The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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

Name

Ianuarius, eldest son of Felicitas and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia

Saint ID

S02863

Reported Death Not Before

138

Reported Death Not After

193

Gender

Male

Type of Saint

Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints

Related Evidence Records

ID	Title
E01052	The Depositio Martirum, a list of burials of martyrs (primarily of Rome), gives both the day of the year and the place of their burial; from the so-called Chronography of 354, compiled in Latin in Rome, c. 354.
E02494	The Latin Martyrdom of *Felicitas and her seven sons (martyrs of Rome, S00525) narrates the arrest, trial and death of the pious widow Felicitas and her seven sons (Ianuarius, Felix, Philippus, Silanus, Alexander, Vitalis, and Martialis). Written presumably in Rome, before the late 6th c.
E05128	Latin inscription commemorating the monumentalisation of the tomb of *Ianuarius (eldest son of Felicitas and martyr of Rome, S02863) by Pope Damasus. Found in the Cemetery of Praetextatus, via Appia, Rome. 366-384.
E05133	Fragmentary Latin inscription invoking Ianuarius (eldest son of Felicitas and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S02863; or the deacon and martyr of Rome, S00204), Felicissimus (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00202), and *Agapitus (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00203) on behalf of a deceased person. Found in the Cemetery of Praetextatus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 4th c.
E05578	Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 10 July at Rome of the *Seven sons of Felicitas (martyrs of Rome, S00525): Felix, Philippus, Vitalis, Martialis, Alexander, Silanus and Ianuarius. Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
E06788	Latin papyrus preserved in Monza (northern Italy) listing the 'oils of the holy martyrs who in body rest in Rome' brought from Rome for Theodelinda, queen of the Lombards, naming many Roman saints. Written at Monza or Rome, 590/604; preserved in its original copy.
E06992	The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Appia, south of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.