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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Iuvenalis, bishop and martyr or confessor of Narni (central Italy)

Saint ID

S00815

Reported Death Not Before

366

Reported Death Not After

400

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, "Confessors", Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01370The short Life of Vigilius, bishop of Rome 537-555, in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, probably during the 6th c., mentions offerings to the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) and the foundation of a xenodochium, both in Rome, and the foundation of a monastery of *Iuvenalis (bishop of Narni, S00815), at Hortae (present-day Orte) on the via Flaminia, north of Rome, all by the general Belisarius, in c. 540.
E04580Gregory the Great, in his Dialogues (4.13), describes a deathbed vision, experienced by Probus, the bishop of Rieti (central Italy) of *Iuvenalis (bishop and martyr or confessor of Narni, S00815) and *Eleutherius (martyr of Rome, S01661). Written in Latin in Rome, c. 593.
E06544The Latin Gelasian Sacramentary (or Liber Sacramentorum Romanae Ecclesiae), probably compiled around 750 near Paris using earlier material from Rome, records prayers to saints on their feast days in May.