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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Ianuarius/Genuarius, bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples

Saint ID

S01322

Number in BH

BHL 4115-4140

Reported Death Not Before

305

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02200Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in September. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535.
E02448Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Confessors, in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588. Overview entry.
E02778Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Confessors (108), tells of the holy life of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321); how he wrote in verse about *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050), and was visited when dying by Martin and *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322). Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 587/588.
E04944The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 7 September.
E04960The 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 September.
E04961The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 September.
E04971The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 29 September.
E04990The 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 October.
E04991The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 October.
E04992The 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 October.
E05622Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 19 September in Naples (southern Italy) of *Ianuarius/ Genuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322); *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli S00621); *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085); and *Proculus, Eutyches and Acutius (martyrs of Pozzuoli, S02086), of whom the last three were buried near a church dedicated to *Stephen (presumably the first martyr, S00030). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05625Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 September of *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli, S00621), who was martyred alongside *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322) and *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05859The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in September. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.
E07860The priest Uranius writes On the death of *Paulinus (bishop of Nola, ob. 431, S01321), recounting the pious death of the saint; how he was visited before dying by *Martin (ascetic and bishop of Tours, ob. 397, S00050) and *Ianuarius/Genuarius (bishop, and martyr of Naples, S01322); and how, after his death, he visited a bishop of Naples, encouraging him to join him in heaven. Written in Latin at Nola, shortly after 431.