Name
Urbanus, bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia
Saint ID
S00538
Number in BH
BHL 8372-8389
Reported Death Not Before
225
Reported Death Not After
235
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
"Confessors", Bishops , Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00328 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Urbanus (bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538), attributes the conversion of Valerianus, the husband of *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146), and a number of other conversions and martyrdoms, to his teaching, and records his burial in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 19 May. | E00683 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E02516 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Urbanus (bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538) and Companions narrates the trial of Urbanus and his clergy by the urban prefect Almasius, aided by Carpasius; the conversion and martyrdom of the prison-keeper *Anolinus (martyr of Rome, S01547); Urbanus' destruction of a pagan temple; the tortures endured by the main protagonists; the beating and death of *Lucianus (deacon and martyr of Rome, S01548) and his burial in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the via Appia; the death by beheading and burial of Urbanus and his clergy in a crypt in the same place. An additional narrative describes Carpasius' death after being possessed by a demon; the conversion of his wife Marmenia, his daughter Lucinia and all his household; the translation of Urbanus and his companions' bodies to Marmenia's house next to Vespasian's palace, where they are buried in fine tombs and where miracles occur. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 10th c. at the latest. | E02519 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146) and her Companions (martyrs of Rome, S00537), perhaps by Arnobius the Younger, narrates this noble woman's espousal of chastity and her conversion of her husband Valerianus and his brother Tiburtius to Christianity; the eventual martyrdom of the brothers; the conversion and martyrdom of their intended executioner, Maximus; how Caecilia's house became a church: her martyrdom and burial next to the bishops of Rome. Written presumably in Rome, in the 5th or 6th c., in the mid-5th if by Arnobius. | 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. | E05141 | Fragmentary Latin inscription possibly recording the purchase of a tomb and a burial near a martyr whose name is partly lost, possibly *Quirinus (martyr/confessor of Rome, S01225) or *Urbanus (pope and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538). Found in the Cemetery of Praetextatus, via Appia, Rome. Probably late 4th c. | E05161 | Latin monumental epitaph for one or two martyr(s) whose name(s) is/are lost. Often identified as *Felicissimus and *Agapitus (both deacons of Xystus II and martyrs of Rome, S00202), but once, probably wrongly, thought to have been *Urbanus (pope and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538). The inscription is sometimes considered as Damasan. Found in the Cemetery of Praetextatus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 4th c. | E05551 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 19 May at Rome of *Urbanus (bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | 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. | E06992 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 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. |
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