Name
Abdos and Semnes, Persian martyrs of Rome
Saint ID
S00573
Number in BH
BHL 6-7, 7811
Reported Death Not Before
250
Reported Death Not After
251
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E00688 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E01052 | The Depositio Martirum, a list of burials of martyrs (primarily of Rome), gives both the day of the year and the place of their burial; from the so-called Chronography of 354, compiled in Latin in Rome, c. 354. | E02504 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Polychronius, Sixtus/Xystus, Laurence, Hippolytus and Others narrates the martyrdom and burial, with references to feast days and burial places, of a number of Persian and Roman saints, notably incorporating an augmented and rewritten version of the Martyrdom of Sixtus, Laurence and Hippolytus (E02513). Written presumably in Rome, possibly in the early 6th c., certainly before the early 8th c. | E02513 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Sixtus/Xystus, *Laurentius and *Hippolytus (martyrs of Rome, respectively S00037, S00201, S00509) narrates their miracles, martyrdom and burial in Rome. An augmented and rewritten version of it is incorporated in the Martyrdom of Polychronius, Sixtus/Xystus, Laurence, Hippolytus and others (E02504). Written presumably in Rome, perhaps in the 5th c. | E04897 | 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 29 July. | E04898 | 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 30 July. | E05592 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 30 July at Rome of *Abdos and Semnes (Persian martyrs of Rome, S00573). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06587 | The Latin Gelasian Sacramentary (or Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae), probably compiled around 750 near Paris using earlier material from Rome, records prayers to saints on their feast days in July. | E06879 | Pope Honorius I, in a letter of 626, mentions the shrine of *Abdos and Semnes (Persian martyrs of Rome, S00573) on the via Portuensis, outside Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. | E06912 | The Cymiteria totius Romanae urbis lists 17 cemeteries around the city of Rome, giving their original names and the name of a prominent saint (or saints) buried there. Presumably written in Rome, possibly in the 6th c. | E06988 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07150 | Fragments of a Latin inscription, probably written by Pope Damasus, that may refer to *Abdos and Semnes (Persian martyrs in Rome, buried on the via Portuensis, S00573), found in the cemetery of Pontianus, on the via Portuensis outside Rome. Written in Rome, 366/384. | E07895 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Portuensis on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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