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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Eleutherus, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 180

Saint ID

S00673

Reported Death Not Before

170

Reported Death Not After

190

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01097The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Eleutherus (bishop of Rome, S00673), states that he was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 24 May [AD 185].
E05062The 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 December.