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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Marcus and Marcellianus, twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Ardeatina

Saint ID

S01401

Number in BH

BHL 7543

Reported Death Not Before

285

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E00684The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
E02512The Latin Martyrdom of Sebastianus and Companions, perhaps by Arnobius the Younger, narrates the martyrdom of *Sebastianus (martyr of Rome, S00400) and his companions: the priest Polycarpus; *Marcellianus and Marcus (twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, S01401); their parents, *Tranquillinus and Marcia (martyrs of Rome, S02747); the primiscrinius Nicostratus, his wife *Zoe (martyr of Rome, S02747) and brother Castorius; the commentariensis Claudius, his wife *Symphorosa (martyr of Rome, S02747), his brother Victorinus and son Symphorianus; *Tiburtius (son of the prefect Chromatius, martyr of Rome, S01404); and *Castulus (martyr of Rome, S01405). Tiburtius is buried at the third milestone of the via Labicana; Marcellianus and Marcus at the second milestone of the via Appia in the place called ad arenas, Sebastianus at the Catacumbas cemetery, in a crypt commemorating the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written presumably in Rome, probably in the 5th c.
E04761Latin graffito recording the names of *Marcus and Marcellianus (twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Ardeatina, S01401). Found at a small cemetery on the via Appia, near that of Callixtus, Rome. Probably late 5th/early 6th c.
E04771Latin epitaph for a reader (lector) saying that he will rest in peace with unnamed saints ‘as he merited', just possibly *Marcus and Marcellianus (twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Ardeatina, S01401), or the *Greek Martyrs of Rome (S01873). Found in a cemetery on the via Appia, Rome. Probably second half of the 5th c.
E04855The 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 June.
E04975The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 3 October.
E04976The 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 October.
E04979The 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 October.
E06586The 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 June.
E06788Latin papyrus preserved in Monza (northern Italy) listing the 'oils of the holy martyrs who in body rest in Rome' brought from Rome for Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, naming many Roman saints. Written at Monza or Rome, 590/604; preserved in its original copy.
E06912The Cymiteria totius Romanae urbis lists 17 cemeteries around the city of Rome, giving their original names and the name of a prominent saint (or saints) buried there. Presumably written in Rome, possibly in the 6th c.
E06991The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.
E07164Three fragments of a Latin inscription probably written by Pope Damasus, possibly commemorating *Marcus and Marcellianus (twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, S01401), found in and around the church of SS. Cosma e Damiano in Rome, but almost certainly originally from a suburban cemetery, possibly that of Marcus and Marcellianus, on the via Ardeatina outside Rome. Written in Rome, 366/384.
E07893The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those on the via Ardeatina, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.