome, ob. 336, S00420), *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), and *Felicula (virgin and martyr of Rome, S02148). The monasterium was located in the church of *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy). Account written in Ravenna in 830/846. | E06362 | The decrees of a synod held by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 in St Peter’s basilica, Rome, are subscribed by presbyters from many of the city's titular churches, all dedicated to saints (Register 5.57a). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06400 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 9.169) of 599, to Castor, papal notary in Ravenna, mentions a gift to a monastery dedicated to *Marcus (bishop of Rome, ob. 336, S00420), *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529) and *Felicula (virgin and martyr of Rome, S02148) in Ravenna (northern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06417 | A document of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 11.15), of AD 600, grants Probus, abbot of the monastery of *Andrew (the apostle, S00288) and *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Rome, the right to make a will, in front of witnesses, many of them priests of the titular churches of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06449 | Gregory the Great in a document of 603 (Register, Appendix 9) issues instructions for a sevenfold litany (septiformis letania), with seven supplicatory processions through Rome to the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) [Santa Maria Maggiore], seeking the end of an unspecified scourge from God; the processions are to leave from the following churches: of *John (the Baptist, S00020); *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529); *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome, S00384); *Cosmas/Kosmas and Damianus (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385); *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); *Vitalis (soldier and martyr of Ravenna, S02826); *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06540 | The Latin Gelasian Sacramentary (or Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae), probably compiled around 750 near Paris using earlier material from Rome records prayers to saints on their feast days in January. | 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. | E06998 | The 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. | E07001 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the martyrs' burials around Rome, is followed by an Appendix listing 21 churches dedicated to saints within the Aurelianic walls of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome, certainly after 625 and before 790, possibly in 642/683. | E07892 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Appia on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E08260 | In letters from December 418 and January 419 (Collectio Avellana 14 and 16), the Prefect of the City of Rome reports to the emperor on the disputed papal election which followed the death of Pope Zosimus, mentioning that one of the claimants, Bonifatius/Boniface, was consecrated as bishop in a church of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), and that he and the other claimant, Eulalius, held rival services for Epiphany in the basilicas of *Paul (the Apostle, S00008) on the via Ostiensis, and of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the Vatican. Written in Latin at Rome. |
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