E06999: The De Locis Sanctis, a guide to the graves of the martyrs around Rome, lists those on the via Salaria vetus, north 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 vetus

Inde haud procul in occidentem iuxta uiam in cryptis sub terra LXXX gradibus sanctus Pamphilus et sanctus Candidus sanctusque Cyrinus cum multis martyribus iacent.

Et inde in occidentem tendentibus apparet basilica sancti Hermes ubi ipse martyr iacet ; ibi sunt sanctus Crispus et sanctus Herculanus et sanctus Maximilianus et sancta Basilessa et sanctus Iacintus et sanctus Protus et sanctus Leopardus cum multis martyribus sepulti.

Inde non longe est in occidente ecclesia sancti Iohannis martyris, ubi caput eius in alio loco sub altare ponitur, in alio corpus; ibi sanctus Diogenis et sanctus Fistus et sanctus Liberatus et sanctus Blastus et sanctus Maurus et sancta Longina, mater Iohannis, sunt sepulti .


'Not far from there [the church of St Michael on the via Salaria nova] to the west, close by road, lies saint Pamphilus and saint Candidus, 80 steps below the earth, and saint Cyrinus with many martyrs.

And from there, moving west, appears the basilica of saint Hermes, where he, the martyr, lies ; there, are buried saint Crispus and saint Herculanus and saint Maximilianus and saint Basilessa and saint Iacintus and saint Protus, and saint Leopardus, with many martyrs.'

From there, not far to the west, is the church of saint Iohannes, the martyr, where his head is placed in one place under the altar, his body in another. There, are also buried saint Diogenis, saint Festus, saint Liberatus, saint Blastus, saint Maurus and saint Longina, John's mother. '


Text: Valentini and Zucchetti 1942, 117-118. 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 (E00636).

First paragraph: [*Pamphilus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00477; *Candidus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02851; *Cyrinus/Quirinus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02854]

Second paragraph: [*Hermes, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00404; *Crispus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02855; *Herculanus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02820; *Maximus/Maximilianus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00173; *Basilla/Basilissa, virgin and martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus,S00684; *Protus and *Hyacinthus, eunuchs and martyrs of Rome, S00464; *Leopardus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02857]

Third paragraph: [*Iohannes, martyr of Rome under the emperor Julian, buried on the via Salaria vetus, *S00514; *Diogenes, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00475; *Festus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00515; Liberatus/Liberalis, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S02703; *Blastus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00476; *Maurus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, E02856; *Longinus/Longina, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00486]