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'''Saints Gordianus and Epimachus''' were [[ancient Rome|Roman]] [[martyr]]s, who were killed during the reign of [[Julian the Apostate]], 362, commemorated on 10 May. |
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==Saint Gordianus== |
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{{main|Saint Gordianus}} |
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Gordianus was a Roman [[judge]] who converted to [[Christianity]]. He was tortured and finally [[decapitated|beheaded]]. His body was laid in a crypt on the [[Via Latina]] beside the body of [[Saint Epimachus]], and the two saints gave their name to the cemetery, and are jointly venerated by the [[Catholic Church]]. |
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==Other Saint Epimachuses== |
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There are also several martyrs named '''Epimachus''', and, owing to the meagreness of the information possessed concerning them less careful writers have confounded them greatly while the greater [[hagiologists]] are unable to agree as to their number or identity. |
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The [[Bollandists]] mention five saints of this name: |
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* Epimachus whose body with that of St. Gordianus, is honoured at Rome on 10 May. Most of the great writers have denied the existence of an Epimachus martyred at Rome, and account for the relics honoured there by asserting that the body of the Alexandrian Epimachus was transported thither shortly before the martyrdom of St. Gordianus. Remi de Buck, the learned Bollandist, however, maintains that the evidence for the Roman Epimachus is too strong to be doubted, while he rejects the pretended translation of the relics of Epimachus of Alexandria. |
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* A martyr commemorated by the Orthodox on 6 July, (Acta SS., XXIX, 280) |
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* Epimachus and Azirianus, martyrs venerated by the [[Copts]] and [[Ethiopians]] on 31 October (Acta SS., LXI, 684) |
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* [[Epimachus of Pelusium]] in [[Egypt]], venerated by the [[Eastern Orthodox]] on 31 October and by the [[Copts]] on [[Pashons 14 (Coptic Orthodox liturgics)|14 Pashons]] (Acta SS., LXI, 704) |
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* Epimachus and Alexander, martyred at [[Alexandria]] in the persecution of [[Decius]], commemorated in the Latin Church on 12 Dec.[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90439] |
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==References== |
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* {{CathEncy|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06649a.htm|title=Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus}} |
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Revision as of 18:19, 15 March 2012
Saints Gordianus and Epimachus | |
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 The Martyrdom of Saint Gordian. French manuscript of the 14th century. | |
| Died | 362 AD |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | 10 May |
Saints Gordianus and Epimachus were Roman martyrs, who were killed during the reign of Julian the Apostate, 362, commemorated on 10 May.
Saint Gordianus
Gordianus was a Roman judge who converted to Christianity. He was tortured and finally beheaded. His body was laid in a crypt on the Via Latina beside the body of Saint Epimachus, and the two saints gave their name to the cemetery, and are jointly venerated by the Catholic Church.
Other Saint Epimachuses
There are also several martyrs named Epimachus, and, owing to the meagreness of the information possessed concerning them less careful writers have confounded them greatly while the greater hagiologists are unable to agree as to their number or identity. The Bollandists mention five saints of this name:
- Epimachus whose body with that of St. Gordianus, is honoured at Rome on 10 May. Most of the great writers have denied the existence of an Epimachus martyred at Rome, and account for the relics honoured there by asserting that the body of the Alexandrian Epimachus was transported thither shortly before the martyrdom of St. Gordianus. Remi de Buck, the learned Bollandist, however, maintains that the evidence for the Roman Epimachus is too strong to be doubted, while he rejects the pretended translation of the relics of Epimachus of Alexandria.
- A martyr commemorated by the Orthodox on 6 July, (Acta SS., XXIX, 280)
- Epimachus and Azirianus, martyrs venerated by the Copts and Ethiopians on 31 October (Acta SS., LXI, 684)
- Epimachus of Pelusium in Egypt, venerated by the Eastern Orthodox on 31 October and by the Copts on 14 Pashons (Acta SS., LXI, 704)
- Epimachus and Alexander, martyred at Alexandria in the persecution of Decius, commemorated in the Latin Church on 12 Dec.[1]
References
Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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