Primus and Felicianus

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Primus and Felicianus in the apse mosaic of the Primus and Felizian Chapel in Santo Stefano Rotondo (7th century)
Martyrdom of St. Primus and Felicianus; Illustration in a French edition of the Legenda aurea , 14th century

According to the hagiographic tradition, Primus and Felicianus (* in the 3rd century ; † around 305 in Rome ) were two brothers who worked as priests and missionaries in Rome and died as martyrs in the Diocletian persecution of Christians . They are mentioned in the Martyrologium Hieronymianum , where their burial place is indicated 15 miles from Rome on the Via Nomentana . Pope Theodor I († 649) had their bones raised and transferred to the Roman church of Santo Stefano Rotondo . The date of this translation , June 9th, is the liturgical feast day.

The Legenda aurea (around 1260) offers a detailed story of torture with several agonizing but unsuccessful attempts at killing and the like. a. through bears until they are finally beheaded. Attempts were also made to induce Primus to deny his faith by allegedly reneging his brother. The steadfastness of the two brothers converted many eyewitnesses to the Christian faith.

Relics are in Rome , Salzburg and Prüm . Primus and Felizian churches are mainly found in Austria and Slovenia, for example in Maria Wörth (Carinthia) or the high-altitude church of Jamnik (Upper Carniola), which can be seen from afar.

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