Pelinus

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Pelinus or Pelinus of Brindisi , also Pelinius , ( Italian Pelino ) (* around 620 in Dyrrachium , † December 5, 662 in Corfinium ) was a Basilian and bishop of Brindisi . He died a martyr and was canonized in 668 .

Life

Pelinus was a native of Dyrrachium, today's Durrës in Albania . After he became a monk , he turned against the monotheletism , which spread under the rule of Herakleios (610-641) and Constans II (641-668) in the Eastern Roman Empire . So he moved with his companions Gorgonius, Sebastius and Cyprius to Brindisi , where they sought refuge. In the course of the monotheletic dispute, relations between Rome and Byzantium deteriorated so much that Pope Martinus once again anathematized the Patriarch of Constantinople Paul II, who had already been excommunicated by his predecessor . Thereupon Martinus was arrested, taken to Constantinople and finally exiled to Chersonesos in the Crimea , where he died in 655.

In Brindisi, the local bishop Proculus, supported by the circle around Pelinus, remained loyal to the bishop of Rome. There was a break with the imperial court in Constantinople. After Proculus' death, Pelinus - not yet 40 years old - was elected bishop of Brindisi, but officials of the Eastern Roman Empire deported him to Corfinium, the provincial capital at the time. There he was sentenced to death and executed along with his companions Sebastios and Gorgonios on December 5th, probably in the year 662.

Adoration

Tomb in Corfinio

In 668, after the death of Emperor Constans II, Pelinus was canonized at the instigation of his successor Cyprius. On this occasion, a biography of Pelinus was written, which probably goes back to Cyprius. After that, Pelinus was next to Leucius patron saint of the diocese of Brindisi for centuries .

In 1771 the painter Oronzo Tiso created an altarpiece in the Cathedral of Brindisi depicting the martyrdom of St. Pelinus represents.

Pelinus is also venerated as the patron saint of the Sulmona-Valva diocese . The former cathedral of Corfinio is dedicated to him, and his veneration in the Marsica area in Abruzzo is attested by the name of the frazione San Pelino , a district of Avezzano .

The Martyrologium Romanum mistakenly puts Pelinus in the 4th century due to local traditions and makes him the successor of the first bishop of Brindisi, Leucius.

literature

  • Vita e miracoli del glorioso martire S. Pelino vescovo di Brindesi e protettore di Pentima cavata e tradotta da un ecclesiastico dalla lingua latina nell'idioma italiano. Chieti 1737.
  • Giuseppe Celidonio: La diocesi di Valva e Sulmona. In: Le origini cristiane: S.Pelino V. e M. nella leggenda e nella storia, S.Panfilo V. e patrono di Sulmona nella leggenda e nella storia, S.Feliciano di Foligno in Sulmona, Propagazione del cristianesimo nei Peligni. Casalbordino 1909.
  • Bernardino De Silvestri: Esame apologetico su la vita e passione di S. Pelino Martire Arcivescovo di Brindisi e protettore di Valva. Prato 1886.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pietro Conte: Martin I, Pope (649-653) . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 6, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7608-8906-9 , Sp. 341.
  2. ↑ a b c Giacomo Carito: 1 - secoli I – VII. In: Storia dell'Arcidocesi. Centro Studi per la Storia dell ' Arcidocesi di Brindisi-Ostuni , accessed on February 21, 2020 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Pelinus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pelinus of Brindisi; Pelinius; Pelino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Basilian and Bishop of Brindisi
DATE OF BIRTH around 620
PLACE OF BIRTH Dyrrachium
DATE OF DEATH December 5, 662
Place of death Corfinium