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== Martyrs ==<!--- == Martyrs ==
Le fonti antiche attestano la presenza nel cimitero ipogeo delle tombe dei martiri Marziale, Vitale e ] (che la tradizione ritiene siano tre dei sette figli di ]). La '']'', la più antica tra queste fonti, attesta la loro sepoltura sulla via Salaria il 10 luglio. Il '']'' aggiunge, alla data del 31 dicembre, la sepoltura nel cimitero dei Giordani di un gruppo di ''sette vergini'': Donata, Paolina, Rogata, Dominanda, Serotina, Saturnina e Ilaria. Infine la '']'' riferisce che nel sopraterra esisteva una basilica intitolata ai martiri Marziale e Vitale: oggi di questo edificio, ancora visibile ad ] alla fine del ], non resta più niente. L'unica conferma archeologica di questi dati riscontrabili nelle fonti letterarie è, come già accennato, la tomba del martire Alessandro. The ancient sources state the underground cemetery includes the remains of the martyrs Martial, Vitale and ], all of whom were traditionally held to be sons of ]. The earliest of them, the '']'', attests that they were buried on the via Salaria on 10 July. The '']'' adds that seven virgin martyrs (Donata, Paolina, Rogata, Dominanda, Serotina, Saturnina and Hilaria) were buried on 31 December in the Catacomb of the Giordani. The '']'' states that the site had an above-ground basilica dedicated to the martyrs Martial and Vitale - nothing now remains of that building, but its ruins were seen at the end of the 16th century by ]. The only archaeological confirmation of these facts in the literary sources is the tomb of Alexander.
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Medieval woodcut of Saint Felicity and her seven sons, three of whom are buried in the Catacomb of the Giordani.

The Catacomb of the Giordani is a catacomb on the left side of the ancient via Salaria in Rome, under the modern via Ada in the Parioli quarter.

History

Martyrs

The ancient sources state the underground cemetery includes the remains of the martyrs Martial, Vitale and Alexander, all of whom were traditionally held to be sons of Felicitas of Rome. The earliest of them, the Chronograph of 354, attests that they were buried on the via Salaria on 10 July. The Martyrologium Hieronymianum adds that seven virgin martyrs (Donata, Paolina, Rogata, Dominanda, Serotina, Saturnina and Hilaria) were buried on 31 December in the Catacomb of the Giordani. The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae states that the site had an above-ground basilica dedicated to the martyrs Martial and Vitale - nothing now remains of that building, but its ruins were seen at the end of the 16th century by Antonio Bosio. The only archaeological confirmation of these facts in the literary sources is the tomb of Alexander.

Topography and description

References


Bibliography (in Italian)

  • (in Italian) Leonella De Santis; Giuseppe Biamonte (1997). Le catacombe di Roma. Roma: Newton Compton Editori. pp. 172–174. ISBN 978-88-541-2771-5.
  • (in Italian) Antonio Ferrua; Antonio Ferrua (1967). "Antichità cristiane. I lavori di papa Vigilio nelle catacombe". La Civiltà Cattolica II: 142–148.
  • (in Italian) Antonio Ferrua (1967). "Antichità cristiane. Santa Felicita e i suoi sette figli". La Civiltà Cattolica II: 248–251.
  • (in Italian) Umberto Maria Fasola (1972). "Le recenti scoperte delle catacombe sotto villa Savoia. Il "coemeterium Iordanorum ad S. Alexandrum"". Actas del VIII Congreso Internacional de Arqueologia Cristiana, Barcelona 5-11 Octubre 1969. Città del Vaticano: 273–297.
  • Massimiliano Ghilardi (15 April 2010). "Quae signa erant illa, quibus putabant esse significativa Martyrii?". MEFRIM (in Italian and English) (122–1). Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
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