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.
Creators: name: Bryan
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2018
Subjects: History

description: On the Holy Places of the Martyrs which are outside the City of Rome (De locis sanctis martyrum quae sunt foris civitatis Romae), via Appia<br><br>Iuxta uiam Appiam in orientali parte ciuitatis ecclesia est sanctae Suteris martyris ubi ipsa cum multis martyribus iacet.<br><br>Et iuxta eandem uiam ecclesia est sancti Sixti papae ubi ipse dormit. Ibi quoque et Caecilia uirgo pausat; et ibi sanctus Tarsicius et sanctus Geferinus in uno tumulo iacent. Et ibi sanctus Eusebius; et sanctus Colocerus et sanctus Parthenius per se singuli iacent; et DCCC martyres ibidem requiescunt. Inde haud procul in cimiterio Calis, Cornelius et Cyprianus in ecclesia dormiunt, <br><br>Iuxta eandem uiam quoque ecclesia est multorum sanctorum, id est Ianuarii qui fuit de VII filiis Felicitatis maior natu, Urbani, Agapiti, Felicissimi, Cyrini, Zenonis fratris Valentini, Tiburti, Valeriani ; et multi martyres ibi requiescunt.<br><br>Et iuxta eandem uiam ecclesia est sancti Sebastiani martyris ubi ipse dormit, ubi sunt et sepulturae apostolorum in quibus XL annis quieuerunt; ibi quoque et Cyrinus martyr est sepultus.<br><br>Per eandem uero uiam peruenitur ad Albanam ciuitatem, et per eandem ciuitatem ad ecclesiam sancti Senatoris, ubi et Perpetua iacet corpore et innumeri sancti; et magna mirabilia ibidem geruntur.<br><br><br>'By the via Appia in the eastern part of the city is the church of saint Soteris, the martyr, where she lies with many martyrs.<br><br>And by the same road is the church of saint Sixtus, the pope, where he sleeps. There rests also the virgin Caecilia; and there lie saint Tarsicius and saint Geferinus in one grave. And there lies saint Eusebius; and saint Colocerus and saint Parthenius each in their own grave; and 800 martyrs rest in the same place. Not far away, in the cemetery of Callixtus, sleep Cornelius and Cyprianus in a church, .<br><br>By the same road there is also a church of many saints, that is of Ianuarius, who the oldest of the seven sons of Felicitas, [the church] of Urbanus, Agapitus, Felicissimus, Cyrinus, Zenon, the brother of Valentinus, Tiburtius, Valerianus, ; and many martyrs rest there.<br><br>And by the same road there is the church of saint Sebastianus the martyr, where he sleeps, where there are also the tombs of the apostles, in which they rested for 40 years; there too is the martyr Cyrinus buried.<br><br>By the same road one reaches the city of Albano, and through the same city to the church of saint Senator, where also Perpetua lies in the body and countless saints; and great wonders are to be seen there.'<br><br>Text: Valentini and Zucchetti 1942, 110-111. Translation: P. Polcar. <br><br>The bracketed &lt;&gt; passages are interpolations added, in a more-or-less contemporary hand, to the late-8th-century Vienna manuscript of the text. The information they contain probably derived from another written source (of uncertain date), rather than from new direct observation. <br><br><br>First paragraph: [*Soteris, virgin and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S00548] <br><br>Second paragraph: [*Xystus/Sixtus II, bishop and martyr of Rome; S00201; *Caecilia, virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146; possibly *Tarsitus, companion of Stephanus, bishop of Rome, S00205; *Zephyrinus, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 217, S00546; *Eusebius, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 308, S00545; *Calocerus and Parthenius, martyrs of Rome, S00679; *Cornelius, bishop and martyr of Rome, S00172; *Cyprianus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, $S02853; perhaps *Cyprian, bishop and martyr of Carthage, *S00411; *Calocerus, martyr of Rome, companion of Parthenius, S00679] <br><br>Third paragraph: [*Ianuarius, eldest son of Felicitas and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S02863; *Urbanus, bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538; *Felicissimus and *Agapitus, and four other deacons of Xystus II, all martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S00202; *Cyrinus, martyr of Rome buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus, S01225; *Zenon, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Appia, S00541; *Valentinus, priest and martyr of Rome, S00433; *Tiburtius, Valerianus, and Maximus, martyrs of Rome associated with Caecilia, S00537] <br><br>Fourth paragraph: [*Sebastianus, martyr of Rome, S00400; *Paul, the Apostle, S00008; *Peter the Apostle, S00036; *Cyrinus, martyr of Rome, buried under S. Sebastiano, S00539] <br><br>Fifth paragraph: [*Senator, martyr of Albano, near Rome, S02643; *Perpetua, martyr of Albano, near Rome, S02746]