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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Martyrologium Hieronymianum canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martyrologium Hieronymianum Context triple: [Saint Vincent of Saragossa, commemoratedIn, Martyrologium Hieronymianum]
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A.
Roman Martyrology
The Roman Martyrology is the official liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that catalogues saints and blesseds, assigning them feast days and brief notices for commemoration.
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B.
Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
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C.
Byzantine Synaxarion
The Byzantine Synaxarion is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox Church that compiles brief lives of saints and accounts of feasts arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar.
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D.
Chronicon Paschale
Chronicon Paschale is a 7th-century Byzantine universal chronicle that presents a year-by-year account of world and ecclesiastical history from Creation to the early Byzantine period.
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E.
Jerome's Chronicon
Jerome's Chronicon is a late 4th-century Latin universal chronicle that adapts and continues Eusebius of Caesarea’s chronological history, becoming a foundational source for medieval historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Martyrologium Hieronymianum Target entity description: 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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A.
Roman Martyrology
The Roman Martyrology is the official liturgical book of the Roman Catholic Church that catalogues saints and blesseds, assigning them feast days and brief notices for commemoration.
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B.
Roman Breviary
The Roman Breviary is the traditional liturgical book of the Catholic Church that organizes the daily cycle of prayers, psalms, readings, and hymns known as the Divine Office.
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C.
Byzantine Synaxarion
The Byzantine Synaxarion is a liturgical book of the Eastern Orthodox Church that compiles brief lives of saints and accounts of feasts arranged according to the ecclesiastical calendar.
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D.
Chronicon Paschale
Chronicon Paschale is a 7th-century Byzantine universal chronicle that presents a year-by-year account of world and ecclesiastical history from Creation to the early Byzantine period.
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E.
Jerome's Chronicon
Jerome's Chronicon is a late 4th-century Latin universal chronicle that adapts and continues Eusebius of Caesarea’s chronological history, becoming a foundational source for medieval historiography.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian martyrology
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hagiographical text ⓘ liturgical calendar ⓘ |
| approximateDate |
5th century
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6th century redaction ⓘ |
| attributedTo | Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorshipStatus | pseudepigraphal ⓘ |
| basedOn |
African calendar of martyrs
NERFINISHED
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Eastern (Greek) martyrological traditions ⓘ Roman calendar of martyrs NERFINISHED ⓘ earlier local calendars ⓘ |
| contains |
feast days
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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
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saints calendar ⓘ |
| historicalRole | earliest extensive Western calendar of saints ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman Martyrology
NERFINISHED
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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
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fragmentary ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscripts ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Gaul
NERFINISHED
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Italy NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Depositio episcoporum
NERFINISHED
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Depositio martyrum NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Martyrology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Latin Church
NERFINISHED
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Western Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scholarlyImportance |
important for prosopography of early Christians
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key source for early cult of saints ⓘ |
| sourceFor |
development of sanctoral cycle
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local cults of saints ⓘ |
| structure | calendar arranged by days of the year ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
communion of saints
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veneration of martyrs ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late antiquity ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | Jerome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
liturgical commemoration of saints
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recording feast days of martyrs ⓘ |
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