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E05673: Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 5 November in Terracina (southern Italy) of *Felix and Eusebius (martyrs of Terracina, companions of Caesarius and Julianus, S00893). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731.
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posted on 2018-06-08, 00:00 authored by bsavillBede, Martyrology
Non. Nov. In Terracina, Campania civitate, natale sanctorum Felicis presbyteri et Eusebii monachi, tempore Claudii imperatoris: qui videlicet Eusebius, cum sepelisset sanctos martyres Iulianum et Caesarium, et ad sepulcra eorum orans et ieiunans, multos converteret ad fidem, quos Felix presbyter baptizabat, tenti sunt ambo a Leontio, filio Leontii consularis, ob eam maxime causam, quia Casarius patrem eius christianum fecisset: et ad forum eius ducti, nec superati, inde in carcere reclusi, et nocte eadem, cum nollent sacrificare, decollati, et in fluvium iactati sunt. Quorum corpora venerunt usque ad mare, et reiecta sunt ad littus, atque a quodam presbytero de Capua, nomine Quartus, inventa: qui ea mox imposita vehiculo duxit in casam suam, et curiose quarens, etiam capita invenit, et adiuncta corporibus sepelivit iuxta sanctum Caesarium.
'5 November. In Terracina, a city in Campania, the feast of Saints Felix, priest, and Eusebius, monk, in the time of the emperor Claudius: who, that is to say, Eusebius, when he had buried the holy martyrs Julianus and Caesarius and, praying and fasting at their graves, had converted to the faith many people, whom Felix the priest would baptize, were both detained by Leontius, the son of the governor Leontius, most of all for this reason, that Caesarius had made his father a Christian: and they were led to his forum, not vanquished, from that place shut up in prison and, that same night, when they would not sacrifice, beheaded and thrown into the river. Their bodies came all the way to the sea, and were thrown back onto the shore, and found by a certain priest from Capua, named Quartus: who soon led them, placed upon a wagon, into his own cottage and, searching inquisitively, also found their heads and, having joined them to the bodies, buried them near Saint Caesarius.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 65-6. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 194-5, lightly modified.
Non. Nov. In Terracina, Campania civitate, natale sanctorum Felicis presbyteri et Eusebii monachi, tempore Claudii imperatoris: qui videlicet Eusebius, cum sepelisset sanctos martyres Iulianum et Caesarium, et ad sepulcra eorum orans et ieiunans, multos converteret ad fidem, quos Felix presbyter baptizabat, tenti sunt ambo a Leontio, filio Leontii consularis, ob eam maxime causam, quia Casarius patrem eius christianum fecisset: et ad forum eius ducti, nec superati, inde in carcere reclusi, et nocte eadem, cum nollent sacrificare, decollati, et in fluvium iactati sunt. Quorum corpora venerunt usque ad mare, et reiecta sunt ad littus, atque a quodam presbytero de Capua, nomine Quartus, inventa: qui ea mox imposita vehiculo duxit in casam suam, et curiose quarens, etiam capita invenit, et adiuncta corporibus sepelivit iuxta sanctum Caesarium.
'5 November. In Terracina, a city in Campania, the feast of Saints Felix, priest, and Eusebius, monk, in the time of the emperor Claudius: who, that is to say, Eusebius, when he had buried the holy martyrs Julianus and Caesarius and, praying and fasting at their graves, had converted to the faith many people, whom Felix the priest would baptize, were both detained by Leontius, the son of the governor Leontius, most of all for this reason, that Caesarius had made his father a Christian: and they were led to his forum, not vanquished, from that place shut up in prison and, that same night, when they would not sacrifice, beheaded and thrown into the river. Their bodies came all the way to the sea, and were thrown back onto the shore, and found by a certain priest from Capua, named Quartus: who soon led them, placed upon a wagon, into his own cottage and, searching inquisitively, also found their heads and, having joined them to the bodies, buried them near Saint Caesarius.'
Text: Quentin 1908, 65-6. Translation: Lifshitz 2000, 194-5, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E05673Saint Name
Caesarius and his companions Julianus, Felix and Eusebius, martyrs of Terracina : S00893Saint Name in Source
Felix, EusebiusRelated 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
54Activity 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