E06998: The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria nova, north-east of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 642/683.

On the Holy Places of the Martyrs which are outside the City of Rome (De locis sanctis martyrum quae sunt foris civitatis Romae), via Salaria nova

Iuxta uiam Salariam ecclesia est sanctae Felicitatis ubi ipsa iacet corpore; ibi et Sillanus filius eius unus de VII est sepultus; et Bonifacius cum multis sanctis ibi dormit.

Iuxta eandem uiam sanctus Saturninus cum multis martyribus dormit.

Propeque ibi sanctus Alexander et sanctus Vitalis sanctusque Martialis, qui sunt III de VII filiis Felicitatis, cum multis martyribus iacent <; ibi in interiore spelunca sanctus Theodolus et Euentus.> Ibi et VII uirgines, id est sancta Saturnina et sancta Hilaria, sancta Dominanda, sancta Serotina, sancta Paulina, sancta Donata, sancta Rogatina requiescunt.

Iuxta eandem uiam Salariam sanctus Siluester requiescit <; ad pedes eius sanctus Siricius papa>, et alii quamplurimi, id est sanctus Caelestinus , sancta Potentiana, sancta Praxidis, sanctus Marcellus , sanctus Crescentianus, sanctus Maurus, sanctus Marcellinus, sancta Prisca , sanctus Paulus, sanctus Felicis unus de VII, sanctus Philippus unus de VII, sanctus Semetrius, et in una sepultura <sub>CCCLXV.
Per eandem quoque uenitur uiam ad ecclesiam sancti Michaelis VII miliario ab urbe.


'Next to the via Salaria is the church of saint Felicitas where she lies in the body; there is also buried Sillanus, her son, one of the seven; and Bonifacius sleeps there with many saints.

Next to the same road sleeps Saturninus with many martyrs.

Close by sleeps saint Alexander and saint Vitalis and saint Martialis, who are three of the seven sons of Felicitas, with many martyrs. There also Seven Virgins repose, that is saint Saturnina and saint Hilaria, saint Dominanda, saint Serotina, saint Paulina, saint Donata, saint Rogatina.

Next to the same via Salaria rests saint Silvester; and many others, that is saint Caelestinus , saint Potentiana [i.e. Pudentiana], saint Praxedis, saint Marcellus , saint Crescentianus, saint Maurus, saint Marcellinus, saint Prisca, saint Paulus, saint Felix, one of the seven, saint Philippus, one of the seven, saint Semetrius, and in one grave 365 [saints].

By the same road one arrives at the church of saint Michael, at the seventh milestone from the city.'

Text: Valentini and Zucchetti 1942, 106-118. Translation: P. Polcar.

The bracketed <> passages are interpolations added, in a more-or-less contemporary hand, to the late-8th-century Vienna manuscript of the text. In this case, the source of almost all the information is certainly the Notitia Ecclesiarum (E00637).


First paragraph: [*Felicitas, martyr of Rome, with Silanus, one of her seven sons, S00525; in this passage six of them, buried in three different cemeteries of the Salaria, are named: Silanus, Alexander, Vitalis, Martialis, Felix, Philippus; *Boniface I, bishop of Rome, ob. 422, S00472]

Second paragraph: [*Saturninus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00422; *Chrysanthus and Daria, chaste couple and martyrs of Rome, S00306]

Third paragraph: [Alexander, Vitalis and Martialis, three of the sons of *Felicitas, martyr of Rome with her seven sons, S00525; *Eventius, priest, and Theodolus, deacon, martyrs of Rome, S00127; *Seven virgins of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S02719]

Fourth paragraph: [*Silvester, bishop of Rome, ob. 336, S00397; Siricius, bishop of Rome, ob. 399, S00527; *Pudentiana, virgin and martyr of Rome, S00591; *Praxedes, virgin and martyr of Rome, S00142; *Marcellus, bishop and martyr of Rome, S00529; *Crescencius, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00530; perhaps *Maurus, son of Hilaria, martyrs of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00526; *Marcellinus, bishop and martyr of Rome, S00660; *Prisca, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S00531; *Paulus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria, S02864; *Simetrius, priest, and 22 others, martyrs of Rome : S01439; *Michael, the Archangel : S00181]</sub>