Quirinus from Tegernsee
Quirinus von Tegernsee (also Quirinus von Rom ; † 269 in Rome ) is a martyr and saint of the 3rd century.
Legend
Quirinus fled as a seven-year-old boy with his mother Severa from the onset of persecution, was later arrested and beheaded in Rome in 269 under Emperor Claudius Gothicus (268–270). His body was thrown into the Tiber and later found on the Tiber Island . According to another legend, Quirinus was the son of the emperor Philip Arab .
The acts of martyrs tell of a Roman martyr named Quirinus (Cyrinus) who was buried in the Pontian catacomb . The itineraries to the tombs of the Roman martyrs do not bear his name.
The legend was later associated with the Bavarian monastery Tegernsee , where two Bavarian counts brought his relics to the Salvatorkirche in Tegernsee , donated by them, in 746 during the reign of Pippin as a gift from Pope Zacharias . A translation under the pontificate of Paul I (757–767) around 761 has also been considered.
Adoration
Through these relics and the miracles associated with them, Tegernsee became an important place of pilgrimage . A spring is said to have sprung from the place where the wagon with the relics stopped. The strong-smelling stone oil , which was discovered on the opposite bank of the lake in Bad Wiessee in 1441, was revered as a remedy for fever and rashes under the name Quirinus oil . The Quirinskapelle in Bad Wiessee, built in 1828, is a reminder of the history of discovery and the location of the stone oil spring that has now dried up.
Its feast day in March 25th. It is possible that this Quirinus is alluded to with the phrase “Romæ sancti Cyri” in the “ Martyrologium Hieronymianum ”, which mentions March 24th.
The Quirinus worship flourished around its center at Tegernsee, around 1160 a so-called Metellus von Tegernsee wrote the hagiographic work Ode Quirinalium [...] and in 1450 a larger stone church was built for Quirinus' relics.
The Quirinus cult can also be proven in the alpine possessions of Tegernsee; So he gave his name to the Bozen district of Quirein , based on the high medieval Quirinus chapel there , which was built at the old center of the monastery properties in the Bozen area (mainly vineyards).
See also
literature
- Entry in the Catholic Encyclopedia , Robert Appleton Company, New York 1913.
- Walter Troxler: Quirinus of Tegernsee. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 7, Bautz, Herzberg 1994, ISBN 3-88309-048-4 , Sp. 1132-1133.
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ a b CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sts. Quirinus
- ↑ see “ Acta Sanctorum ”, III, March, Col. 543 ff .; Dufourcq: Les Gesta martyrum romains , I, p. 240
- ^ Peter Christian Jacobsen : Metellus von Tegernsee. In: Author's Lexicon . 2nd ed., Volume 6, Col. 453-460.
- ↑ Hannes Obermair : »The Becoming of a Room. Rottenbuch before Rottenbuch «. In: Helmut Stampfer (ed.): The Rottenbuch residence in Bozen-Gries . Tappeiner: Lana 2003. ISBN 88-7073-335-1 , pp. 11-19, esp. 16-17.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quirinus from Tegernsee |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quirinus of Rome |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 269 |
| Place of death | Rome |