Name
Genesius, mime artist and martyr of Arles or Rome
Saint ID
S03108
Number in BH
BHL 3315-3322d
Reported Death Not Before
285
Reported Death Not After
305
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Converts
| ID | Title | E02199 | Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in August. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535. | E02497 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Genesius (mime artist and martyr of Arles or Rome, S00508). It narrates Genesius mocking Christians through mime, his conversion as he mimed baptism and had a vision of angels, the tortures he endured and his death. Written at an uncertain place and date, perhaps in central Italy, by the early 9th c. at the latest. | E05715 | John Malalas, in his Chronographia (12.50), mentions the martyrdom of *Gelasinos (mime and martyr of Heliopolis in Phoenicia, S02157) under Licinius (r. 311-324). Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid 6th c. |
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