Processus and Martinianus
Processus and Martinianus were Christian martyrs and saints . The exact time at which they suffered the ordeal is not known. According to tradition, Processus and Martinianus were guardians of the apostle Peter in the Carcer Tullianus .
The two martyrs were first buried on the second milestone of the Via Aurelia in a coemeterium named after them . In the 4th century a basilica followed , which was restored several times by the popes . Under Paschal I , the relics of the two came to St. Peter's Basilica . It is believed that they are in fact martyrs of the Diocletian persecution of Christians in 303. Only the legendary Passio from the 6th century moves the story of the two of them to the first century AD and reports that they were the jailers of Peter and were converted to Christianity by him. They were then tortured with sticks and scorpions and finally executed.
Processus and Martinianus are venerated as saints; her feast day in the Catholic Church is July 2nd.
The battle of Göllheim (July 2, 1298) took place on the feast day of St. Processus and Martinianus instead. The German King Adolf von Nassau was killed here. At the place of his death in Göllheim the so-called King's Cross was erected around 1309 , the inscription of which explicitly addressed the date of the Holy Festival. It said: “ADOLPHUS A NASSAW ROMANORUM REX INTERFICITUR AD GELLINHEIM, PER MANUS AUSTRANI, PROCESSI ET MARTINIANI” (Adolph von Nassau, Roman King, was killed near Göllheim, at the hands of the Austrian, to Processus and Martinianus).
literature
- Ekkart Sauser : Processus and Martinianus. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 976.
- Entry in Complete Lexicon of Saints (1858)