Site logo

The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Tranquillinus, Marcia, Symhporosa, and Zoe, martyrs of Rome

Saint ID

S02747

Reported Death Not Before

285

Reported Death Not After

305

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints, Officials and professionals
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02512The Latin Martyrdom of Sebastianus and Companions, perhaps by Arnobius the Younger, narrates the martyrdom of *Sebastianus (martyr of Rome, S00400) and his companions: the priest Polycarpus; *Marcellianus and Marcus (twin brothers, deacons and martyrs of Rome, S01401); their parents, *Tranquillinus and Marcia (martyrs of Rome, S02747); the primiscrinius Nicostratus, his wife *Zoe (martyr of Rome, S02747) and brother Castorius; the commentariensis Claudius, his wife *Symphorosa (martyr of Rome, S02747), his brother Victorinus and son Symphorianus; *Tiburtius (son of the prefect Chromatius, martyr of Rome, S01404); and *Castulus (martyr of Rome, S01405). Tiburtius is buried at the third milestone of the via Labicana; Marcellianus and Marcus at the second milestone of the via Appia in the place called ad arenas, Sebastianus at the Catacumbas cemetery, in a crypt commemorating the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written presumably in Rome, probably in the 5th c.