Felix and Adauctus
Felix and Adauctus († 303 ? In Rome ?) Are two ancient ecclesiastical martyrs who are always named together and whose veneration goes back a long way, but for whom there are no historically reliable sources. Her feast day is August 30th.
Legend
The legend of the two martyrs is first encountered in the martyrology of Ados of Vienne from the 9th century. According to this, the Roman priest Felix was brought to the temples of the gods Serapis , Mercury and Diana to make sacrifices on the orders of Prefect Dracus - which cannot be historically proven . However, when he prayed to Christ, the statues fell from their pedestals and shattered on the floor. He was then taken to the execution. On the way he was joined by a man who professed himself to be a Christian and who suffered martyrdom with Felix. The Christians later gave him the name Adauctus ("the newcomer").
Adoration
The names of the martyrs Felix and Adauctus are contained in the sacramentary attributed to Gregory the Great . Your old Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Via Ostiensis no longer exists, but has been archaeologically excavated. Around 850 Leo IV is said to have given Irmingard , Lothar I's wife , relics of the two martyrs, who used them to furnish the Eschau monastery in Alsace ; they came to St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna in 1361 . Also Anjou , Cologne and Andechs claim the ownership of Felix and-Adauctus relics.
Web links
- Article Sts. Felix and Adauctus , Catholic Encyclopedia (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ontwikkeling van de typen der byzantijnse madonnas (nissaba.nl, Dutch)