Innocentius (martyr)

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Reliquary of St. Innocentius, St. St Luke in the Augustinermuseum Freiburg.
Reliquary of St. Innocentius in the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Kirchheim in Swabia

St. Innocentius († around 302 near Agaunum , today's Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais , Switzerland ) is an early Christian martyr . He is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church . The feast day of St. Mauritius and its companions are September 22nd .

Innocentius was a soldier with his leader, St. Mauritius and other companions member of the Agaunian Legion , part of the legendary Thebaic Legion . He was beheaded because of his steadfast belief.

The relics of the martyr have been buried in an altar in the south aisle in the palace and parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Kirchheim in Swabia since 1713 . There is a shrine with relics of the saint in the Augustinermuseum in Freiburg.

Representations

At the Anno Shrine (12th century in Siegburg ) he is shown enthroned in a long skirt, with the coat closed on the shoulder, crowned as a martyr and with a palm in his hands. Later he was mostly depicted in contemporary armor, also in Magdeburg Cathedral (around 1230).

literature

  • Hiltgart L. Keller: Reclam's Lexicon of Saints and Biblical Figures. Legend and representation in the fine arts. 4th revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1979, ISBN 3-15-010154-9 , p. 279 ( Reclams Universal-Bibliothek 10154).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alban Stolz: Legend or the Christian Starry Sky, Freiburg im Breisgau 1872, p. 475ff
personal data
SURNAME Innocentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Martyr, saint
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd century
DATE OF DEATH at 302
Place of death Agaunum