Agape, Saint, Elpis, Sbris, Pistis, Saint redirect here.
Also known as:
Saint Sophia
SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS and AGAPE, saints, martyrs - St. Sophia and her three daughters. Panel by an unknown artist of the 15th century - Prague, Rudolphinum.
SOPHIA, PISTIS, ELPIS e AGAPE, sante, martiri. - Unknown to the most ancient Roman liturgical documents, they were inserted by Ado in his Martyrology, whence they passed into the Roman one, Sophia on Sept. 30, and the others on Aug. 1.
Nevertheless, the Itineraries of the 7th century and the papyrus of Monza commemorate them, both on the Via Aurelia and on the Via Latina, on account of which some authors have maintained the existence of different groups. In the 8th century the priest John of Milan spread a groundless legend, which places their martyrdom in the time of the emperor Hadrian.
Bibliography5 worksG. B. De Rossi, La Roma sotterr. crist., II, Rome 1867, pp. 171-80; H. Delchaye, Les origines du culte des martyrs, 2nd ed., Brussels 1933,
BIBL.: G. B. De Rossi, La Roma sotterr. crist., II, Rome 1867, pp. 171-80; H. Delchaye, Les origines du culte des martyrs, 2nd ed., Brussels 1933, p. 286; Martyr. Romanum, pp. 318, 428; R. Valentini - G. Zucchetti, Codice topogr. della città di Roma, II Rome 1942, p. 36; G. de Tervarent, Contribution à l'iconog. de ste S. et de ses trois filles, in Anal. Boll., 68 (1950), pp. 419-23, Martiniano Roncaglia
Roncaglia, Martiniano. “Sophia, pistis, elpis e agape, sante, martiri.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 969. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sophia-pistis-elpis-e-agape-sante-martiri.
MLA
Roncaglia, Martiniano. “Sophia, pistis, elpis e agape, sante, martiri.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 969. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sophia-pistis-elpis-e-agape-sante-martiri.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec11_sophia_pistis_elpis_e_agape_sa,
author = {Roncaglia, Martiniano},
title = {Sophia, pistis, elpis e agape, sante, martiri},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {969},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sophia-pistis-elpis-e-agape-sante-martiri}
}
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