E00637: The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria nova, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649.
Creators: name: Bryan
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2015
Subjects: History

description: Catalogue of the Churches of the City of Rome (Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae) 6-10<br><br>Deinde uenies ad sanctam Felicitatem altera uia quae similiter Salaria dicitur; ibi illa pausat in ecclesia sursum, et Bonifacius papa et martir in altero loco, et filii eius sub terra deorsum. Deinde eadem uia peruenies ad ecclesiam sancti Saturnini papae et martiris. In altera ecclesia Daria uirgo et martir pausat, et Crisantus martir. Postea perueniens eadem uia ad speluncam ubi sancta Hilaria martir. Deinde eadem uia ad sanctum Alexandrum martirem; ibi pausant Theodolus et Euentus, et longe in interiore spelunca Alexander martir requiescit. <br><br>Postea ascende[n]s eadem uia ad sancti Siluestri ecclesiam; ibi multitudo sanctorum pausat: primum Siluester sanctus papa et confessor, et ad pedes eius sanctus Syricus papa, et in dextera parte Caelestinus papa et Narcellus episcopus, Philippus et Felix martires et multitudo sanctorum sub altare maiore; et in spelunca Crescencius martir, et in altera sancta Prisca martir; et Fimitis pausat in cubiculo quando exeas, et in altera sancta Potenciana martir et Praxidis.<br><br><br>'From there [the church of St Iohannes on the via Salaria vetus] you come to saint Felicitas on another road which is also called Salaria; there she rests above ground, in a church, and also Bonifacius, pope and martyr, in another place, and her children rest below, underground. From there, by the same road, you arrive at the church of saint Saturninus, pope and martyr. In another church, Daria, virgin and martyr, rests, and Chrysanthus the martyr. Then, along the same road you arrive at the crypt where saint Hilaria, the martyr [lies]. Then, along the same road to saint Alexander the martyr; there rest Theodolus and Eventus, and deep in an inner crypt reposes the martyr Alexander. <br><br>Then, ascending by the same road, to the church of saint Silvester. There many saints rest: above all saint Silvester, pope and confessor, and at his feet pope Siricius, and on the right side pope Caelestinus and bishop Narcellus, the martyrs Philippus and Felix, and a multitude of saints under the main altar, and the martyr Crescentius in a crypt, and saint Prisca, the martyr, in another. And Fimitis reposes in a chamber when you exit, and in another [crypt] saint Potenciana, the martyr, and Praxedis.'<br><br>Text: Glorie 1965, 306. Translation: R. Wiśniewski<br><br>First paragraph: [*Felicitas, martyr of Rome with her sons, buried on the via Salaria, S00525; *Bonifacius, bishop of Rome, ob. 422, buried on the via Salaria, S00472; *Saturninus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00422; *Chrysanthus and Daria, chaste couple and martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00306; *Hilaria, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00526; *Alexander, Eventius and Theodolus, bishop, priest and deacon, martyrs of Rome, S00127]<br><br>Second paragraph: [*Silvester, bishop of Rome, ob. 336, S00397; *Siricius, bishop of Rome, ob. 399, S00527; *Caelestinus, bishop of Rome, ob. 432, S00528; *Marcellus, bishop of Rome, ob. 309, S00529; *Philippus and Felix, two of the sons of Felicitas, S00525; *Crescentius, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00530; *Prisca, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00531; 'Fimitis', possibly an error for 'Simetrius', martyr associated with Praxedes and buried on the Salaria, S01439; *Pudentiana/Potentiana, virgin and martyr of Rome, S00591; *Praxedes, virgin and martyr of Rome, *S00142]<br>