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
GenderFemale
Female
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
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 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. | 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 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. |
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