Name
Papias and Maurus, soldiers and martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Nomentana
Saint ID
S02057
Reported Death Not Before
308
Reported Death Not After
309
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Soldiers, Groups and pairs of saints
| ID | Title | E02501 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529) and Companions is loosely arranged around the story of Marcellus and narrates the martyrdoms and burials of the Roman martyrs, Apronianus, Sisinnius and *Saturninus (S00422) on the via Salaria, and of the soldiers Papias and Maurus on the via Nomentana (martyrs of Rome, S02057); Cyriacus’ exorcism of Diocletian’s daughter Artemia and her baptism; Cyriacus, Smaragdus and Largus’ travels to Persia to exorcise king Shapur’s daughter Ioba; persecution under Maximian with the martyrdom and burial of Crescentianus on the via Salaria, and of his companions *Cyriacus, Largus, Smaragdus and others (martyrs of Rome, S00678), also on the via Salaria; the translation of their bodies to the via Ostiensis; Marcellus’ forced labour in stables; his death and his burial on the via Salaria. Written presumably in Rome, certainly by the early 8th c.. | E04628 | 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 29 January. | E04958 | 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 16 September. | E05439 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 29 January at Rome of *Papias and Maurus (soldiers and martyrs of Rome, S02057), who converted after the example of the martyrs *Saturninus (S00422) and *Sisinnius (S02058), were baptised by *Marcellus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529), and buried at the fountain of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05680 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 29 November at Rome of *Saturninus (martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00422), 'Sennes' (a misreading of senex), and *Sisinnius (deacon and martyr of Rome, S02058), who caused *Papias and Maurus (soldiers and martyrs of Rome, S02057) to believe. Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06997 | The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Nomentana, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. | E07468 | Very fragmentary painted Latin and Greek inscriptions, allegedly referring to the see of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), and to *Papias (martyr of Rome, S02057). Found in the Coemeterium Maius / Catacombe di Sant'Emerenziana on the via Nomentana, Rome. Probably late 4th - early 5th c. [provisional entry] | E07888 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside porta Nomentana, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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