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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Iustinus/Justinus, philosopher and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S01140

Number in BH

BHG 972z-973

Reported Death Not Before

163

Reported Death Not After

167

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Writers
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.
E02011Gregory of Tours, in his Histories (1.25), mentions several 1st, 2nd, and 3rd c. martyrs, namely *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), *Paul (the Apostle, S00008), *James ('the brother of the Lord', S00058), *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293), *Stephen (the first martyr, S00030), *Clemens/Clement (bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea, S00111), *Symeon (bishop and martyr of Jerusalem, S01139), *Ignatios, (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Rome, S00649), *Iustinus (philosopher and martyr of Rome, S01140), *Polycarp (bishop and martyr of Smyrna, S00004), *Cornelius (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00172), and *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 575/594.
E03741The Church Calendar of Ioane Zosime, compiled in Georgian in the 10th c., based however on 5th-7th c. prototypes from Palestine, commemorates on 16 May *Zechariah (Old Testament prophet, S00283, or father of John the Baptist, S00597), *Helladios (unidentified hieromartyr, S01762), Xenodoros or possibly Xenodochos, an epithet of George, an 8th c. bishop of Melitene, *Iustinus (possibly the philosopher and martyr of Rome, S01140), and Thomas, a 9th c. bishop of Jerusalem.
E06872The Greek Martyrdom of *Ioustinos/Iustinus (philosopher and martyr of Rome, ob. 163/167, S01140) and his companions. Skeleton entry
E07907Jerome in several of the brief biographical notes in his On illustrious men, mentions the deaths as martyrs of Christian authors. Written in Latin in Bethlehem (Palestine), 392/393.