Stephaton

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Rabbula Gospel Book : Depiction of the crucifixion of Christ (excerpt from fol.13a ): Christ, clad in a sleeveless robe ( colobium ), is flanked on the right by Mary with John and Longinus , on the left by Stephaton, who hands Christ the sponge, and the weeping women in front of it the circle of soldiers throwing the dice

Stephaton was the tradition of the Christian tradition, a Roman soldier who Jesus Christ on the cross shortly before his death a sponge full of vinegar on a staff - according to John 19, 29 a hyssop - stuck to his mouth held (see. Mt 27,48  EU ; Mk 15.36  EU , Joh 19.29  EU ).

In a private revelation by the mystic and Augustinian nun Anna Katharina Emmerick , the sponge bearer is called Abenadar . After Christ's death he came to believe and was baptized in the name of Ctesiphon. The sound similarity of the names Stephaton and Ctesiphon, both of which come from the Greek, is striking.

In Christian iconography , the sponge-bearer Stephaton and the lance-bearer Longinus stand on either side of the cross.

In the passion novel The Ninth Hour by Günter Krieger , Stephaton is the main character.

literature

  • Leopold Kretzenbacher : About the hardly known name of the crucifixion witness Stephaton . In: Austrian magazine for folklore. - NS Vol. 55 = 104 (2001), pp. 1-22
  • Clemens Brentano : The Passion - according to the considerations of Anna Katharina Emmerick . Kevelaer 1951