Vitalis and Agricola

Vitalis and Agricola, on the side of Christ, relief, Ss. Vitale e Agricola in Arena Bologna, external facade (8th or 12th century?)

Vitalis of Bologna and Agricola of Bologna are two saints of the Roman Catholic Church . They are considered martyrs .

Vita

Martyrdom of Agricola, fresco at Bologna (16th century)

Agricola was a Christian nobleman in Bologna , Italy . During the persecution of Christians under the Roman Emperor Diocletian , he was captured because he had converted his slave Vitalis to Christianity and then released him as libertinus . Her death occurred around the year 300 (304?) In the amphitheater, first Vitalis, then Agricola on the cross .

Devotion, iconography and patronage

Her feast day , Sancti Vitale et Agricolae in Arena , is November 4th (on the same day Vitalis of Milan is venerated in Ravenna), also July 17th . November 27 and April 29 are also mentioned for the commemoration day of the transfer of the relics to Nájera in Spain .

Her saints attributes are both with one hand in hand, since Vitalis "was pierced so many times on the cross that he had more wounds than limbs", and Agricola later took the body parts of his companion to pass them on as a relic.

Vitalis and Agricola churches

Santi Vitale e Agricola in Arena (Bologna) - here are their sarcophagi
St. Vitalis in Sigmertshausen, Dachau district

literature

Ekkart Sauser : Vitalis and Agricola. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 21, Bautz, Nordhausen 2003, ISBN 3-88309-110-3 , Sp. 1512. ( Article / beginning of article in the Internet archive )
Vitalis, SS (43) . SS Vitalis et Agricola, MM (4th al. Nov. 27, Apr. 29) In: Complete Lexicon of Saints. Volume 5. Augsburg 1882, pp. 743-744 (online zeno.org).

Web links

Commons : Vitalis of Bologna - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Agricola of Bologna - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Information in Martyrium Romanum XVI. 224, quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints
↑ Information in the Boll. IV. 204., quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints
↑ cf. Antonino M. Pérez Rodríguez: Viajar después de muerto al servicio del poder. Trasiego de reliquias en el libro III de la Crónica Najerense. B) La traslación de las reliquias de los santos más insignes. In: Viajar en la Edad Media. XIX Semana de Estudios Medievales , Nájera, 4 al 8 de agosto de 2008, Biblioteca Gonzalo de Berceo, La Rioja, ISBN 978-84-96637-61-0 . Web link , full text web document: www.vallenajerilla.com/berceo/antoninoperez/fundacionsantamarialareal.htm, vallenajerilla.com (Wikipedia spam protection filter), Spanish (with blockable popup, accessed December 2, 2011)
↑ ^a ^b quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints (accessed December 2, 2011)
↑ Description of the St. Vitalis Church in Sigmertshausen , accessed on April 2, 2018

[1] Information in Martyrium Romanum XVI. 224, quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints

[2] Information in the Boll. IV. 204., quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints

[Berceo-3] . Antonino M. Pérez Rodríguez: Viajar después de muerto al servicio del poder. Trasiego de reliquias en el libro III de la Crónica Najerense. B) La traslación de las reliquias de los santos más insignes. In: Viajar en la Edad Media. XIX Semana de Estudios Medievales , Nájera, 4 al 8 de agosto de 2008, Biblioteca Gonzalo de Berceo, La Rioja, ISBN 978-84-96637-61-0 . Web link , full text web document: www.vallenajerilla.com/berceo/antoninoperez/fundacionsantamarialareal.htm, vallenajerilla.com (Wikipedia spam protection filter), Spanish (with blockable popup, accessed December 2, 2011)

[zeno-4] quoted from Complete Lexicon of Saints (accessed December 2, 2011)

[5] Description of the St. Vitalis Church in Sigmertshausen , accessed on April 2, 2018