Name
Damasus, bishop of Rome, ob. 384
Saint ID
S00535
Reported Death Not Before
384
Reported Death Not After
384
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
| ID | Title | E00684 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E01273 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Damasus (bishop of Rome, ob. 384, S00535), lists his construction of a basilica of *Laurence (martyr in Rome, S00037) inside the city of Rome; the dedication of a marble tablet at the Catacumbas cemetery on the via Appia, commemorating the former resting place of the bodies of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008); the discovery and honouring in verse of many martyrs; and his burial, with his mother and sister, in his own basilica on the via Ardeatina, on 11 December [AD 384]. | E04869 | 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 2 July. | E05047 | 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 10 December. | E05048 | 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 11 December. | 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. | 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. | E06991 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07893 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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