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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Innocentius, bishop of Rome, ob. 417, buried on the via Portuensis

Saint ID

S00575

Reported Death Not Before

417

Reported Death Not After

417

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00688The 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.
E01276The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Innocentius (bishop of Rome, ob. 417, S00575), tells of the dedication and endowment of the basilica of *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313) inside the city, built from the bequest of a certain Vestina; of the roofing and decoration of the basilica of *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097) on the via Nomentana; and of Innocentius' burial in the cemetery ad Ursum Pileatum on the via Portuensis outside Rome, on 28 July [AD 417].
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.
E05088Latin inscription recording the fulfillment of a vow to *Sebastianus, martyr of Rome (S00400). Found in the church of S. Sebastiano/Basilica Apostolorum at the Cemetery ad Catacumbas, via Appia, Rome. Probably 401/417 or slightly later.
E07895The 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.