Name
Cyrinus/Quirinus, martyr of Rome, buried in the cemetery of Pontianus, via Portuensis
Saint ID
S01551
Number in BH
BHL 5543
Reported Death Not Before
268
Reported Death Not After
270
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E02093 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marius, Martha, Audifax and Abacuc of Persia (martyrs of the via Cornelia near Rome, S01163) and of *Valentinus (priest and martyr of Rome, S00433) narrates how Marius and his family travelled from Persia to Rome; their care for persecuted Christians and for the burial of martyrs, in particular *Blastus (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00476) in a crypt on the via Salaria, and *Cyrinus/Quirinus (martyr of Rome, S01551) in a crypt in the cemetery of Pontianus (on the via Portuensis); the trial of the priest Valentinus and his conversion of the princeps *Asterius (martyr of Ostia, S01550) and all his household; the latter's arrest, martyrdom and burial at Ostia, where a church is built; Valentinus’ martyrdom and burial on the via Flaminia; the martyrdom of Marius and his family on the via Cornelia, and their burial. Miracles abound up to this day at the burial places of the martyrs. Written probably in the diocese of Silva Candida near Rome, probably no later than the 6th c. | E05536 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 25 March at Rome of *Cyrinus/Quirinus (martyr of Rome, buried in the cemetery of Pontianus, on the via Portuensis, S01551). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06586 | The 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. |
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