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'''Trasilla''' (also called '''Tarsila, Tharsilla, Thrasilla'''<ref name="oslo" />) and '''Emiliana''' (also called '''Aemiliana, Emilie'''<ref name="oslo" />) were aunts of [[Gregory the Great|Saint Pope Gregory I]] and are venerated as [[virgin]] saints of the sixth century. They appear in the ''Roman Martyrology'', Trasilla on 24 December, Emiliana on 5 January.<ref name="Mershman">{{Cite book |last=Mershman |first=Francis |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026a.htm |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1912 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |volume=15 |location=New York |chapter=Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> |
'''Trasilla''' (also called '''Tarsila, Tharsilla, Thrasilla'''<ref name="oslo" />) and '''Emiliana''' (also called '''Aemiliana, Emilie'''<ref name="oslo" />) were aunts of [[Gregory the Great|Saint Pope Gregory I]] and are venerated as [[virgin]] saints of the sixth century. They appear in the ''Roman Martyrology'', Trasilla on 24 December, Emiliana on 5 January.<ref name="Mershman">{{Cite book |last=Mershman |first=Francis |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15026a.htm |title=The Catholic Encyclopedia |date=1912 |publisher=Robert Appleton Company |volume=15 |location=New York |chapter=Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana |access-date=27 April 2024}}</ref> |
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Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the [[Caelian Hill]] and large estates in Sicily",<ref name="oslo">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2015 |title=Saints Tarsilla and Emiliana of Rome (d. ~550) |url=http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/tharsila |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Den Katolske Kirke |language=no}}</ref> and who became the father of [[Pope Gregory I|Saint Pope Gregory I]].<ref name="Mershman" /> They had another sister, Gordiana (also called Gordia). Their grandfather was [[Felix III|Saint Pope Felix III]] and [[Pope Agapetus I]] was probably an ancestor. Their mother, [[Saint Silvia|Silvia]], was also a saint.<ref name="oslo" /><ref name="oslo" /> Gregory wrote that his father had three sisters, who vowed themselves to God and lived a life of [[virginity]], fasting, and prayer in their home on the [[Clivus Scauri]] in [[Rome]]. Even though they did not live in a monastery, they were consecrated and lived according to a rule. Gordiana eventually left to marry the manager of her estates.<ref name="oslo" /><ref name="Mershman" /> |
Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the [[Caelian Hill]] and large estates in Sicily",<ref name="oslo">{{Cite web |date=28 November 2015 |title=Saints Tarsilla and Emiliana of Rome (d. ~550) |url=http://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/tharsila |access-date=27 April 2024 |website=Den Katolske Kirke |language=no}}</ref> and who became the father of [[Pope Gregory I|Saint Pope Gregory I]].<ref name="Mershman" /> They had another sister, Gordiana (also called Gordia). Their grandfather was [[Felix III|Saint Pope Felix III]] and [[Pope Agapetus I]] was probably an ancestor. Their mother, [[Saint Silvia|Silvia]], was also a saint.<ref name="oslo" /><ref name="oslo" /> Gregory wrote that his father had three sisters, who vowed themselves to God and lived a life of [[virginity]], fasting, and prayer in their home on the [[Clivus Scauri]] in [[Rome]]. Even though they did not live in a monastery, they were consecrated and lived according to a rule. Gordiana eventually left to marry the manager of her estates.<ref name="oslo" /><ref name="Mershman" /> |
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Trasilla (also called Tarsila, Tharsilla, Thrasilla[1]) and Emiliana (also called Aemiliana, Emilie[1]) were aunts of Saint Pope Gregory I and are venerated as virgin saints of the sixth century. They appear in the Roman Martyrology, Trasilla on 24 December, Emiliana on 5 January.[2]
Life
Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the Caelian Hill and large estates in Sicily",[1] and who became the father of Saint Pope Gregory I.[2] They had another sister, Gordiana (also called Gordia). Their grandfather was Saint Pope Felix III and Pope Agapetus I was probably an ancestor. Their mother, Silvia, was also a saint.[1][1] Gregory wrote that his father had three sisters, who vowed themselves to God and lived a life of virginity, fasting, and prayer in their home on the Clivus Scauri in Rome. Even though they did not live in a monastery, they were consecrated and lived according to a rule. Gordiana eventually left to marry the manager of her estates.[1][2]
Tradition states that "after many years of service",[2] Felix III, appeared to Trasilla and ordered her to enter heaven; "seeing Jesus beckoning",[2] she died on Christmas Eve. A few days later, Trasilla appeared to Emiliana, inviting her to celebrate Epiphany in heaven; she died the day before, on January 5.[1][2] Most of what is known about their life, visions, and death are from Gregory, who spoke about them from his 38th homily on the Gospel of Matthew and his Dialogues.[1]
According to tradition, their relics and those of their mother, Silvia, are in the Oratory of Saint Andrew on the Celian Hill.[2]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Saints Tarsilla and Emiliana of Rome (d. ~550)". Den Katolske Kirke (in Norwegian). 28 November 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g Mershman, Francis (1912). "Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana". The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 15. New York: Robert Appleton Company. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Trasilla and Emiliana". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.