Name
Balbina, virgin and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S01849
Reported Death Not Before
120
Reported Death Not After
140
Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Virgins
| ID | Title | E04661 | Latin and Greek graffiti with invocations of *Balbina (virgin and martyr of Rome, S01849), naming one of the supplicants her alumnus, of *Xystus/Sixtus II (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201), and of unnamed 'holy spirits' (presumably martyrs). On a wall at the entrance to the 'crypt of the popes,' Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably second half of the 4th - first half of the 5th c. | E04744 | Fragmentary Latin inscription, possibly recording the purchase of a tomb from a presbyter of the titulus of *Balbina (virgin and martyr of Rome, S01849). Found on the surface, near the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 5th c. | E04976 | 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 4 October. | E06362 | The decrees of a synod held by Pope Gregory the Great in 595 in St Peter’s basilica, Rome, are subscribed by presbyters from many of the city's titular churches, all dedicated to saints (Register 5.57a). Written in Latin in Rome. |
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