Marcellus of Tangier

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Saint Marcellus of Tangier
Pre-Congregation
Major shrineChurch of San Marcelo, León[1]
FeastOctober 30
Patronagethe city of León and the Province of León, Spain

Saint Marcellus of Tangier or Saint Marcellus the Centurion (

feast day
is celebrated on October 30.

Life

Marcellus is said to have been a Roman

Tangiers), who refused to participate in the general birthday celebrations of the Emperor Maximian, which would have entailed sacrifice to the Roman gods. Throwing off his military belt, weapons, and vine staff (the symbol of his rank),[2] Marcellus was soon brought before a judge named Fortunatus. The judge remanded the saint to lay his case before Maximian and Constantius; the latter was friendly to Christians. However, Marcellus was taken to the deputy Praetorian prefect Aurelius Agricolanus
instead. Marcellus pled guilty to repudiating his allegiance to an earthly leader.

Marcellus was martyred with a sword by the deputy Praetorian prefect.

Afterwards, it is said that the official shorthand writer, a man named Saint Cassian, was so angry at the sentence that he refused to record the court proceedings and was martyred as well.[3]

St. Marcellus's

relics were later brought to and enshrined at what now is León, Spain, and he became a patron saint
of the city. The Plaza de San Marcelo in this city is named for him. The church of San Marcelo dates from the 10th century.

Alternative version

An alternative version of his legend states that he was a centurion of the

Cadiz, and their association with Marcellus is also apocryphal.[6][7]

Claudius, Lupercus, Victorius

Procession of the Confraternity of Santo Cristo de la Bienaventuranza walking past the church of San Claudio in León, 2005.

Saints Claudius, Lupercus or Lupercio, and Victorius or Victoricus (d. c. 300) are said to have been the sons of St Marcellus. They were said to have been martyred at

Benedictine abbey of San Claudio, in Galicia.[9]
The town of San Claudio, near Oviedo, takes its name from this group of martyrs.

Their

Ferdinand I of Castile
transported some of their relics to the church of San Isidoro in León. In 1173, the relics were translated to a new church dedicated to the three martyrs. This church was destroyed in 1834 and the relics were moved to the church of San Marcelo, dedicated to their presumed father. Their feast day is celebrated in Spain and Portugal on October 30.

Victorius or Victoricus should not be confused with the

Saint Engratia.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ Iglesia de San Marcelo Archived 2006-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. “Marcellus”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 November 2014. Web
  3. ^ ""Marcellus of Tangier, M, (RM)"". Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  4. ^ Parroquia de San Marcelo: "Cofradía de las Siete Palabras de Jesús en la Cruz" Archived 2006-09-16 at the Wayback Machine de León, España
  5. ^ de Gaiffier, B. (1943). "S. Marcel de Tanger ou de Léon ? Évolution d'une légende, Analecta Bollandiana 61". opac.regesta-imperii.de: 116–139.
  6. ^ Catholic Online – Saints & Angels: "Sts. Servandus & Cermanus"
  7. ^ "Santos Patronos de Cádiz"
  8. ^ Santi e beati: "Santi Claudio, Luperco e Vittorico"
  9. ^ ""Claudius, Lupercus & Victorius, MM, (RM)"". Archived from the original on 2015-03-22. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
  10. ^ Baring-Gould, Sabine; Hodges, J. (1874). The Lives of the Saints. p. 410 – via archive.org.

Notes

  1. ^ The oldest versions of the documents relating to Saint Marcelleus lack any reference to either Léon or the legio septima gemina. They do not belong to the original. see: Noé Villaverde Vega, Tingitana en la antigüedad tardía, siglos III–VII, p. 341

External links

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