Name
Vitalianus, bishop of Rome, ob. 672
Saint ID
S00862
Reported Death Not Before
672
Reported Death Not After
672
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
| ID | Title | E01643 | The short Life of *Vitalianus, bishop of Rome (ob. 672, 00682) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, describes the visit to Rome in 663 of the emperor Constans II: he visited the churches of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), and *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033), making gifts at each, and processing with his army on a Sunday to St Peter's; also mentioned are Constans' removal to Constantinople of the bronze tiles of the church of St Mary 'ad Martyres' (the Pantheon), and Vitalianus' burial at St Peter's on 27 January. | E03809 | The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 23 July *Apollinaris (bishop and martyr of Ravenna, S00331) and *Vitalianus (bishop of Rome, ob. 672, S00862). | E04940 | 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 3 September. |
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