CRISOGONO, Saint.
Martyr, whose feast is celebrated on 24 November. According to the *Passio*, his story is linked to that of St Anastasia. C. is neither Roman nor from Sirimi, but rather from Aquileia. Indeed, the *Passio*, in order to connect him to the element of martyrdom, must declare that he was beheaded at Aquas Gradatas, near Aquileia. His body was cast into the estate at Saltus (BHL, 1795; H. Delehaye, *Etude sur le légendier romain*, Brussels 1936, pp. 151-52; *Martyrologium Hieronymianum*, pp. 618-19).
It is possible that this C. is, as P. Paschini thought (*La Chiesa aquileiese e il periodo delle origini* [Udine 1919, p. 60]), followed by F. Lanzoni (p. 870), the bishop of Aquileia who succeeded Theodorus, and thus died no later than 314. However, the titular of the *titulus Chrysogoni* in Rome must originally have been quite distinct and only later assimilated to the Aquileian one. The archaeological stratification of this title shows a warehouse or a house not at all patrician in the popular *regio Transtiberina*. The name of the *conditor tituli* most likely refers to one of the many Orientals residing in the area. The title appears in the conciliar subscriptions of 499 and 595. It was connected with the cemetery of St Pancras. Initially it was housed in a single-nave hall. Later it underwent various transformations, perhaps in the 5th century. It was endowed with a confessio. It featured important paintings (layers from the 8th to the 10th century). In 1123, a new imposing church was built at a higher level. — *See* pl. LV.