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Abundius (given Name)
Abundius (fl. 451 – 469) was a saint and bishop of Como, Italy. Abundius is also the name of: * Abundius and Irenaeus (died 258), saints and martyrs *Abundius and Abundantius Abundius and Abundantius (died c. 304) are Christian martyrs who were killed during the Diocletian persecution. Their feast day is celebrated on September 16. Biography Abundius was a priest who had earlier resurrected John, the son of Marc ... (died 304), saints martyred north of Rome in the Diocletian persecution * Abundius of Umbria (died 303), saint martyred north of Rome in the Diocletian persecution * Abundius the Sacristan (died 564), saint and sacristan of St. Peter's Basilica * Abundius of Córdoba (died 854), 9th century priest, martyr, and saint of Córdoba, Spain * Abundius of Pietra Montecorvina, saint and martyr of Pietramontecorvino in Apulia * Abundius of Palestrina, Italian saint See also * Saint Abundantia (died 804), Christian saint * Abundantius, the name of several Chr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius
Abundius (also Abondius, Abundias, or Abbondio; early fifth century – 469), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Abundius, was a bishop of Como, Northern Italy. Biography Abundius was born at Thessalonica. Around 448 Abundius became the fourth Bishop of Como, succeeding Amantius. He was present at the Council of Constantinople in 448, and took an active part against the Eutychian heresy at Chalcedon (451), where he was the representative of Pope Leo the Great. In 452 he also took part in the Council of Milan, convened to refute the same heresy. Abundius is one of those to whom the authorship of the Te Deum is attributed. The Romanesque church of Sant'Abbondio at Como, consecrated in 1095 by Pope Urban II, is dedicated to him, and his relics are conserved beneath its principal altar.See the article on the Basilica di Sant'Abbondio The Basilica of Sant'Abbondio is a Romanesque-style 11th-century Catholic basilica church located in Como, region of Lombardy, Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floruit
''Floruit'' (; abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for "they flourished") denotes a date or period during which a person was known to have been alive or active. In English, the unabbreviated word may also be used as a noun indicating the time when someone flourished. Etymology and use la, flōruit is the third-person singular perfect active indicative of the Latin verb ', ' "to bloom, flower, or flourish", from the noun ', ', "flower". Broadly, the term is employed in reference to the peak of activity for a person or movement. More specifically, it often is used in genealogy and historical writing when a person's birth or death dates are unknown, but some other evidence exists that indicates when they were alive. For example, if there are wills attested by John Jones in 1204, and 1229, and a record of his marriage in 1197, a record concerning him might be written as "John Jones (fl. 1197–1229)". The term is often used in art history when dating the care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius And Irenaeus
Abundius and Irenaeus (died 258) were Roman martyrs during the reign of Roman Emperor Valerian (253-260). Their feast in the Roman Martyrology is celebrated on August 26. Abundius also has separate commemorations in Augsburg and Orvieto. Life Abundius was a devout Christian of Rome, and Irenaeus was a sewer-keeper. Together, they buried the body of Saint Concordia. Saint Concordia was the nurse of Hippolytus. On stating to Valerian the urban prefect that she was a Christian, she was beaten to death, and her body was thrown into the sewer. Irenaeus found the body of St. Concordia and with the help of his colleague Abundius, was able to retrieve it and deliver it to Justinus, who reverently buried her on 25 August in the cemetery of Hippolytus on the Ager Veranus. Her death, however, is commemorated on 22 February in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum, with a clear indication that she was buried in the cemetery of St. Laurence on the Via Tiburtina. As a result of this activity, Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius And Abundantius
Abundius and Abundantius (died c. 304) are Christian martyrs who were killed during the Diocletian persecution. Their feast day is celebrated on September 16. Biography Abundius was a priest who had earlier resurrected John, the son of Marcianus. Upon hearing of this, the emperor ordered these three, with Abundantius, a deacon, to be beheaded. The executions were carried out at the 26th milestone of the Via Flaminia. Veneration Their bodies were later transferred to the church of Cosmas and Damian in Rome. The bodies of Marcianus and John were found around 1001 and transferred to Civita Castellana. There, they were elected to be the city's principal patron saints. In 1583, the relics of Abundius and Abundantius were transferred to the SS. Nome di Gesu, where they were placed under the church's high altar. Aloysius Gonzaga heard mass there before becoming a Jesuit , image = Ihs-logo.svg , image_size = 175px , caption = Christ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius Of Umbria
Abundius of Umbria, also known as Abundius of Syria (died 303) was a deacon and martyr during the Diocletian persecution. Biography He was the grandson of Anastasius, and accompanied him and others from Syria to Umbria it, Umbro (man) it, Umbra (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , ..., where he was martyred. No specific feast day in his name is known. References Sources * Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. Year of birth missing 303 deaths 4th-century Christian martyrs 4th-century Romans Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian {{Italy-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius The Sacristan
Saint Abundius the Sacristan (also Abonde, or, variously, Acontius) (died c. 564) was a sacristan of the Church of Saint Peter in Rome. Life His holy life was reportedly an inspiration to all who knew him, and several miracles were attributed to him. For one, he is reported as having miraculously healed someone of gout by his prayers. Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. Another story of a miraculous healing by Abundius is told by Saint Gregory the Great in his '' Dialogues'' (Book III, Chapter 25). Gregory reports that there was a young woman who was suffering from palsy, and had been praying to Saint Peter to be healed. The saint appeared to her in a vision and told her to go to Abundius to be healed. The woman did not know Abundius, but sought him out at the basilica and engaged in the following conversation with him: In the same work, Gregory also makes note of another saintly sacristan of Saint Peter's, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martyrs Of Córdoba
The Martyrs of Córdoba were forty-eight Christian martyrs who were executed under the rule of Muslim administration in Al-Andalus (name of the Iberian Peninsula under the Islamic rule). The hagiographical treatise written by the Iberian Christian and Latinist scholar Eulogius of Córdoba describes in detail the executions of the martyrs for capital violations of Islamic law (''sharīʿa''), including apostasy and blasphemy. The martyrdoms recorded by Eulogius (the only contemporary source) took place between 850 and 859 AD, which according to the Mālikī judges of al-Andalus broke the treaty signed between Muslims and their Christian subjects. Some of the Christian martyrs were executed for apostasy and blasphemy after they appeared before the Muslim authorities and insulted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, although there was a minority case in which some of them were accused of such violations by witnesses. The witnesses at points have exaggerated the scale of the statemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius Of Pietra Montecorvina
Abundius of Pietra Montecorvina is a Roman Catholic martyr and saint. His relics are kept at Pietramontecorvino, near Lucera in the province of Foggia in southern Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical .... His feast day is kept there on February 27. 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 24 May 2012 References Sources *Holweck, F. G. ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, Missouri, US: B. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abundius Of Palestrina
Abundius of Palestrina is a saint of the Christian church. His feast day is celebrated on October 29 in Palestrina Palestrina (ancient ''Praeneste''; grc, Πραίνεστος, ''Prainestos'') is a modern Italian city and ''comune'' (municipality) with a population of about 22,000, in Lazio, about east of Rome. It is connected to the latter by the Via Pre .... References Sources * Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, Missouri, US: B. Herder Book Co. 1924 Christian saints in unknown century Italian saints Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown {{Italy-saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Abundantia
Saint Abundantia (died 804) was a Christian saint. Her feast day is 19 January. Life She was born at Spoleto, and was educated by Majolus of Cluny. She later made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem with her mother. She would go on to spend five years in the cave of Onuphrius in the desert of Upper Egypt. She is said to have cultivated devotion in honor of Raphael Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, better known as Raphael (; or ; March 28 or April 6, 1483April 6, 1520), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance. His work is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual .... She returned to Spoleto, where she died in 804. The story of her life has been challenged, and is considered by at least some as unreliable. Notes and references * Holweck, F. G., ''A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints''. St. Louis, MO: B. Herder Book Co. 1924. Year of birth missing 804 deaths 8th-century Christian saints People from Spoleto Medieval Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
