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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Pastor, priest and martyr of Rome

Saint ID

S01842

Number in BH

BHL 6470d-g

Reported Death Not Before

138

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, "Confessors", Converts, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03255The Latin Life of *Pastor (priest and martyr of Rome, S01842) narrates that Pastor, priest and disciple of the apostle *Paul (S00008), together with *Timotheus (presumably the disciple of Paul, S00466), is the dedicatee of a church (titulus pastoris) near the vicus Laterici in Rome built by the senator Pudens, where he is buried. He took care of the burial of several saints, among whom the virgins *Praxedes and *Pudentiana (martyrs of Rome, S00591 and S00142), whose Lives he also wrote. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 12th-13th c. at the latest.
E04565The Latin Martyrdom of *Pastor (presumably Pastor, priest and martyr of Rome, S01842) relates that Pastor was from Nicomedia (north-west Asia Minor), where he converted people after a miracle, was instructed by the bishop Erasmus, converted his parents, was arrested and tortured by Diocletian and performed other miracles; he was then brought by an angel to Rome where he effected further miracles and conversions, leading to his arrest, trial and execution, by being dragged by wild horses; he is said to have been buried next to the clivus cucumeris by a priest Iohannes. Written presumably in Rome, at an uncertain date, by the 12th c. at the latest.