Martyrologium Hieronymianum

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Martyrologium Hieronymianum (meaning martyrology of Jerome) was a medieval list of martyrs, one of the most used and influential of the Middle Ages. Compiled probably in the late 6th century by anonymous monks in Gaul from calendars or martyrologies originating in Rome, Africa, the Christian east and locally, Martyrologium Hieronymianum was the first general or universal martyrology, and the ultimate source of all later Western martyrologies.