Name
Sophia/Sapientia, and her three daughters, martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Aurelia
Saint ID
S00554
Reported Death Not Before
50
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Mothers and fathers
| ID | Title | E00689 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E03257 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Fides, Spes and Caritas (martyrs of Rome, daughters of Sophia, S00554) is a translation of the Greek original (E06900). Written presumably in Rome, by the late 8th c. at the latest. Syriac and Georgian texts also exist, | E03687 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th century, based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Jerusalem, commemorates on 23 March *Eight martyrs of Caesarea of Palestine (Agapios, two named Alexander, two named Dionysios, Timolaos, Paesios, Romelios, S00198), *Pistis, Elpis and Agape (martyrs of Rome, S00554), and *Artemon (first bishop of Seleukeia of Pisidia and contemporary of Apostle Paul, S01604). | E03822 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 4 August *Elisha (Old Testament prophet, S00239), the martyrdom of *John/Ioannes the Soldier (confessor under the emperor Julian, S00925), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554). | E03905 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 24 October *Merkourios (soldier and martyr of Caesarea of Cappadocia,S01323), *Micah (Old Testament Prophet, S01236), *Varos (probably the martyr of Egypt buried in Palestine, S01212), *Adrianos and Natalia (martyr of Nicomedia and his pious wife, S01342), *Arethas and the Martyrs of Najran (ob. 522/523, S01492), *Markianos (martyr of Constantinople, ob. c. 351, S01719), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554). | E03906 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 25 October *Demetrios (martyr of Thessalonike, S00761), *Babylas (bishop and martyr of Antioch, and companions S00061), *Phokas (probably the martyr of Antioch, S00413), *Kosmas and Damianos (brothers, physician martyrs of Syria, S00385), *Varos (soldier and martyr in Egypt under Galerius, S01212), *John the Baptist (S00020), and *Sophia and her daughters (martyrs of Rome, S00554). | 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. | E06900 | The Greek Martyrdom of *Pistis, Elpis and Agape, daughters of Sophia (martyrs of Rome, S00554) tells the story of three young women who undergo torture and martyrdom by the sword because of their Christian faith; their mother Sophia dies a wished for and peaceful death, three days after their execution. Possibly written in Constantinople, perhaps in the 4th century. | E07896 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Aurelia (now called saint Pancratius' gate) on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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