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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix, martyrs of Rome

Saint ID

S00886

Number in BH

BHL 7790

Reported Death Not Before

50

Reported Death Not After

363

Gender
Female
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01678The 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.
E04650The Latin Martyrdom of *Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix (martyrs of Rome, S00886) narrates the execution of the brothers Simplicius and Faustinus and their burial next to Sextus Philippi on the via Portuensis by Lucina; later, 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.
E04897The 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.
E06587The 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.
E06988The 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.
E07151Fragmentary Latin inscription, probably written by Pope Damasus, commemorating *Faustinus and Beatrix, and originally almost certainly Simplicius (martyrs of Rome, S00886), found in the cemetery of Pontianus, on the via Portuensis outside Rome. Written in Rome, 366/384.