Abdon and Sennen
Abdon and Sennen († around 250 AD) were two Persian martyrs under Emperor Decius (ruled 249-251). Her feast day is July 30th.
Life
According to legendary acts of martyrdom, Abdon and Sennen were noble Persians ( subreguli = lower kings, ie higher nobles) who were brought to Rome in shackles because of the burial of martyrs during the persecution of Christians under Emperor Decius (r. 249-251) . They were subjected to various tortures to dissuade them from Christianity , but they remained true to their beliefs and were eventually beheaded with a sword by gladiators in the amphitheater . Their corpses are said to have been secretly buried in his house by a subdeacon Quirinus and transferred to the Coemeterium of Pontianus near Rome during the reign of Emperor Constantine the Great . They have been venerated there since at least the 4th century (mention of their burial in the chronograph from 354 ). Therefore it can be assumed that they were actually martyrs, but the details of their story of suffering are unhistorical.
Adoration
One in the Pontian over the grave of St. catacomb built basilica was consecrated them. The two Popes Hadrian I (772–795) and Nicholas I (858–867) had the building renovated. Some of their relics were transferred to the Benedictine monastery at Arles-sur-Tech in the Diocese of Perpignan (France); the reports on this date, however, only come from the 10th century.
In total there are only about 20 churches with their patronage in all of Europe. In the German-speaking area , the former monastery church in Ringelheim bears its patronage. Furthermore, the double patronage of the village church in Frankfurt-Bornheim is known, today's Protestant Johanniskirche .
The feast day of Abdon and Sennen in the Catholic Church is July 30th. They are considered the patrons of the children and gardeners as well as the diocese of Perpignan .
presentation
The grave of the saint in the Pontian catacomb was the 5th or 6th century with a preserved fresco equipped paintings on which they, the crowns of Jesus are preserving, displayed in oriental dress. Medieval representations of the saints are not known. The first modern images can only be found around the middle of the 15th century; there they appear with a Phrygian cap , crown and sword .
literature
- Victor Saxer: Abdon and Sennen. In: Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3rd edition, Vol. 1, 1993, Col. 19.
- J.-P. Kirsch: Abdon et Sennen. In: Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques . Vol. 1, 1913, Col. 65f.
- Ekkart Sauser : SENNEN and ABDON. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 9, Bautz, Herzberg 1995, ISBN 3-88309-058-1 , Sp. 1385-1386.
Web links
- Abdo, also Abdon in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
- Sennis, also Sennen in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints
Single receipts
- ↑ Acta sanctorum, July , Vol. 7, pp. 137f.
- ↑ See building and history (PDF; 217 kB)
- ↑ Johanniskirche at www.johanniskantorei-bornheim.de
- ↑ Joseph Wilpert: The paintings of the catacombs of Rome. Herder, 1903, plate 258