Maturinus
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Maturinus, or Mathurin[4] (died ca. 300 AD[2]) was a Gallo-Roman exorcist and missionary venerated as a saint.
The first source to mention Maturinus is the Martyrology of Usuard, written in 875.[2] In the next century, a biography of Maturinus was composed.
Life
According to his legend, Maturinus was born in Liricantus (now Larchant). His parents, Marinus and Euphemia, were pagan. His father was entrusted by Maximian with the task of exterminating the Christians of the region.
His son Maturinus, however, was secretly baptized by Polycarp,[5] when the boy was twelve. According to legend, he began to perform miracles, drive out demons, and calm rowdy or riotous individuals. He eventually converted his parents to Christianity.[6]
He became a priest at the age of twenty, and took care of the diocese when the local bishop went to Rome.[6]
His fame grew, and emperor Maximian himself requested that he come to Rome so that his stepdaughter Flavia Maximiana Theodora, who had been possessed by an evil spirit, could be cured by the saint. The demon in Theodora's body was expelled. Maturinus lived for three more years in Rome, interceding with the emperor on behalf of persecuted Christians. He died on November 1, and was buried in a Roman cemetery. However, Maturinus miraculously indicated that he wished to be buried in Larchant; his body was taken to Sens and then to Larchant.[2]
Veneration
Maturinus' relics were kept at the
Maturinus’ cult became popular during the
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His relics were destroyed by the Huguenots.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Mathurin (Maturinus). November 1. Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Saint Mathurin
- ^ a b c San Maturino
- ^ Variants of the name include Matilin, Matelin, Mathelin, Maturin, Maturino. See http://pagesperso-orange.fr/damien.jullemier/sts/st-mathurin.htm
- ^ The legend does not take into account that Polycarp lived in the East in the second century.
- ^ a b c Alban Butler, Paul Burns, Butler's Lives of the Saints (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000), 5.
- ^ J. Henriet, "Le Choeur de Saint-Mathurin de Larchant et Notre-Dame de Paris", Bulletin Monumentale 136 (1976:289–307); the church has many features in common with the cathedral, according to William W. Clark and Robert Mark, "The First Flying Buttresses: A New Reconstruction of the Nave of Notre-Dame de Paris" The Art Bulletin 66.1 (March 1984:47–65) p. 62 note 50.
- ^ "The Monk's Prologue", 4; Madrian is another solecism of the Host's: rather than a common corruption of the intended Mathurin, it signified a sweetmeat: see George L. Frost, "That Precious Corpus Madrian" Modern Language Notes 57.3 (March 1942), pp. 177–179; not all scholars agree that Harry Bailey's "Madrian" is an intended corruption of Mathurin; see Dorothy Macbride Norris, "Harry Bailey's 'Corpus Madrian' ", Modern Language Notes 48.3 (March 1933:146–148).
- ISBN 9780393332117. Retrieved May 24, 2015.
- ^ René Gandilhon, Sigillographie des universités de France (Paris) 1952
- ^ See François Villon's Testament, 1280.
External links
- Saint Maturinus
- (in French) Saint Mathurin
- (in Italian) San Maturino