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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Secundianus, Marcellianus and Verianus, martyrs of Tuscia

Saint ID

S02503

Number in BH

BHL 7550-7552

Reported Death Not Before

250

Reported Death Not After

251

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Converts
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03235The Latin Martyrdom of *Secundianus, Marcellianus and Verianus (martyrs of Tuscia, S02503) narrates the conversion of the scholars Secundianus, Marcellianus and Verianus in Rome, their exile and trial in Centumcellae (north-west of Rome) and their martyrdom and burial in a place called Coloniacum, at the 62nd milestone from Rome. Their cult is celebrated in a church in Tuscia dedicated to *Peter (the apostle, S00036). Written at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest.