Primian

Primianus or Primian is the name of several people in the early Christian era .

• The following are venerated as saints :
  • Primianus and his companions Saturninus, Victor, Honoratus, Lucius and Hermes died as martyrs in Nicomedia (now Izmit ). Name possibly also Priamianus or Prianus.
  • Primianus of Ancona , bishop and martyr, died in Ancona around 304 AD
  • Primianus died together with Libosus, Dominicus, Victor, Honoratus, Saturninus, Crescentius and Secundus after 258 as martyrs in Africa.
  • Primianus (Africa) († 258), martyr who died in North Africa
• Primian von Carthago , from 391 Bishop of Carthage , representative of the Donatism widespread there , a split from the Western Church .
• Primian (Kemnath) is a catacomb saint who was moved to Kemnath in 1692

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joachim Schäfer: Primianus and companions. In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints . September 12, 2015, accessed October 28, 2019 . 
2. ^ Societé des Bollandistes (ed.): Acta Sanctorum: Euphrosynus and companions Acta Sanctorum. In: Acta Sanctorum, Vol. 1 - Ianuarii I. Antwerp, 1643, accessed on October 28, 2019 (reproduced in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints, 2014). 
3. ^ Joachim Schäfer: Primianus of Ancona. In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. May 1, 2018, accessed October 28, 2019 . Primianus of Ancona. In: Lexicon of Christian Iconography , Volume 8, Col. 224. 
   
4. ↑ Joachim Schäfer: Libosus. In: Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints. November 20, 2014, accessed October 28, 2019 . 
5. ^ Henry Wace: Primianus, Donatist bp. of Carthage. In: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century AD, with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. Retrieved October 28, 2019 (reproduced in the Christian Classics Ethereal Library , July 13, 2005).