The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Simplicius, Faustinus, Viatrix/Beatrix, martyrs of Rome

Saint ID

S00886

Number in BH

BHL 7790

Reported Death Not Before

300

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender

Female
Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E01678	The short Life of Leo II (bishop of Rome, ob. 683, S00875) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, records his building of a church of Paul (the Apostle, S00008), close to the church of Bibiana (martyr of Rome under the emperor Julian, S00728); his translation there of the bodies of the martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus, and Beatrix (martyrs of Rome, S00886); and his burial at the church of Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 3 July. Some manuscripts also attribute to Leo II the building of the church of Sebastianus (martyr of Rome, S00400) and *George (soldier and martyr, S00259) at the Velabro.
E04650	The Latin Martyrdom of *Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix (martyrs of Rome, S00886) narrates the execution of the brothers Simplicius and Faustinus and their burial by Lucina at Sextus Philippi on the via Portuensis; after staying for seven months with Lucina, Beatrix is also killed by the greedy landowner Lucretius and buried at the same site by Lucina. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest.
E04897	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 29 July.
E06587	The 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 July.
E06988	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Portuensis, south-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07151	Fragmentary Latin inscription, probably of Pope Damasus, commemorating *Faustinus and Viatrix (Beatrix); originally probably also Simplicius (martyrs of Rome, S00886). Found in the basilica of the cemetery of Generosa (ad Sextum Philippi), on the via Portuensis outside Rome. Written in Rome, 366/384.