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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ioustinos, Chariton, Charito, Euelpistos, Hierax, Paion, Liberianos and their companions, martyrs of Rome

Saint ID

S00930

Number in BH

BHG 973-974

Reported Death Not Before

150

Reported Death Not After

168

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00358Three versions of the Greek Martyrdom of *Ioustinos, Chariton, Charito, Euelpistos, Hierax, Paion, Liberianos and their companions (martyrs of Rome, S00930) recount the interrogation and martyrdom of seven Christians in Rome, under the leadership of Ioustinos, who may be identical with the apologist and martyr *Iustinus/Justinus (c. 100-165, S01140). The text probably originates from a pre-Constantinian account.
E08361Fourteen relic labels discovered within the Sancta Sanctorum of the Lateran church of San Lorenzo in Palatio (Rome), datable by their script to the 7th or 8th c., for relics of various saints. One label claims that its relics have come from the monastery of Lérins (southern Gaul). Written in Latin, perhaps at Rome, or at an earlier stage in their transmission.