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E05583: Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 21 July at Tivoli (near Rome) of *Symphorosa and her seven sons (martyrs of Tivoli, S01165). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
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posted on 2018-05-28, 00:00 authored by bsavillBede, Martyrology
XII Kl. Aug. Et apud Tiburtinam, urbem Italiae, natale sanctae Symphorosae cum septem filiis, Crescente, Iuliano, Nemesio, Primitivo, Iustino, Stacteo, Eugenio, cum quibus simul passa est ab Adriano principe: qui ipsam Symphorosam iussit palmis caedi, deinde suspendi crinibus: sed cum superari nullatenus posset, iussit eam, alligato saxo, in fluvio praecipitari: cuius frater Eugenius, principalis curiae Tiburtinae, colligens corpus eius sepelivit. Et mane imperator iussit septem figi stipites ibique filios eius ad trochleas extendi: et Crescentem in gutture transfigi, Lucianum in pectore, Nemesium in corde, Primitivum per umbilicum, Iustinum per membra distensum scindi per singulos corporis nodos atque iuncturas, Stacteum lanceis innumerabilibus donec moreretur in terra configi, Eugenium findi a pectore usque ad inferiores partes. Altera autem die, Adrianus praecepit corpora (sic).
'21 July. And at Tivoli, a town in Italy, the feast of Saint Symphorosa with her seven sons, Crescens, Iulianus, Nemesius, Primitivus, Iustinus, Stacteus, Eugenius, together with whom she suffered by the doing of the princeps Hadrian: he ordered Symphorosa herself to be beaten with palm branches, then to be hung up by her hair: but when she could in no way be vanquished, he ordered her, tied to a rock, to be thrown into the river: her brother Eugenius, the chief magistrate of the council of Tivoli, collecting her body, buried her. And in the morning the emperor ordered seven stakes to be driven into the ground and her sons to be stretched out there on pulleys: and for Crescens to be pierced through in the throat, Lucianus in the breast, Nemesius in the heart, Primitivus through the navel, for Iustinus - stretched out through all his limbs - to be cut through each of the joints and junctures of his body, for Stacteus to be transfixed in the ground with countless lances until he died, for Eugenius to be split open from his breast all the way to his nether regions. On another day, Hadrian commanded the bodies ...'
Text: Quentin 1908, 92-3. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 188, modified.
XII Kl. Aug. Et apud Tiburtinam, urbem Italiae, natale sanctae Symphorosae cum septem filiis, Crescente, Iuliano, Nemesio, Primitivo, Iustino, Stacteo, Eugenio, cum quibus simul passa est ab Adriano principe: qui ipsam Symphorosam iussit palmis caedi, deinde suspendi crinibus: sed cum superari nullatenus posset, iussit eam, alligato saxo, in fluvio praecipitari: cuius frater Eugenius, principalis curiae Tiburtinae, colligens corpus eius sepelivit. Et mane imperator iussit septem figi stipites ibique filios eius ad trochleas extendi: et Crescentem in gutture transfigi, Lucianum in pectore, Nemesium in corde, Primitivum per umbilicum, Iustinum per membra distensum scindi per singulos corporis nodos atque iuncturas, Stacteum lanceis innumerabilibus donec moreretur in terra configi, Eugenium findi a pectore usque ad inferiores partes. Altera autem die, Adrianus praecepit corpora (sic).
'21 July. And at Tivoli, a town in Italy, the feast of Saint Symphorosa with her seven sons, Crescens, Iulianus, Nemesius, Primitivus, Iustinus, Stacteus, Eugenius, together with whom she suffered by the doing of the princeps Hadrian: he ordered Symphorosa herself to be beaten with palm branches, then to be hung up by her hair: but when she could in no way be vanquished, he ordered her, tied to a rock, to be thrown into the river: her brother Eugenius, the chief magistrate of the council of Tivoli, collecting her body, buried her. And in the morning the emperor ordered seven stakes to be driven into the ground and her sons to be stretched out there on pulleys: and for Crescens to be pierced through in the throat, Lucianus in the breast, Nemesius in the heart, Primitivus through the navel, for Iustinus - stretched out through all his limbs - to be cut through each of the joints and junctures of his body, for Stacteus to be transfixed in the ground with countless lances until he died, for Eugenius to be split open from his breast all the way to his nether regions. On another day, Hadrian commanded the bodies ...'
Text: Quentin 1908, 92-3. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 188, modified.
History
Evidence ID
E05583Saint Name
Symphorosa and her seven sons, martyrs of Tivoli : S01165Saint Name in Source
Symphorosa cum septem filiisRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Liturgical texts - Calendars and martyrologies Literary - Hagiographical - Other saint-related textsLanguage
- Latin
Evidence not before
725Evidence not after
731Activity not before
117Activity not after
731Place of Evidence - Region
Britain and IrelandPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Wearmouth and JarrowPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Wearmouth and Jarrow St Albans St Albans VerulamiumMajor author/Major anonymous work
BedeCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast