An Alphabetical Index of Persons Named in the Old English Martyrology
Similar indices can also be found in G. Herzfeld, ed., An Old English Martyrology, Early English Text Society os 116 (London, 1900), pp. 241-3, G. Kotzor, ed., Das altenglische Martyrologium, 2 vols., Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, phil.-hist. Kl., ns 88.1-2 (Munich, 1981), II, 391-425; O. Cockayne, ed., The Shrine: A Collection of Occasional Papers on Dry Subjects (London, 1864-70), pp. 157-8, and C. Rauer, ed., The Old English Martyrology: Edition, Translation and Commentary, Anglo-Saxon Texts 10 (Cambridge, 2013), pp. 387-93. For an alphabetical Index of Place-Names in the Old English Martyrology see J. Roberts, ‘Fela martyra ‘many martyrs': A Different View of Orosius's City', Alfred the Wise: Studies in Honour of Janet Bately on the Occasion of her Sixty-Fifth Birthday, ed. J. Roberts, J. L. Nelson and M. Godden (Woodbridge, 1997), pp. 155-78, at 167-78.
The spelling of names in the following index of persons named in the Old English Martyrology largely follows that of G. Kotzor's edition, in spite of the inconsistencies that this entails. The numbers following the names refer to subsections of the text; for further details (page numbers) see the Index of Reference Nos., Saints, Feasts, and Manuscript Contents.
Abacuc, St, 29
Abdon, St, 139
Abundius, St, 164
Adam, 50, 53, 57
Adrian, St, 38
Ængla 109
Æthelburh, St, abbess of Barking, 204
Æthelthryth, St, abbess of Ely, 110
Æthelwald, St, hermit on Farne Island, 66
Afra, St, 149
Agape, St, 59, 61
Agapitus, St, 158
Agnes, St, 30, 33
Agricolaus, official, 41
Aidan, St, bp. of Lindisfarne, 171
Alban, St, 109
Alexander, St, bp. of Alexandria, 75
Alexander I, St, pope, 76, 166
Alexander, St, brother of Martyrius, 93
Alexander, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Alexander, official, persecutor of Cyricus and Julitta, 127
Alexander, St, 132
Alexander, official, persecutor of Mamas, 157
Alexandria, St, empress, 71
All Saints, 218
Almachius, official, 64, 227
Alpheus, f. of James the Less, 108
Ambrose, St, bp. of Milan, 60, 107
Ananias, St, 26
Anastasia, St, 2
Anastasius, St, 32
Anatolia, St, 124
Andochius, St, 195
Andrew, St, 233
Anna, k. of E. Anglia, 110
Anna, St, m. of Mary, 180
Anteros, St, pope, 10
Antia, St, 65
Antiochus IV, Seleucid king, 140
Antoninus Pius, Roman emperor, 14, 87, 123
Antoninus, St, 173
Antony the Hermit, St, 16, 22
Apollinaris, St, 134
Arculf, informant in Adomnán's De locis sanctis, 67, 79, 111a, 200
Aristion, St, 174
Arsenius, St, 131
Artemius, St, 99
Astachius, persecutor of Gervasius and Protasius, 107
Astaroth, pagan god, 162
Athanasius, St, bp. of Alexandria, 75
Auceia, St, suitor of Luceia, 112
Audax, St, 124
Audifax, St, 29
Audomarus, see Omer
Aufidianus, persecutor of Clement, 228
Augustine, St, archbp. of Canterbury, 92
Augustine, St, bp. of Hippo, 167
Augustus, Roman emperor, 139b
Aurelianus, persecutor of Alexander, Eventius, Theodulus and Hermes, 76, 166
Aurelian, Roman emperor, 195, 219, 220
Babylas, St, bp. of Antioch, 34
Balbina, cemetery of, 202
Barnabas, St, 101
Bartholomew, St, 162
Basilla, St, 90
Basilissa, St, 13
Bede, 37, 237
Benedict of Nursia, St, 51
Benedict Biscop, St, abt. of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, 17
Benignus, St, 220
Bertinus, St, 178
Blastus, St, 105
Bonifatius IV, St, pope, 218
Bregoswith, m. of Hild, 226
Caecilia, see Cecilia
Caesarius, St, 219
Calepodius, St, 85
Calepodius, cemetery of, 205
Callistus I, St, pope, 205
Callistus, cemetery of, 10, 28, 143, 147
Calpurnius, f. of Patrick, 44
Calvisianus, official, 153
Candida, St, 99
Candidus, St, 191
Caritius, official, 238
Cassian, St, 155
Cassius, St, 115
Castitas, name of apparition, 47
Castorius, St, one of the Four Crowned Ones, 222
Ceadda, see Chad
Cecilia, St, 227
Cedd, St, b. of Chad, bp. of London, 37, 214
Celsus, St, 137
Ceolfrith, St, abt. of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, 196
Cerealis, St, 183
Chad, St, abt. of Lastingham, 37, 214
Chionia, St, 59, 61
Chosroes II, k. of Persia, 32
Christina, St, 130
Christopher, St, 73
Chrysanthus, St, 232
Chrysogonus, St, 230
Claudius, official, 103
Claudius II, Roman emperor, 213, 216
Claudius, St, one of the Four Crowned Ones, 222
Cledonius, f. of Pancras, 86
Clement I, St, pope, 228
Clovis II, k. of Neustria, 21
Columb Cille, see Columba of Iona
Columba, St, abt. of Iona, 100
Columba, St, 8
Commodus, Roman emperor, 3
Constantine I, Roman emperor, 113, 202
Constantius II, Roman emperor, 207, 233
Contablata, m. of Patrick, 44
Cornelius, St, pope, 86, 183
Corona, St, 87
Cosmas, St, 198
Crescens, St, 129
Cuthbert, St, bp. of Lindisfarne, 49, 66, 80, 171
Cyprian, St, bp. of Carthage, 184
Cyprian, St, associate of Justina, 197
Cyriada, m. of Pancras, 86
Cyricus, St, 127
Cyrilla, St, 216
Damian, St, 198
Daria, St, 232
Datianus, official, persecutor of Eulalia and Vincent, 31, 234
Datianus, official, persecutor of George and Alexandria, 67, 71
Decius, Roman emperor, 28, 73, 125, 139, 147, 150, 151, 154, 183, 208, 216
Desiderius, St, 188
Didymus, see Thomas
Digna, St, 149
Diocletian, Roman emperor, 2, 26, 27, 59, 86, 97, 102, 106, 170, 187, 198, 224, 230, 235
Dionysius, St, bp. of Paris, 203
Dominando, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Donata, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Donatus, St, bp. of Arezzo, 148
Dorotheus, persecutor of Marcellinus and Peter, 98
Dulcitius, official, 59
Eadberht, St, bp. of Lindisfarne, 80
Eastorwine, St, bp. of Wearmouth, 40
Ecgberht, St, 37
Ecgfrith, k. of Northumbria, 40, 110
Egeas, persecutor of Andrew, 233
Eglippus, associate of Matthew, 190
Eleusippus, St, 23
Eleutherius, St, s. of Antia, 65
Eleutherius, St, associate of Dionysius and Rusticus, 203
Elizabeth, St, m. of John the Baptist, 111
Emerentiana, St, 33
Emiliana, St, aunt of Gregory, 11
Epolanus, St, 34
Erasmus, St, 97
Eugenia, St, 3, 90, 182
Eugenius, St, 129
Eulalia, St, 234
Eunomia, St, 149
Euphemia, St, 187
Euphenissa, w. of Eglippus, 190
Euplius, St, 153
Eusebia, St, associate of Quentin, 217
Eusebius, St, bp. of Vercelli, 142
Eutropia, St, 149
Eve, 50, 53, 57
Eventius, St, 76
Evilasius, St, 189
Evodius, St, 144
Exuperius, St, 191
Fabianus, St, pope, 28
Fausta, St, 189
Felicia, m. of Justus, 209
Felicianus, St, associate of Victor, 132
Felicianus, St, 175
Felicity, St, associate of Perpetua, 39
Felicity, St, m. of the Seven Brothers, 123, 229
Felix, St, Roman priest, 19
Felix, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Felix, St, bp. of Thibiuca, 170
Felix, St, associate of Andochius and Thyrsus, 195
Ferreolus, St, 103
Ferrucio, St, 103
Festus, St, 188
Finian 89ap
Flaccus, suitor of Petronilla, 94
Flavianus, official, 121
Florentia, associate of Vitus and Modestus, 102
Fortunatus, St, 170
The Forty Soldiers of Sebastea, SS, 41
The Four Crowned Ones, SS, 222
Fursa, St, 21
Gabriel, St, archangel, 56, 111, 194
Gaius, official, 149
Galerius, official, 184
Gallienus, Roman emperor, 90, 182
Gamaliel, associate of Stephen, 4, 145
Garsecg, personification of the sea, 162
Geminus, see Thomas
Genesius the Comedian, St, 163
Genesius, St, 212
George, St, 67, 71
Germanus, St, bp. of Auxerre, 141
Gervasius, St, 107
Gordianus, St, 84
Gregory the Great, St, pope, 11, 42, 117
Gregory Nazianzen, St, 47
Gundaforus, k. of India, 238
Guthlac, St, 15, 63
Hadrian, Roman emperor, 65
Heliodorus, St, 224
Heraclius I, Byzantine emperor, 32
Heraclius, official, 160
Hereric, f. of Hild, 226
Hermes, St, 166
Herod the Great, 6
Herod Agrippa I, 135 [?]
Herod Antipas, 168
Hewald, SS, two Northumbrian missionaries of the same name, 201
Hieronymus, see Jerome
Higebald, St, 37, 237
Hilaria, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Hilaria, St, m. of Afra, 149
Hilarinus, St, 148
Hilarion, St, 211
Hilary, St, bp. of Poitiers, 18
Hild, St, abbess of Whitby, 226
Hippolytus, St, 151, 154
The Holy Innocents, SS, 6
Hyacinth, St, 182
Hyrtacus, official, 144
Hyrtacus, k. of Ethiopia, 190
Irenaeus, St, 164
Irene, St, 59, 61
James the Greater, St, 135
James Alphaei (= James the Less), St, 108
Januarius, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Januarius, St, bp. of Benevento, associate of Desiderius and Festus, 188
Januarius, St, associate of Felix, 170
Jerome, St, 200
Joachim, St, f. of Mary, 180
John the Baptist, St, 12, 36, 111, 168, 194
John the Evangelist, St, 5, 135
John of Beverley, St, bp. of Hexham, 81
John I, St, pope, 89
John, St, associate of Paul, 113
Judas, see Thaddeus
Julian, St, associate of Basilissa, 13
Julian, Roman emperor, 54, 113
Julianus, St, s. of Symphorosa, 129
Julitta, St, 127
Justina, St, 197
Justinus, St, s. of Symphorosa, 129
Justinus, St, associate of Lawrence, 151, 216
Justinus, f. of Justus, 209
Justus, St, 209
Lawrence, St, 150, 151, 154
Leontinus, official, 219
Licinius, Roman emperor, 41
Liutprand, k. of the Lombards, 167
Luceia, St, 112
Lucianus, associate of Stephen, 145
Lucius, St, one of the Sixteen Soldiers, 213
Lucy, St, 235
Luke, St, 207
Lupulus, St, 206
Lupus, St, bp. of Troyes, 138
Lysias, official, 41, 198
Macedonius, St, 43
The Machabees, SS, 140
Macrinus, Roman emperor, 205
Magnus, St, 159
Mamas, St, 157
Mamilian, St, 186
Marcellian, St, 106
Marcellinus, St, 98, 99
Marcellus I, St, pope, 20
Marcellus, St, 176
Marcus, Roman emperor, 14
Marcus, St, one of the Sixteen Soldiers, 213
Margareta, see Marina
Maria, St, w. of Clopas, m. of Simon, 215
Marina, St, 122
Marius, St, 29
Mark, St, pope, 202
Mark, St, b. of Marcellian, 106
Mark, St, evangelist, 70
Martha, St, w. of Marius, 29
Martial, St, bp. of Limoges, 116
Martialis, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Martin, St, bp. of Tours, 18, 223
Martinianus, St, 117
Martyrius, St, 93
Mary, St, 1, 9, 56, 57, 108, 111, 156, 171, 180, 215, 218
Mary Magdalen, St, 133
Maternus, St, bp. of Milan, 83
Matthew, St, 190
Maurice, St, 191
Maxentius, Roman emperor, 20
Maximianus, Roman emperor, 38, 83, 97, 191, 235
Maximinus, Roman emperor, 10
Maximilla, w. of Egeas, 233
Maximus, St, associate of Valerianus and Tiburtius, 64
Meleusippus, St, 23
Mennas, St, 224
Michael, St, archangel, 68, 82, 97, 130, 199
Milus, St, 225
Misdaeus, persecutor of Thomas, 238
Modesta, St, 43
Modestus, St, 102
Moses, 88
Narcissus, St, bp. of Gerona, 149
Natalia, St, 38
Nazarius, St, 137
Necitius, official, persecutor of Eugenia, Protus and Hyacinthus, 3, 182
Necitius, official, persecutor of Theodota, Evodius, 144
Nemesius, St, 129
Nero, Roman emperor, 114
Nicander, St, 104
Nicomedes, St, 94, 96
Nicostratus, St, one of the Four Crowned Ones, 222
Nonnus, St, 210
Numerianus, Roman emperor, 34
Oceanus, personification of the sea, 162
Olybrius, official, 122
Omer, St, 181
Oswald, St, k. of the Northumbrians, 146, 171
Owine, associate of Chad, 37
Pancras, St, 86
Paschasius, St, persecutor of Lucia, 235
Paternianus, St, 175
Patricia, St, 43
Patrick, St, 44
Paul the Hermit, St, 16
Paul, St, apostle, 32, 35, 101, 114, 115, 119, 161, 193, 207
Paul, St, associate of John, 113
Paulina, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Paulina, St, also known as Virgo, 99
Paulinus, official, 72, 236
Pega, St, 15
Pelagia, St, 210
Perpetua, St, 39
Peter, St, apostle, 10, 14, 17, 25, 40, 70, 76, 94, 114, 115, 116, 119, 134, 135, 166, 196, 228, 233
Peter, St, associate of Ananias, 26
Peter, associate of Christopher, 73
Peter, St, associate of Marcellinus, 98, 99
Peter, St, one of the Sixteen Soldiers, 213
Petronilla, St, 94
Philip, St, apostle, 74
Philip, f. of Eugenia, 3
Philip, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Phocas, St, bp. of Sinope, 126
Pompeius, suitor of Basilla, 90
Porus, see Gundaforus
Praetextatus, cemetery of, 91, 147
Prilidanus, St, 34
Primitivus, St, 129
Prisca, St, 24
Priscilla, cemetery of, 20
Priscus, St, 95
Priscus, St, bp. of Capua, 172
Priscus, official, persecutor of Marcellus and Valerian, 176, 185
Priscus, official, persecutor of Euphemia, 187
Processus, St, 117
Procopius, St, 121
Protasius, St, 107
Protus, St, 182
Publius, official, persecutor of the Seven Brothers, 123
Pyrrhus, official, persecutor of Mennas and Heliodorus, 224
Quentin, St, 217
Quintus, St, 177
Riciowarus, official, persecutor of Quintinus, 217
Ritsoalis, official, persecutor of Justus, 209
Rogantina, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Romana, godmother of Pelagia, 210
Romanus, St, 150
Rufina, St, 125
Rufus, St, 165
Rusticus, St, 203
Sabina, St, 169
Sallustia, St, 183
Sapientia, name of apparition, 47
Saturnina, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Saturninus, bp. of Toulouse, 231
Saulus, see Paul
The Scillitan Martyrs, 128
Sebastian, St, 27, 106, 118, 120, 152
Sebastian, official, persecutor of Victor and Corona, 87
Secunda, St, 125
Sennes, St, 139
Senneus, St, 225
Septimus, St, 170
Serenus, official, persecutor of Marcellinus and Petrus, 98
Serotina, St, one of the Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
The Seven Brothers, 123
The Seven Women at Sirmium, 62
Severina, w. of Aurelianus, 76
Sigeberht, k. of East Anglia, 21
Silvanus, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Silvester I, St, pope, 7
Simeon Stylites, St, 136
Simon, St, apostle, 215
Simplicius, St, one of the Four Crowned Ones, 222
Sinotus, St, 179
Sisinnius, offical, persecutor of Agape, Chionia and Irene, 59, 061
Sisinnius, St, 93
The Sixteen Soldiers, 213
Sixtus II, St, pope, 147
Sosius, St, 192
Sosthenes, St, 187
Speratus, St, 128
Speusippus, St, 23
Stacteus, St, 129
Stephen, St, 4, 145
Stephen I, St, pope, 143
Stratocles, b. of Egeas, 233
Symmachus, official, 89 (see also Finian)
Symphorian, St, 160
Symphorianus, St, one of the Four Crowned Ones, 222
Symphorosa, St, 129
Symphronius, official, persecutor of Agnes, 30
Tarquinius, official, persecutor of Silvester and Timothy, 7, 161
Telesphorus, St, pope, 14
Terentianus, official, persecutor of John and Paul, 113
Thaddeus, St, apostle, also known as Judas, 215
Thecla, St, 193
Theodolus, St, 76
Theodoret, St, 54
Theodoric, k. of the Ostrogoths, 89
Theodorius, St, 132
Theodosius, St, one of the Sixteen Soldiers, 213
Theodota, St, m. of Evodius, 2, 144
Theodota, St, associate of Afra, 149
Thomas, St, apostle, also known as Didymus or Geminus, 238
Thor, pagan god, 182
Thyrsus, St, 195
Tiburtius, St, b. of Valerianus, 64
Tiburtius, St, associate of Sebastian, 152
Timotheus, associate of Simeon Stylites, 136
Timothy, St, 161
Tiw, pagan god, 147
Tondberht, h. of Æthelthryth, 110
Torquatus, persecutor of Tiburtius, 152
Trajan, Roman emperor, 42, 126, 166, 228
Tranquillinus, St, 120
Tryphonia, St, 208
Urban I, St, pope, 91, 227
Urbanus, St, 34
Urbanus, f. of Christina, 130
Ursicinus, St, 236
Valeria, St, 107
Valerian, St, 185
Valerianus, St, 64
Valerianus, official, persecutor of Vitus and Modestus, 102
Valerian, Roman emperor, 143, 184
Valerianus, official, persecutor of Abundius, Irenaeus and Hippolytus, 154, 164
Valerius, St, bp. of Saragossa, 31
Vespasian, Roman emperor, 134
Victor, St, associate of Corona, 87
Victor, St, associate of Euphemia, 187
Victor Maurus, St, 83
Victor of Marseilles, St, associate of Alexander, Theodorius and Felicianus, 132
Vincent, St, 31
Virgo, see Paulina
Vitalis, St, f. of Gervasius and Protasius, 72, 107
Vitalis, St, one of the Seven Brothers, 123
Vitus, St, 102
Wilfrid, St, bp. of Northumbria, 68
Winnoc, St, abt. of Wurmhout, 221
Xerxes I, k. of Persia, 215
Zacharias, St, f. of John the Baptist, 194
Zebedee, f. of James the Greater and John the Evangelist, 135
Zoe, St, 118