Name
Victoria, Anatolia and Audax, martyrs of Picenum in central Italy
Saint ID
S01406
Number in BH
BHL 8591d, 418
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Virgins
| ID | Title | E02486 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Calocerus, Parthenius, *Victoria, Anatolia and Audax (martyrs of Rome and of Picenum, S00679 and S01406), probably originally a single text though later fragmented in the manuscripts, narrates the trial and death in Rome of Calocerus and Parthenius, and their burial next to the tomb of *Sixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201); the vow in Rome of Victoria and Anatolia to keep their virginity; their enforced and separate travel to different cities of Picenum (central Italy), where both effect miracles and conversions, including that of Audax who is then martyred; their death and burial in the same region. Written presumably in Picenum, at an uncertain date, probably before the late 7th c. | E04877 | 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 10 July. | E05058 | 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 19 December. | E05577 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 9 July in Tora (central Italy) of *Anatolia and Audax (martyrs of Picenum, S01406). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06046 | Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/570. | E06657 | Aldhelm, in his prose On Virginity, names *Victoria and Anatolia (virgins and martyrs of Picenum, S01406) – whose names are read out in churches 'through all the corners of the world' on their feast day – as exemplary virgins. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/686. | E06659 | Aldhelm's verse On Virginity lists a range of saints as exemplary virgins, with some variations to the list found in the earlier prose version of the same treatise. Written in Latin in southern Britain, for the nuns at the monastery at Barking (south-east Britain), c. 675/710. Overview entry |
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