The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacuc, husband, wife and two sons from Persia, martyrs of the via Cornelia near Rome

Saint ID

S01163

Number in BH

BHL 5543

Reported Death Not Before

41

Reported Death Not After

270

Gender

Male
Female

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Lesser clergy

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E02093	The Latin Martyrdom of Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacuc of Persia (martyrs of the via Cornelia near Rome, S01163) and of Valentinus (priest and martyr of Rome, S00433) narrates how Marius and his family travelled from Persia to Rome; their care for persecuted Christians and for the burial of martyrs, in particular Blastus (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00476) in a crypt on the via Salaria, and Cyrinus/Quirinus (martyr of Rome, S01551) in a crypt in the cemetery of Pontianus (on the via Portuensis); the trial of the priest Valentinus and his conversion of the princeps *Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550) and all his household; the latter's arrest, martyrdom and burial at Ostia, where a church is built; Valentinus’ martyrdom and burial on the via Flaminia; the martyrdom of Marius and his family on the via Cornelia, and their burial. Miracles abound up to this day at the burial places of the martyrs. Written probably in the diocese of Silva Candida near Rome, probably no later than the 6th c.
E04610	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 15 January.
E04611	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 16 January.
E04616	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 20 January.
E05432	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 20 January of *Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abbacuc (Persian martyrs of Rome, S01163). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06540	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 January.
E06981	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Cornelia, north-west of the city, opening with that of *Peter (the Apostle, S00030). Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07884	The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Cornelia (now called saint Peter's gate) on the via Cornelia, north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.