Name
Anaunian Martyrs (Sisinnius, Martyrius, Alexander), ob. c. 397
Saint ID
S00605
Reported Death Not Before
396
Reported Death Not After
400
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Ascetics/monks/nuns
| ID | Title | E00895 | Paulinus of Milan's Life of *Ambrose (bishop of Milan, ob. 397, S00490) tells how a blind man saw in a vision Ambrose in the company of many martyrs, and was healed when he touched the coffin containing the relics of the three *Anaunian Martyrs (S00605) as they were being transferred to Milan (northern Italy). Written in Latin, probably in North Africa, c. 422. | E00909 | Greek inscription on a boundary stone of a church of a certain saint *Sisinnios, and of an institution named after a saint, whose name is unreadable. Found at Dorylaion (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably 6th c. | E02660 | John Chrysostom delivers his homily After the Remains of the Martyrs during a festival for relics of unnamed martyrs brought to Constantinople in c. 400. Attended by the imperial couple, two days of festivities include a nocturnal candlelit procession to the shrine, and choirs singing Psalms; the empress Aelia Eudoxia accompanies and touches the reliquary; demons are driven away. Written in Greek at Constantinople. | E02661 | John Chrysostom delivers a homily In the Emperor's Presence, on the second day of a festival for relics of unnamed martyrs brought to Constantinople in c. 400; the ceremony is attended by the emperor and his guards. Written in Greek at Constantinople. | E03236 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Vigilius (bishop and martyr of Trento, S01407) narrates Vigilius’ consecration as bishop, the evangelisation of the region of Trento (northern Italy); the martyrdom and burial of Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, clerics he ordained in Anaunia (the *Anaunian martyrs, S00605); Vigilius’ martyrdom in the valley of Randena and the translation of his body and burial in Trento, where miracles happen; the miraculous intervention of Vigilius’ written martyrdom account in battle against barbarians. Written presumably in Trento, at an uncertain date, perhaps in the 7th or 8th c. | E04886 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 19 July. | E05327 | Maximus of Turin preaches three sermon (Sermons 105, 106 and 107) for the feast of the *Anaunian martyrs (Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, ob. c. 397, S00605). Delivered in Latin in Turin (northern Italy), between c. 397 and 408/423. | E05338 | Gaudentius of Brescia preaches a sermon (Sermon 17) in Brescia (northern Italy), on the dedication of a basilica to the 'Council of Saints', with relics of *John (the Baptist, S00020), *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), *Thomas (the Apostle, S00199), *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442), *Gervasius and Protasius (brothers and martyrs of Milan, S00313), *Nazarius (martyr of Milan, S00281), the *Anaunian Martyrs (Sisinnius, Martyrius and Alexander, ob. c. 397, S00605), and the *Forty Martyrs of Sebaste (S00103). Written in Latin, probably 402/403. | E05555 | Venantius Fortunatus writes eleven books of Poems in Latin, mainly in western and north-western Gaul, 565/600; many of them with reference to saints. Overview entry. | E05563 | Venantius Fortunatus, in a poem (1.2) on the church of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288) built by Bishop 'Vitalis' of Ravenna, lists the relics housed there. Written in Latin in Ravenna (northern Italy), 545/565. |
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