Saint Domnius

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Split, Croatia

Saint Domnius (also known as Saint Dujam or Saint Duje, Saint Domnio, Saint Doimus, or Saint Domninus) was a

Split in modern Croatia
.

Traditional narrative

Christian tradition states that he was one of the

Seventy Disciples of the 1st century.[1] This tradition holds that Domnio came to Rome with Saint Peter and was then sent by Peter to evangelize Dalmatia, where he was martyred along with eight soldiers he had converted.[1]

He was more likely a martyr of the 4th century. He was born in Antioch, (in modern-day Turkey but historically in Syria), to a prominent and wealthy family. He was educated at the university there. Domnius became bishop of Salona around 284,[2] and was later beheaded 10 April 304 at the amphitheatre in Salona,[3] a large Roman city serving as capital of the Province of Dalmatia. Saint Domnius was martyred with seven other Christians in the persecutions of the Emperor Diocletian, and was buried in the Manastirine cemetery, outside the walls of Salona.[4]

Veneration

When Salona was sacked by the

Split (Spalatum), and establishing it as the successor to Salona. Saint Domnius became the city's patron saint, and the city's Cathedral of Saint Domnius was built in the mausoleum of Diocletian itself, the emperor who martyred him. His relics were later moved to the Cathedral of Saint Domnius in Split.[5]

Saint Domnius' Day, locally known as Sudamja (pron. Soodamyah) is celebrated in Split on May 7.[6] Part of the celebration includes a procession led with a silver reliquary of the saint's relics.[5]

The

Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome claims to own some of Domnio's relics, since Pope John IV, in the 7th century, had requested that relics of a martyr named Domnio be brought to Rome.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Benedictine Monks of St Augustine’s Abbey Ramsgate, The Book of saints: a dictionary of servants of God (Ramsgate: St. Augustine’s Abbey), 84.
  2. ^ "Saint Duje", City of Split
  3. ^ "The Day Saint Domnius, Patron of Split, Met his Death", Dalmacija News, April 10, 2017
  4. ISBN 9786155211089
  5. ^ a b "So who was Domnius?", Croatian National Tourist Board
  6. ^ "Saint Domnius Day", Tourist Board of Split


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