The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Castulus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Labicana

Saint ID

S01405

Number in BH

BHL 7543

Reported Death Not Before

285

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E02512	The 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.
E04607	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 12 January.
E05036	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 30 November.
E05218	Latin inscription with a poem giving thanks for protection to *Castulus (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Labicana, S01405), and probably commemorating an offering. Now lost and known only through the manuscript tradition. Probably originally displayed at the cemetery of Castulus on the via Labicana, Rome. Probably late 4th c.
E06994	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Labicana, south-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.