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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Crescentio, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria

Saint ID

S00530

Reported Death Not Before

50

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00398The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Marcellinus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00660), tells of his martyrdom with three others, Claudius, Quirinus/Cyrinus and Antoninus, and their burial in the cemetery of Priscilla on the via Salaria nova outside Rome, close to the body of *Criscentio (Crescentio, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00530), on 25 April [AD 304].
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.
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.