Martyrologium Hieronymianum

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The Martyrologium Hieronymianum is one of the earliest and most influential Western Christian martyrologies, traditionally attributed to St. Jerome and serving as a foundational calendar of saints and martyrs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian martyrology
hagiographical text
liturgical calendar
approximateDate 5th century
6th century redaction
attributedTo Jerome NERFINISHED
authorshipStatus pseudepigraphal
basedOn African calendar of martyrs NERFINISHED
Eastern (Greek) martyrological traditions
Roman calendar of martyrs NERFINISHED
earlier local calendars
contains feast days
lists of Christian martyrs
lists of confessors
place names of martyrdom
criticalEdition Acta Sanctorum publication
editedBy Giovanni Battista de Rossi NERFINISHED
Louis Duchesne NERFINISHED
genre martyrology
saints calendar
historicalRole earliest extensive Western calendar of saints
influenced Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED
later Western martyrologies
language Latin
liturgicalFunction reading of names of saints at Mass or Office
liturgicalStatus non-official in modern Roman Catholic Church
manuscriptTradition corrupt text
fragmentary
preservedIn medieval manuscripts
regionOfUse Gaul NERFINISHED
Italy NERFINISHED
Western Europe NERFINISHED
relatedWork Depositio episcoporum NERFINISHED
Depositio martyrum NERFINISHED
Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED
religiousTradition Latin Church NERFINISHED
Western Christianity NERFINISHED
scholarlyImportance important for prosopography of early Christians
key source for early cult of saints
sourceFor development of sanctoral cycle
local cults of saints
structure calendar arranged by days of the year
theologicalTheme communion of saints
veneration of martyrs
timePeriod late antiquity
traditionalAttribution Jerome NERFINISHED
use liturgical commemoration of saints
recording feast days of martyrs

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Saint Vincent of Saragossa commemoratedIn Martyrologium Hieronymianum