Name
Susanna, virgin and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00892
Number in BH
BHL 7937
Reported Death Not Before
295
Reported Death Not After
312
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
| ID | Title | E01701 | The short Life of *Sergius (bishop of Rome, ob. 701, S00897) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome soon after his death, mentions various places in Rome dedicated to saints: the titular church of *Susanna (martyr of Rome, S00892); the oratory of *Silvester (bishop of Rome, S00397) at the Lateran palace; the oratory of *Caesarius (martyr of Terracina, S00893) within the imperial palace; and the city-gate of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036); it also records Sergius' burial at St. Peter's on 8 September. | E02515 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Susanna (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00892) narrates Susanna’s resistance, with the help of her father Gabinius and her uncle *Gaius (bishop of Rome, S00661), to plans to marry her to Diocletian’s adoptive son Maximian; the conversions and martyrdom of her relatives *Claudius, Praepedigna, Alexander, Cutia, and Maximus (martyrs of Rome, S01440); Susanna’s martyrdom in Gaius’ house, her burial in the cemetery of Alexander. Commemorative services are celebrated in Gaius’ house at the place called ad duas domos. Written presumably in Rome at the titulus Gai, between c. 450 and the 8th c., perhaps before 550. | E04915 | 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 11 August. | E05169 | The Latin Calendar of Sinai records the feasts of saints through the year, followed by a list of the apostles to various regions of Christianity. Written possibly in North Africa, possibly in the 7th/8th c.; preserved in a manuscript, probably of the 9th c., in St Catherine's monastery, Sinai. Basic Entry. | E06362 | The decrees of a synod held by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 in St Peter’s basilica, Rome, are subscribed by presbyters from many of the city's titular churches, all dedicated to saints (Register 5.57a). Written in Latin in Rome. | E06417 | A document of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 11.15), of AD 600, grants Probus, abbot of the monastery of *Andrew (the apostle, S00288) and *Lucia (virgin and martyr of Syracuse, S00846) in Rome, the right to make a will, in front of witnesses, many of them priests of the titular churches of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome. | E08565 | Mosaic roundels with busts of twelve female martyrs, each identified by an inscription, set on the underside of the triumphal arch opening into the main apse of the basilica of Eufrasius at Poreč (ancient Parentium) on Istria. Datable to the mid-6th c. |
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