Name
Martin, bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 655/656
Saint ID
S00859
Number in BH
BHL 5592-5598
Reported Death Not Before
655
Reported Death Not After
656
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
"Confessors", Bishops , Martyrs
| ID | Title | E01634 | The short Life of *Martin (bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 653, S00859) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, mentions a miracle which saved his life at the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) 'at the Crib' in Rome; his death in exile as a 'confessor' at Chersonesos (in the Crimea); his burial, perhaps in a church of Mary, on 17 December; and posthumous miracles. | E03866 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 15 September the death of *John Chrysostom (bishop of Constantinople, ob. 407, S00779) and *Niketas the Goth (martyr of the Danube region, buried at Mopsuestia, S00711), and probably *Martin (confessor and bishop of Rome, ob. 655/656, S00859). | E04923 | 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 18 August. | E06301 | Audoin's Life of *Eligius (bishop of Noyon, ob. 660, S02032) records across two books the saint's lay and then episcopal career, his posthumous cult, and many miracles. It provides further evidence for many other cults in 7th-century Gaul. Written in Latin in Gaul, possibly in 660/86, with later additions and emendations. | E08046 | The Chronicle of Theophanes Confessor (AM 6149) contains multiple entries describing Pope *Martin I (bishop of Rome and confessor, ob. 655/6, S00859) and *Maximos the Confessor (monk, theologian, and confessor, ob. 662, S01455) as confessors and/or martyrs because of their persecution by the emperor Constans II. Chronicle compiled in the Byzantine Empire in the early 9th c., using extracts from earlier Greek texts | E08315 | 35 relic labels at Sens (northern Gaul), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of a great diversity of saints. Written in Latin, perhaps at Sens, or at an earlier stage in their transmission. |
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