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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Chrysogonus, martyr of Aquileia, venerated in Rome

Saint ID

S00911

Number in BH

BHG 2067

Reported Death Not Before

303

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Officials and professionals, "Confessors"
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01783Fragment of a cross-shaped bronze object, possibly a reliquary, with an engraved male bust and a Greek inscription naming *Chrysogonus (possibly the martyr of Aquileia, venerated in Rome, S00911). Found at Hierapolis-Bambyke (north Syria/Cyrrhestica). Probably 6th c. or later.
E02202Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in November. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535.
E02482The Latin Martyrdom of *Anastasia and Companions narrates the trial and martyrdom of *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, 00911) in Aquae Gradatae near Aquileia (northern Italy), of the sisters *Agape, Chionia and Irene in Macedonia (martyrs of Thessalonike, S00206), of *Theodota and her three sons (martyrs of Nicaea, S00257) in Nicaea (western Asia Minor), and of Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602) on the insulae Palmariae. Written presumably in Rome, in the 5th or 6th c.
E04852The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 15 June.
E05027The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 22 November.
E05028The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 November.
E05030The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 24 November.
E05677Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 24 November in Rome of *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, S00911). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05689Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 25 December of *Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), who was consoled during her captivity by *Chrysogonus (martyr of Aquileia, S00911), and fed heavenly food by *Theodata (martyr of Nicaea, S00257). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05861The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in November. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E05950Mosaic roundels on the barrel vaults of the Cappella Arcivescovile of Ravenna (northern Italy), with portrait busts of twelve apostles and twelve martyrs (six female, six male); created 494/520.
E06046Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/564.
E06362The 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.
E07001The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the martyrs' burials around Rome, is followed by an Appendix listing 21 churches dedicated to saints within the Aurelianic walls of Rome. Written in Latin in Rome, certainly after 625 and before 790, possibly in 642/683.