Name
Processus and Martinianus, martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Aurelia
Saint ID
S00556
Number in BH
BHL 6947
Reported Death Not Before
54
Reported Death Not After
68
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
| 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. | E02505 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Processus and Martinianus (martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Aurelia, S00556), narrates the imprisonment of the Apostles *Peter (S00036) and *Paul (S00008) in Rome under Nero, where they perform miracles and convert many, including Processus and Martinianus, who then free the Apostles; the torture and martyrdom of Processus and Martinianus, and their burial by Lucina on her estate on the via Aurelia. Written presumably in Rome, perhaps in the first half of the 6th c. | E04868 | 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 1 July. | 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. | 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. | E06982 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | 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. | E07945 | The Praedestinatus, probably by Arnobius the Younger, claims that the shrine at Rome of *Processus and Martinianus (martyrs of Rome, S00556) was controlled by the heretics known as Tertullianists when Rome was ruled by the usurper Maximus. (Maximus controlled Rome in 387-8, but his name may be an error for Eugenius, who controlled Rome in 392-4.) Written in Latin, probably at Rome, c. 440. |
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