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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Zephyrinus, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 217

Saint ID

S00546

Reported Death Not Before

215

Reported Death Not After

220

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01098The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Zephyrinus (bishop of Rome, S00546), states that he was buried in his own cemetery, near that of Callixtus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 25 August [217.
E05059The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 20 December.
E05060The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 21 December.
E05062The 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.
E06992The 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.
E07892The 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.