Saint Januarius of Antioch

Gennarius of Antioch (Antioch, 4th century? – Rome, ...) was a Syrian grammarian and priest, considered a saint and martyr. The passio of Gennarius, still unpublished, is preserved in a 14th-century manuscript in the capitular library of the Benevento Cathedral. Gennarius was a priest originally from Antioch who lived in Rome at the Titulus of Saint Pudentiana. A renowned grammarian, he attracted many disciples around him. He came into contact with Julian through the help of the pagan grammarian Potemtius. The counsel he provided to the emperor did not prevent him from being brought before the Vicar of Rome, Giordano. Giordano, along with his wife and fifty-three other family members, received baptism at the hands of Gennarius and also died as martyrs. Gennarius was beheaded in the Campus Martius between the Via Praenestina and the Via Tiburtina. A monk named Crescentianus buried him in that place in a sandstone crypt on a September 26, though the year is unknown. There is no mention of this martyr in the official records of the Roman Church, neither on this date nor any other.