The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Symphorosa and her seven sons, martyrs of Tivoli

Saint ID

S01165

Number in BH

BHL 7971

Reported Death Not Before

117

Reported Death Not After

138

Gender

Female
Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Mothers and fathers, Children

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E00679	The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E02095	The Latin Martyrdom of *Symphorosa and her Seven Sons (martyrs of Tivoli, S01165) narrates the trial and death of Symphorosa and her sons under the emperor Hadrian. Written presumably in Tivoli (near Rome) in Late Antiquity.
E02264	The Latin Liber ad Gregoriam, possibly by Arnobius the Younger, refers to written accounts of the martyrdoms of married women martyrs of Rome and its vicinity, Anastasia (martyr of Sirmium and Rome, S00602), Felicitas (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00525), and *Symphorosa (martyr of Tivoli, S01165), presenting them as examples for the recipient of the work, the matrona Gregoria. Written possibly in Rome, sometime in the 5th/6th c.
E04864	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 27 June.
E04885	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 18 July.
E04907	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 4 August.
E04970	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 28 September.
E05583	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 21 July at Tivoli (near Rome) of *Symphorosa and her seven sons (martyrs of Tivoli, S01165). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06996	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Tiburtina, east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.