Quirinus of Siscia

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Statue of St. Quirinus of Siscia in Halsteren

Quirinus of Siscia († June 4, 308 or 309 in Sabaria - today: Szombathely , Hungary) is a saint of the Catholic Church. Quirinus ( Croat . Sveti Kvirin Sisački ) was an early Christian bishop of Siscia in Pannonia (today Sisak , Croatia) according to the records of Eusebius of Caesarea .

Surname

There are several saints with the same name . In particular, the veneration of Quirinus von Neuss shows clear parallels. Like Quirinus von Tegernsee, he is considered the son of the Roman emperor Philip Arabs (204–249).

Legend

According to a martyrdom report ( Passio ) Quirinus was arrested in the late period of the Diocletian persecution of Christians under Galerius in 309. After attempting to escape, he was thrown into the dungeon, where he succeeded in converting the jailer Marcellus to Christianity. After three days he was brought to Sabaria on the orders of Amantius, governor of the province of Pannonia Prima . Since he did not renounce his faith and refused to practice the imperial cult , he was probably tortured and finally drowned with a millstone on his neck in the river Sibaris (today: Gyöngyös or its tributary Perint ). Christians from Sabaria hid his body and buried it outside the city walls near the city gate to Soprene Castle ( Porta Scarabantea ). The recovered body was later buried in the basilica of Sabaria.

According to another legend, he almost drowned when he managed to free himself from the burden. He escaped and continued to serve as a preacher and missionary. The Holy Florian , another saint of Pannonia, is said to have suffered martyrdom in a similar manner.

In the period of mass migration in the 5th or 6th century Quirin's remains were to Rome brought. They are still kept today on the Via Appia Antica near San Sebastiano in the Platonia mausoleum.

The acts of martyrdom of the saint still exist ( Thierry Ruinart , “Acta martyrum”, Regensburg, 522), as does a hymn by Prudentius (ibid, 524).

Adoration

The town fountain in Krk shows St. Quirinus
Szombathely , presumed place of death in the Óperint Street on the Perint Brook
Szombathely , Óperint Street - Memorial to the 1700th anniversary of death

Quirin is depicted in the bishop's robe with a millstone tied on. His feast day is June 4th.

After the invasion of the Huns in Pannonia around the year 400 his remains came to Rome and were in a mausoleum or a burial chamber called Platonia, behind the apse of the Basilica of San Sebastiano fuori le mura at the Via Appia Antica .

The Platonia, an extension to the back of the basilica, which long for the tomb of saints Peter and Paul was kept, was actually probably the Tumbe of St. Quirinus.

According to the itineraries to the tombs of Roman martyrs, his worship began in the 7th century.

Some sources claim that his bones were transferred several times , to Milan , Aquileia and the Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome. His bones could also have been brought to Tivoli , which would explain the cult of Saint Quirinus of Tivoli , who is possibly identical with the saint.

Patronage

In addition to a number of Quirinus churches, a church is dedicated to St. Quirinus of Siscia in the Istrian town of Jesenovik (Croatia). The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sisak (built in 2009) and the cities of Sisak and Krk revere the saint as their patron, in Sisak was 2003 Basilica of St. Quirinus built.

literature

Web links

Commons : Saint Quirinus of Sescia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f g San Quirino di Siscia .
  2. De Waal, “The crypt of the apostles ad Catacumbas on the via Appia”, Rome, 1894
  3. ^ San Quirino di Tivoli .