Name
Sossius, deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli
Saint ID
S00621
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
313
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
| ID | Title | E00690 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church. | E00997 | Quodvultdeus tells a story of a man in Naples, in the 440s, who claimed to have the merits and power of *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli, S00621) and was arrested by local clerics. Account in the Book of Promises written in Latin, most probably in Naples in 440/454. | E01347 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, S00793), lists his extensive work at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome, honouring a number of different saints. | E02200 | Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in September. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535. | E04965 | 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 23 September. | E04971 | 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 September. | E04987 | 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 15 October. | E04988 | 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 16 October. | E04991 | 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 19 October. | E04992 | 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 20 October. | E05042 | 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 5 December. | E05622 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 19 September in Naples (southern Italy) of *Ianuarius/ Genuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322); *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli S00621); *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085); and *Proculus, Eutyches and Acutius (martyrs of Pozzuoli, S02086), of whom the last three were buried near a church dedicated to *Stephen (presumably the first martyr, S00030). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05625 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 September of *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli, S00621), who was martyred alongside *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322) and *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. |
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