Name
Optatus/Optatius, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia
Saint ID
S02858
Reported Death Not Before
50
Reported Death Not After
450
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E05072 | Fragmentary Latin epitaph, found in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia, for a bishop of Vescera in North Africa (Roman province of Numidia), whose name is missing; possibly for Optatus of Vescera (ob. after 425), and, if so, possibly the *Optatus/Optatius (S02858) venerated in this cemetery. Probably first half of the 5th c. | E07892 | The Itinerarium Malmesburiense, a guide to saints' graves around and within Rome, lists those outside the porta Appia on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683. |
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