Name
Cyriacus, Smaragdus, Largus and their companions, martyrs of Rome
Saint ID
S00678
Number in BH
BHL 5235/2056
Reported Death Not Before
50
Reported Death Not After
312
GenderMale
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Lesser clergy , Soldiers
| ID | Title | 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. | E01443 | The short Life of *Honorius (bishop of Rome, ob. 638, S01459) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, lists his construction of, and offerings to, the churches of many saints in Rome and its region. | E02501 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529) and Companions is loosely arranged around the story of Marcellus and narrates the martyrdoms and burials of the Roman martyrs, Apronianus, Sisinnius and *Saturninus (S00422) on the via Salaria, and of the soldiers Papias and Maurus on the via Nomentana (martyrs of Rome, S02057); Cyriacus’ exorcism of Diocletian’s daughter Artemia and her baptism; Cyriacus, Smaragdus and Largus’ travels to Persia to exorcise king Shapur’s daughter Ioba; persecution under Maximian with the martyrdom and burial of Crescentianus on the via Salaria, and of his companions *Cyriacus, Largus, Smaragdus and others (martyrs of Rome, S00678), also on the via Salaria; the translation of their bodies to the via Ostiensis; Marcellus’ forced labour in stables; his death and his burial on the via Salaria. Written presumably in Rome, certainly by the early 8th c.. | E04911 | 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 7 August. | E04912 | 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 8 August. | E04913 | 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 10 August. | E04914 | 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 9 August. | E05534 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 16 March at Rome of *Cyriacus (martyr of Rome, S00678). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05678 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 24 November of *Crescentianus, companion of Cyriacus (here 'Caesarius'), Smaragdus and Largus (martyrs of Rome, S00678). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06362 | The decrees of a synod held by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 in St Peter’s basilica, Rome, are subscribed by presbyters from many of the city's titular churches, all dedicated to saints (Register 5.57a). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06399 | Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 9.166) of 599, to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples, mentions the foundation and consecration of a monastery dedicated to *Hermes (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00404), *Sebastianus (martyr of Rome, S00400), *Cyriacus (presumably the martyr of Rome, S00678) and *Pancratius (martyr of Rome, S00307) in Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06417 | A document of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 11.15), of AD 600, grants Probus, abbot of the monastery of *Andrew (the apostle, S00288) and *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Rome, the right to make a will, in front of witnesses, many of them priests of the titular churches of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. |
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