Hermagoras of Aquileia

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Saint

Hermagoras of Aquileia
Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast12 July
Attributesdepicted as bishop.
PatronageAquileia, Udine

Hermagoras of Aquileia (also spelled Hermenagoras, Hermogenes, Ermacoras) (

Mark to serve as the leader of the nascent Christian community in Aquileia, and that he was consecrated bishop by Peter. Hermagoras and his deacon Fortunatus (Italian: San Fortunato, Friulian: San Fortunât, Slovene: sveti Fortunat) evangelized the area but were eventually arrested by Sebastius, a representative of Nero. They were tortured and beheaded
.

Veneration

Statue of Hermagoras in the city of Hermagor.
St. Hermagoras and Fortunatus Church in Gornji Grad, Slovenia
SS Ermagora and Fortunato's church-belfry, Lorenzago di Cadore, Veneto, Italy.

"Hermagoras" was listed as the name of the first bishop of Aquileia. He was probably a bishop or lector living in the second half of the 3rd century or at the beginning of the fourth.

Christ's life on earth."[1] Thus, false apostolic origins were ascribed to Hermagoras and the church at Aquileia. The tradition that Fortunatus was Hermagoras' deacon is also probably apocryphal, but a Christian named Fortunatus may have been a separate martyr at Aquileia.[2]

Hermagoras and Fortunatus may have been martyrs killed in

bishop of Rome.[4]

Matteo Giovannetti
, about 1345. Gold and tempera on panel, 55 x 18 cm. Venice, Museo Correr

Their

Bollandists considered this simply a repetition of the same saints.[1] However, the cult of Saint Felix and Saint Fortunatus of Aquileia was also mentioned in calendars for 14 August.[1]

coat-of-arms
of Hermagor

Hermagoras' name survives in the

Gurk. The basilica of Aquileia today contains 12th-century frescoes, one of which depicts Hermagoras and Peter.[4]

Hermagoras and Fortunatus have been particularly venerated among the

Archdiocese of Ljubljana, re-established that year; previously, from 1461 until 1961, they were the main patrons of the diocese. In Slovenia, there are altogether seven parish churches and 25 branch churches dedicated to St. Hermagoras and/or St. Fortunatus. The oldest Slovene publishing house, established in 1851, is named the Hermagoras Society (Mohorjeva družba). The village of Šmohor in eastern Slovenia (the Municipality of Laško) is named after St. Hermagoras.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Santi Ermagora e Fortunato di Aquileia santiebeati.it.
  2. ^ "saintpatrickdc.org". www.saintpatrickdc.org.
  3. ^
    ISBN 3-88309-110-3
    .
  4. ^ a b Hermagoras in Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon.
  5. ^ "Mohor in Fortunat (umrla 4. st.)" [Hermagoras and Fortunatus (died 4th cent.)]. Revija.ognjisce.si (in Slovenian). Ognjišče d.o.o.

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