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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Maximus, bishop of Naples, ob. 355/362

Saint ID

S02171

Reported Death Not Before

355

Reported Death Not After

362

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , Martyrs, "Confessors"
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05905The Libellus precum of Faustinus and Marcellinus, a petition to the emperor Theodosius from two presbyters belonging to the schismatic group known as Luciferians, refers to the death in exile of *Maximus (bishop of Naples, ob. 355/362, S00427) as a martyrdom. Written in Latin, probably in Constantinople, 383/385.
E06239The Libellus precum of Faustinus and Marcellinus, a petition to the emperor Theodosius from two presbyters belonging to the schismatic group known as Luciferians, attributes a punishing miracle (datable to 362/3) to the power of the deceased *Maximus (bishop of Naples, ob. 355/362, S02171) and the living *Lucifer (bishop of Cagliari, ob. 370, S02316). Written in Latin, probably in Constantinople, 383/385.
E06401Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 9.171) of 599, to Romanus, defensor of the papal patrimony in Sicily, mentions a monastery dedicated to *Erasmus (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Formia, S00867), *Maximus (probably the bishop of Naples, ob. c. 361, S02171) and *Juliana (martyr of Nicomedia, buried at Pozzuoli/Cumae, S01162) in Naples (southern Italy), and a hostel dedicated to *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), probably in Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.
E06402Gregory the Great in a papal letter (Register 9.173) of 599, to Fantinus, defensor of the papal patrimony in Sicily, seeks the recovery of property of the abbot of two monasteries, one dedicated to the Archangel (presumably *Michael, S00181), the other to *Erasmus (bishop of Antioch and martyr of Formia, S00867), *Maximus (probably the bishop of Naples, ob. c. 361, S02171) and *Juliana (martyr of Nicomedia, buried at Pozzuoli/Cumae, S01162); both monasteries presumably in Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome.