Name
Festus and Desiderius, martyrs of Benevento, companions of Genuarius
Saint ID
S02085
Reported Death Not Before
303
Reported Death Not After
313
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Groups and pairs of saints, Martyrs, Lesser clergy
| ID | Title | E04944 | 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 7 September. | E04991 | 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 19 October. | E04993 | 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 21 October. | E05622 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 19 September in Naples (southern Italy) of *Ianuarius/ Genuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322); *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli S00621); *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085); and *Proculus, Eutyches and Acutius (martyrs of Pozzuoli, S02086), of whom the last three were buried near a church dedicated to *Stephen (presumably the first martyr, S00030). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E05625 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 23 September of *Sossius (deacon of Miseno, martyred at Pozzuoli, S00621), who was martyred alongside *Genuarius/Ianuarius (bishop of Benevento and martyr of Naples, S01322) and *Festus and Desiderius (martyrs of Benevento, S02085). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. |
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