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E07463: Ildefonsus, bishop of Toledo, in his On the Lives of Famous Men, written in Latin in 657/667, writes that Bishop Asturius of Toledo in the late 4th c. found in Complutum the tombs of *Iustus and Pastor (schoolboys and martyrs of Complutum, S00504), and spent the rest of his days there.
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posted on 2019-03-21, 00:00 authored by mszadaIldefonsus of Toledo, De viris illustribus 1
Asturius post Audentium in Toletana urbe sedis metropolis prouinciae Carthaginis pontifex successor obuenit.
Vir egregius adsignans opera uirtutum plus exemplo uiuendi quam calamo scribentis. Hic et sacerdotio beatus et miraculo dignus, quia quibus iungeretur in caelo, eorum terreno reperire membra meruit in sepulchro. Nam cum sedis suae sacerdotio fungeretur, diuina dicitur reuelatione commonitus, Complutensi sepultos municipio, quod ab urbe eius ferme sexagesimo miliario situm est, Dei martyres perscrutari. Qui concitus adcurrens, quos et tellus aggeris et obliuio temporis presserat, in lucem et gloriam terrenae cognitionis prouehendos inuenit. Quibus repertis, redire in sedem renuens, seruitute simul et adsiduitate sanctis innexus, diem clausit extremum. Cuius tamen sedem, donec uixit, nemo adiit. Inde, ut antiquitas fert, in Toleto sacerdos nonus et in Compluto agnoscitur primus.
'Asturius was the successor of Audentius in the metropolitan see of the city of Toledo in the province of Carthaginensis.
An outstanding man, he displayed his virtues more through the example of his life than by the works he wrote. Blessed in his ministry and deemed worthy of performing a miracle, he earned the right to have an earthly burial by those with whom he would be united in heaven. For while bishop of his see, it is said that he was told by divine revelation to seek out the tombs of the martyrs of God in the town of Complutum, which lies some sixty miles from Toledo. Swiftly hastening there, he encountered the remains of men whom the weight of earth and the passage of time had consigned to oblivion and who ought to be brought to the light and the glory of being remembered by men. On discovering them, he declined to return to his see and, binding himself to the continual service of these saints, there ended his days. No-one while he lived, acceded to his seat. For this reason, as the ancients tell us, he is known as the ninth bishop of Toledo and the first bishop of Complutum.'
Text: Codoñer 2007, 603. Translation: Fear 1997, 109-110, lightly adapted.
Asturius post Audentium in Toletana urbe sedis metropolis prouinciae Carthaginis pontifex successor obuenit.
Vir egregius adsignans opera uirtutum plus exemplo uiuendi quam calamo scribentis. Hic et sacerdotio beatus et miraculo dignus, quia quibus iungeretur in caelo, eorum terreno reperire membra meruit in sepulchro. Nam cum sedis suae sacerdotio fungeretur, diuina dicitur reuelatione commonitus, Complutensi sepultos municipio, quod ab urbe eius ferme sexagesimo miliario situm est, Dei martyres perscrutari. Qui concitus adcurrens, quos et tellus aggeris et obliuio temporis presserat, in lucem et gloriam terrenae cognitionis prouehendos inuenit. Quibus repertis, redire in sedem renuens, seruitute simul et adsiduitate sanctis innexus, diem clausit extremum. Cuius tamen sedem, donec uixit, nemo adiit. Inde, ut antiquitas fert, in Toleto sacerdos nonus et in Compluto agnoscitur primus.
'Asturius was the successor of Audentius in the metropolitan see of the city of Toledo in the province of Carthaginensis.
An outstanding man, he displayed his virtues more through the example of his life than by the works he wrote. Blessed in his ministry and deemed worthy of performing a miracle, he earned the right to have an earthly burial by those with whom he would be united in heaven. For while bishop of his see, it is said that he was told by divine revelation to seek out the tombs of the martyrs of God in the town of Complutum, which lies some sixty miles from Toledo. Swiftly hastening there, he encountered the remains of men whom the weight of earth and the passage of time had consigned to oblivion and who ought to be brought to the light and the glory of being remembered by men. On discovering them, he declined to return to his see and, binding himself to the continual service of these saints, there ended his days. No-one while he lived, acceded to his seat. For this reason, as the ancients tell us, he is known as the ninth bishop of Toledo and the first bishop of Complutum.'
Text: Codoñer 2007, 603. Translation: Fear 1997, 109-110, lightly adapted.
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Evidence ID
E07463Saint Name
Iustus and Pastor, schoolboys and martyrs of Alcala, Spain : S00504Saint Name in Source
martyres DeiRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - OtherLanguage
- Latin