Name
Gordianus, martyr of Rome under the emperor Julian, buried on the via Latina
Saint ID
S00579
Reported Death Not Before
361
Reported Death Not After
363
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00681 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. | E04567 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Gordianus (martyr of Rome under the emperor Julian, S00579) narrates the conversion of Gordianus, an official in charge of the trial of a priest named Ianuarius; the trial, tortures endured and beheading of Gordianus; his burial in a crypt on the via Latina, where *Epimachus (martyr of Rome, S00295) had been previously buried and where miracles happen. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest. | E06993 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07891 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists three gates, including the porta Asinaria (now called saint John's gate), and the martyrs buried outside the porta Latina on the via Latina, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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