Jacobus de Voragine
The "Passio", which appears in numerous medieval manuscripts, was known to Jacobus de Voragine who noted in his "vita" of the Apostle Peter, "His martyrdom wrote Marcellus, Linus pope, Hegesippus, and Leo the pope." There are two Old English analogues, Ælfric's "Passio Apostolorum Petri et Pauli" and the anonymous Blickling Homily 15, "Spel Be Petrus &amp; Paulus."