Saint Aemilianus
Saint Aemilianus (or Aemilius) lived in the 5th century AD, and is known as a physician, confessor, and martyr.[1] In the reign of the Arian Vandal King Huneric, he became emmired in the Arian persecution in Africa. When he resisted conversion to Arianism, he was put to death by being flayed alive.[2]
Saint Aemilianus Saint Aemilius | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 5th century |
| Died | 484 |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | 6 December (Catholicism) 7 December (Orthodoxy) |
Aemilianus' feast day is celebrated on December 6 in Roman Catholicism, and on December 7 in Eastern Orthodoxy.[3][4][5]
References
- Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Aemilianus (4)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston. p. 30.
- Englebert, Omer (1994). The Lives of the Saints. Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 465. ISBN 1-56619-516-0.
- Martyrol. Rom. ed. Baron.
- Victor Vitensis, De Persecut. Vandal, v. 1, with Ruinart's notes, Paris. 8vo. 1694
- Bzovius, Nomenclator Sanctorum Professione Medicorum
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