E00328: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Urbanus (bishop and confessor/martyr of Rome, S00538), attributes the conversion of Valerianus, the husband of *Caecilia (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00146), and a number of other conversions and martyrdoms, to his teaching, and records his burial in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 19 May.

Liber Pontificalis 18

First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)

Urbanus, natione Romanus, ex patre Pontiano, sedit ann. IIII mens. X dies XII ... Qui etiam clare confessor temporibus Dioclitiani. Hic sua traditione multos converit ad baptismum, etiam Valerianum, sponsum sanctae Caeciliae, et multi martyrium coronati sunt per eius doctrinam ... Qui sepultus est cimiterio Praetextati, via Appia, quem sepelivit beatus Tiburtius XIIII kal. iun.

'Urbanus, born in Rome, son of Pontianus, held the see 4 years 10 months 12 days. ... He was a distinguished confessor in the time of Diocletian. By the teaching he passed on he converted many to baptism, including Valerianus, husband of saint Caecilia; and through his teaching many were crowned with martyrdom. ... He was buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the via Appia—saint Tiburtius buried him—on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of June [19 May].'


Second edition

Urbanus, natione Romanus, ex patre Pontiano, sedit ann. IIII m. X d. XII ... Qui etiam clare confesor temporibus Dioclitiani. Hic sua traditione multos converit ad baptismum et credulitatem, etiam et Valerianum, nobilissimum virum, sponsum sanctae Ceciliae, quos etiam usque ad martyrii palmam perduxit; et per eius monita multi martyrio coronati sunt ... Qui etiam sepultus est in cymiterio Praetextati, via Appia, quem sepelivit beatus Tiburtius, XIIII kal. iun.

'Urbanus, born in Rome, son of Pontianus, held the see 4 years 10 months 12 days. ... He was a distinguished confessor in the time of Diocletian. By the teaching he passed on he converted many to baptism and the faith, including the most noble Valerianus, husband of saint Caecilia, and he also led them to the palm of martyrdom; and through his encouragement many were crowned with martyrdom ... He was buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the via Appia—saint Tiburtius buried him—on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of June [19 May].'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 63 and 143. Translation: Davis 2010, 7, lightly modified.