Judas Cyriacus
Saint Cyriacus of Ancona (Judas Cyriacus) | |
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Bishop of Ancona | |
Died | ca. 360 AD |
Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Canonized | Pre-congregation |
Major shrine | Cathedral of San Ciriaco, Ancona, Italy |
Feast | 4 May (Catholic Church) 28 October (Eastern Orthodox Church)[1][2][3] |
Patronage | Ancona, Italy |
Judas Cyriacus (Cyriacus of Ancona, Cyriacus of Jerusalem, Quiriacus, Quiricus, Kyriakos);
Judas Cyriacus, Bishop of Ancona
He is said to have been the
(Judas Cyriacus of Ancona is often confused with the legendary Bishop
Judas Cyriacus and the True Cross
The local tradition of Ancona has identified this saint with the
According to legend, a Jew Judas Kyriakos aided the Empress
Among the three accounts about the discovery of the True Cross that circulated throughout the Roman Empire in the 4th century,[citation needed][dubious ] the two most widely repeated both credited Helena, the aged mother of Constantine the Great, who travelled to Jerusalem at her son's request. To recover it, it was necessary to demolish a temple, perhaps dedicated to Venus, that occupied the site. In one, Judas knew of the location of the Cross; he had been the recipient of that secret knowledge which was handed down the paternal line of his family, and revealed it under torture. As J. W. Drijvers, the editor of the text, has noted,
The Judas Kyriakos legend originated in Greek, but became also known in Latin and Syriac and later on in many vernacular languages. This version relates how Helena discovered the Cross with the help of a Jew Judas, who later converted and received the name Kyriakos. It became the most popular version of the three.
The martyrdom of Judas Cyriacus
After assisting Helena with the finding of the True Cross, Judas Cyriacus was baptized, consecrated as bishop of Jerusalem, and
In the legendary Acts of his martyrdom, at first written in Greek and than translated in Latin and Syriac,[5] he engaged in dialogue with the emperor Julian and, along with his mother Anna, was described as being subjected to horrible torments. The
Cathedral of San Ciriaco
Monte Guasco, in Ancona, the location of the
It was consecrated in 1128 and completed in 1189. Some writers suppose that the original church was in the form of a
The body purported to be Cyriacus' lies prostrate and visible in his tomb.
See also
References
- ^ Great Synaxaristes: (in Greek) Ὁ Ἅγιος Κυριακὸς ὁ Ἱερομάρτυρας. 28 Οκτωβρίου. ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΥΝΑΞΑΡΙΣΤΗΣ.
- ^ Hieromartyr Cyriacus the Patriarch of Jerusalem. OCA - Feasts and Saints.
- ^ October 28 / November10. Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU).
- ^ "NPNF2-02. Socrates and Sozomenus Ecclesiastical Histories | Christian Classics Ethereal Library". May 18, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-18. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- ISBN 978-88-3283-105-4.
- ^ "The History of Provins". May 25, 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-05-25. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
- Jan Willem Drijvers (Q106300415), The Finding of the True Cross: The Judas Kyriakos Legend in Syriac. Introduction, Text and Translation, 1997.
External links
Media related to Judas Cyriacus at Wikimedia Commons
- Edward Bickersteth Birks (Esq., M.A., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, son of . Volume 1: A-D. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1877. Page 757.
- Catholic Online: St. Judas Cyriacus
- Jan Willem Drijvers, U. of Groningen, "Helena Augusta": a full list of contemporary sources is included
- Hans Reinhard Seeliger (1992). "Judas Cyriacus (Quiriacus)". In Bautz, Friedrich Wilhelm (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 3. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 762–763. ISBN 3-88309-035-2.