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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Calepodius, priest and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S01411

Number in BH

BHL 1523

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02485The Latin Martyrdom of *Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145), *Calepodius (priest and martyr of Rome, S01411) and Companions narrates the activities in Rome of pagans around the Capitol and of Christians in Trastevere; the conversion and baptism of the consul Palmatius and the senator Simplicius, with their households, and of the soldier Privatus; miraculous healings; the martyrdom of all the protagonists as well as of *Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550). Calepodius and Callixtus are both buried in the cemetery of Calepodius on the via Aurelia. Written presumably in Rome, certainly before the early 8th c.
E05547Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 10 May at Rome of *Calepodius (priest and martyr of Rome, S01411). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E05653Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 14 October of *Callixtus/Callistus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145), who was consoled by a vision of *Calepodius (priest and martyr of Rome, S01411). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
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.
E06982The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Aurelia, west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.