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[note 1] Their story is also recounted, alternately in Italian and Latin, by Antonio Bosio in Roma Sotteranea. [2] According to the martyrologies, the martyrdom of Crispus, Crispinianus, and Benedicta occurred in conjunction with that of Saints John and Paul, two soldiers who were put to death by the order of the emperor Julian the Apostate. [1]
An alternative version, written in the 6th c., adds the martyrdoms of *Crispus, Crispinianus and Benedicta (martyrs of Rome, S01526 and S01516), and of *Terentianus and his son (martyrs of Rome, S01517), all buried by the priests Iohannes and Pimenius in Iohannes and Paulus’ house; it ends with the building of a church in the saints’ house by the senator Vizantius and his son Pammachius ...
Of Saints Crispin and Crispinian, we know only thatthey were twins, possibly only fraternal. They preached the Gospel tothe Gauls, supporting themselves by working nights as shoemakers.Around the year 286, the governor Rictius Varus tried to drown them,and when that failed they were beheaded. Shakespeare put their nameson the lips of the 29 ...
Other martyrs of Rome under Julian are worked into the story: *Priscus, Priscillianus and Benedicta (S01516), *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, S00384), *Iohannes (martyr buried on the via Salaria, S00514), and, above all, the young girl Bibiana - before the martyrdom and burial of Pigmenius himself.
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Jun 26, 2024 · A few hours later the two Christians were executed. It was 26 June 362. They were secretly buried in the cryptoporticus of their home. Word was then spread that they had been sent into exile. Crispus, Crispinianus and Benedicta imagined their fate but could do nothing except mourn and pray that the burial ground be revealed to them. And they ...
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Crispus (or Crispinus), Crispinianus and Benedicta were Roman Christian martyrs, venerated after their death as saints. According to hagiographical accounts, their death followed as a result of the martyrdom of Saints John and Paul. According to the Acta Sanctorum, they were killed during the reign of Julian. This would place their deaths ...
