Biography
Largus of Rome
About Largus of Rome
The Roman Martyrology remembers Largus with Cyriacus, Crescenziano, Memmia, Giuliana, and Smaragdus. Its August 8 notice places their commemoration at the seventh mile of the Via Ostiensis outside Rome. It supplies no account of Largus's childhood, work, or words.
An older March 16 martyrology recounts the Roman group under Cyriacus and says their feast is kept on August 8. It separately lists a Largus among the martyrs of Aquileia with Hilary, Tatian, Felix, and Denis. The bare name once attached to this catalog entry could not distinguish them. This profile selects the Largus commemorated at Rome in the current Roman Martyrology.
The older passion account describes tortures, but the current notice is narrower. These sources establish no birth or death date, occupation, precise grave, personal quotation, or independent episode for Largus. The profile records his shared commemoration and leaves those details open.
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