Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Saints & hagiography Saints

Primo and Feliciano, Saints, Martyrs

PRIMO E FELICIANO, SANTI, MARTIRI

By Agostino Amore

Feast day: 9 June

Italian original Cite

Felician, Saint, Martyr redirects here.

Also known as: Italian: San Primo e San Feliciano; Latin: Primus et Felicianus

PRIMO AND FELICIANO, Saints, Martyrs. - They are commemorated in the Hieronymian Martyrology on 19 June as buried in an arenarium at the fifteenth mile of the Via Nomentana. On that day they are remembered in the Gelasian Sacramentary of St. Gall (9th century).

A basilica was built over their tomb, whose ruins A. Bosio saw. Pope Theodore (642-49) transferred their bodies to the church of S. Stefano Rotondo on the Caelian Hill, where the mosaic depicting them in military dress was executed. According to the legendary Passio, written before Theodore's translation, P. and F. were arrested and beheaded during the persecution of Diocletian.

Bibliography5 works

BIBL.: Lib. Pont., I, p. 332; Acte SS. Junii, II, Paris 1867, pp. 148-53; Martyr. Hieronymianum, p. 311; Martyr. Romanum, p. 230; R. Valentini - G. Zucchetti, Codice topografico della città di Roma, II, ibid. 1942, p. 152 ff.

Agostino Amore

About this entry

By Agostino Amore

How we know signed in print

Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 30.

More by Agostino Amore: Prisca, Saint · Probinus, Roman Senator · Probus, Marcus Aurelius (M. Aurelius Probus), Roman Emperor · Processus and Martinianus, Saints, Martyrs · Procopius, Saint, Martyr

Cite this article

Chicago

Amore, Agostino. “Primo e Feliciano, santi, martiri.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 30. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/primo-e-feliciano-santi-martiri.

MLA

Amore, Agostino. “Primo e Feliciano, santi, martiri.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 30. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/primo-e-feliciano-santi-martiri.

BibTeX

@incollection{ec10_primo_e_feliciano_santi_martir,
  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Primo e Feliciano, santi, martiri},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {30},
  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/primo-e-feliciano-santi-martiri}
}

One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.