Saint Gordianus

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Saint

Gordianus
Roman Catholic Church
Feast10 May

Gordianus (died 362) was a

Julian the Apostate
, and is commemorated on 10 May.

In his funeral inscription, Gordianus's youth is contrasted with his mature faith.

beheaded. His body was carried off by the Christians, and laid in a crypt on the Latin Way beside the body of Epimachus of Alexandria, who had been recently interred there. The two saints gave their name to the cemetery, and have ever since been jointly venerated by the Catholic Church.[3] According to David Farmer, these Acts are historically "worthless".[1]

Some time later the remains of Gordianus were moved to the Cyriaca cemetery and there they lay until the 1670s, when a monk named Ambrose of the Order of St Augustin removed them and gave them to Christopher Anderson, a

College of St. Omer; when the College moved to Stonyhurst, the remains travelled to England where they have remained since, interred below the altar of the Sodality Chapel.[4]
His bones were temporarily removed in 2006 whilst the chapel underwent restoration, but they have since been returned.

The Princely Abbey of Kempten in Bavaria was established in 752, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Gordianus and Epimachus.[5] Some of the relics of the two saints were brought there.[6][7]

There is a church dedicated to Gordianus in Saint-Paul-d'Oueil in France.

References

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    ISBN 9780199596607
  2. The Golden Legend
  3. ^ Murphy, John F.X. "Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 26 November 2021 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ General News Archived 2008-06-04 at archive.today
  5. ^ Historischer Verein für Schwaben (1874). Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereins für Schwaben, Volumes 1-3. Augsburg. pp. 228–229.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Gordian". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 July 2013 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  7. ^ Butler, Alban. "Saints Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 May 2013 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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