Mosaïque
vandale de Carthage, Ve – VIe siècle – découverte à Bordj-Djedid, en 1857.
Mosaic pavement from British museum. Excavated at Bordj-Djedid in 1857 (Africa,Tunisia, Carthage). Date: 5thC(late)-6thC(early). Culture: Vandal or late Roman.
Saints Armogaste,
Archinimus et Saturus, martyrs
Au temps de la
persécution de Genséric, roi des Vandales, ils périrent en 461 pour confesser
la vérité.
Saints Armogaste et
Saturus
Martyrs en Afrique (+ 461)
Martyrs en Afrique au
temps de la persécution de Genséric (Huniric), roi des Vandales.
Ils étaient de la cour du
roi Théodoric qui voulut obtenir leur adhésion à l'arianisme. Devant la
résistance de saint Armogaste, il les condamna d'abord à des travaux de
terrassement pour qu'ils soient humiliés devant leurs anciens collègues, puis
condamnés aux mines. Réduits à l'état d'esclaves, ils furent employés comme
bouviers jusqu'à leur mort. Mais on prit soin de ne pas les tuer afin de ne pas
en faire des "martyrs romains".
Commémoraison des saints
martyrs Armogaste, Archinime et Saturnin, officiers africains. Vers 462, à
l’époque de la persécution vandale, sous le roi arien Genséric, ils furent
torturés, soumis aux travaux forcés dans les mines, puis réduits en esclavage
et envoyés comme vachers dans les environs de Carthage, glorieux confesseurs de
la foi catholique.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6383/Saints-Armogaste-et-Saturus.html
Armogastes, Archinimus
& Saturus MM (RM)
Died after 460.
Armogastes and Saturus were orthodox Catholics and high officers at the palace
of the Vandal king Genseric. When the king returned from Italy in 457, he
enacted and enforced a more stringent penal code against the Catholics. Armogastes
was stripped of his honors and cruelly tortured. As occurred with many other
saints, his tormentors had a difficult time. No sooner had his tied him up with
cords than they would break--repeatedly--each time Armogastes lifted his eyes
to heaven. Finally, they hanged him upside-down by one foot. But the saint
remained nonplussed, so Prince Theodoric ordered that he be beheaded. An Arian
priest advised against it, saying that he should not be killed "lest the
Romans should venerate them as martyrs." Therefore, he was sent to work in
the mines of Byzacena from where he was condemned to work the remainder of his
life as a cowherd near Carthage, Tunisia; however, he died soon afterwards.
Saturus was master of
Huneric's household. Huneric threatened to deprive him of all he owned as well
as his slaves, wife, and children unless he give up his faith. His own wife
tried to convince Saturus to convert, but he courageously answered her in the
words of Job: "You have spoken like one of the foolish women. If you loved
me, you would give me different advice, and not push me on to a second death.
Let them do their worst: I will always remember our Lord's words: 'If any man
born to me, and hate not his father and mother, his wife and children, his
brethren and sisters, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.'"
Like Armogastes he was deprived of everything. One sources reports that he too
ended his days as a cowherd.
Archinimus of Mascula in
Numidia also resisted the king's attempts to convert him to Arianism. Like
Armogastes, he was condemned to beheading, but he received a reprieve while he
stood under the axe. Although the Roman Martyrology names Archimimus and
Masculas, as martyrs of this group, it apparently refers to Armogastes, with
the meaning 'president of the Theater, a native of Mascula" or possibly we
should understand "Archinimus, the Masculan" (Attwater2,
Benedictines, Husenbeth).
In art, they are depicted
as early Christians who are condemned to being killed by herds of cows
(Roeder).
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-armogastes-archinimus-and-saturus/
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Servant of
Theodoric, son of the Arian Vandal King Genseric.
After Genseric renounced
his Christianity and
returned to his roots as a violent pagan,
he demanded that Armogastes also renounce his faith.
When the servant refused,
he was tortured, enslaved in
the mines of
Byzacena, and then lived out the rest of his life as a prayerful cow-herd near Carthage.
Genseric would not permit Armogastes to be killed so
that he could deprive him of being a martyr.
sometime after 460 of
natural causes near Carthage, North
Africa
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Marytred in
the persecutions
of the Vandal king Genseric.
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Wealthy master of the
household of the anti–Christian Arian and
then pagan Vandal king Genseric.
When Genseric cracked down on the faithful,
he tortured Saturus
and threatened him with complete poverty and
loss of his family and freedom. Saturus refused to deny his faith.
Genseric, not wanting to create another martyr for Christians to
rally around, stripped him of everything, and Saturus lived out his days as
a poor but prayerful miner and cowherd.
Friend of and fellow-sufferer with Saint Armogastes
of Africa.
some time after 460 of
natural causes near Carthage, North
Africa
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Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
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Africa“. CatholicSaints.Info. 9 November 2021. Web. 21 March 2022.
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March 29
SS. Armogastes,
Archinimus, and Saturus, Martyrs
GENSERIC, the Arian king
of the Vandals, in Africa, having, on his return out of Italy, in 457, enacted
new penal laws, and severer than any he had till then put in force against
Catholics, count Annogastes, was on that occasion deprived of his honours and
dignities at court, and most cruelly tortured. But no sooner had the jailors
bound him with cords, but they broke of themselves, as the martyr lifted up his
eyes to heaven; and this happened several times. And though they afterwards
hung him up by one foot with his head downwards for a considerable time, the
saint was no more affected by this torment than if he had lain all the while at
his ease on a feather-bed. Theodoric, the king’s son, thereupon ordered his
head to be struck off: but one of his Arian priests diverted him from it,
advising him to take other measures with him to prevent his being looked upon
as a martyr, by those of his party, which would be of disservice to the
opposite cause. He was therefore sent into Byzancena to work in the mines; and
some time after, for his greater disgrace, he was removed thence into the
neighbourhood of Carthage, and employed in keeping cows. But he looked upon it
as his glory to be dishonoured before men in the cause of God. It was not long
before he had a revelation that his end drew near. So having foretold the time
of his death, and given orders to a devout Christian about the place where he
desired to be interred, the holy confessor, a few days after, went to receive
the rewards of those who suffer in the cause of truth.
Archinimus, of the city
of Mascula, in Numidia, resisted all the artifices which the king could use to
overcome his faith, and was condemned to be beheaded, but was reprieved whilst
he stood under the axe. Satur, or Saturus, was master of the household to
Huneric, by whom he was threatened to be deprived of his estate, goods, slaves,
wife, and children, for his faith. His own wife omitted nothing in her power to
prevail with him to purchase his pardon at the expense of his conscience. But
he courageously answered her in the words of Job: “You have spoken like
one of the foolish women. 1 If
you loved me, you would give me different advice, and not push me on to a
second death. Let them do their worst: I will always remember our Lord’s
words: If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, his wife
and children, his brethren and sisters, and his own life also, he cannot be my
disciple.” 2 He
suffered many torments, was stripped of all his substance, forbidden ever to
appear in public, and reduced to great distress. But God enriched him with his
graces, and called him to himself. See St. Victor Vitensis, Hist. Persec.
Vandal. l. 1. n. 14.
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume III: March. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/3/292.html
March
29: Saint Armogastes and Companions
Today, March 29, we
remember Saint Armogastes (born, unknown; died circa 460) and
Companions on his feast day. Together with Saints Saturus and Archinimus,
Saint Armogastes was subjected to a life of torture, hard labor, and exile for
his faith.
Armogastes and his
companions were high officers and personal servants to Theodoric, son of the
Vandal king Genseric. They lived and worked in the royal court, but were also
Orthodox Catholics. King Genseric, too, had once followed the faith, but as
time went by, became more and more attracted to Arianism, the heretical
doctrine that Jesus Christ was not divine. Upon acceptance of this doctrine, he
ordered his family and court to renounce their faith and embrace Arianism. In
the process, he waged war on Christian lands, conquering Spain, North Africa,
and Italy, and eventually invading and looting Rome itself.
Theodoric, ever the
faithful son, submitted to his father’s request, but his servants refused. Led
by Armogastes, they professed their belief and faith in Christ, and for that,
were tortured in efforts to recant. Saturus’ wife begged him to acquiesce, but he
responded using the words of Job: "You have spoken like one of the
foolish women. If you loved me, you would give me different advice, and not
push me on to a second death. Let them do their worst: I will always remember
our Lord's words: 'If any man born to me, and hate not his father and mother,
his wife and children, his brethren and sisters, and his own life also, he
cannot be my disciple.'"
Armogastes was bound to
an upside-down cross repeatedly, but miraculously, each time the binding broke,
freeing him. He was then hoisted aloft by one foot, and left to hang, but
again, was saved. Along with his companions, the kind ordered him beheaded with
an axe, but was advised by his Arian priests that killing the servants might
lead to their veneration as holy martyrs. Instead, Armogastes, Saturus, and
Archinimus were sentenced to hard labor at the mines of Byzacena. They
persisted in this back-breaking work for years, never losing faith, until they
were spared. Armogastes and Saturus were sent to herd cattle in Carthage, where
they finished their days. Archinimus was liberated, but spent the remainder of
his days begging, having lost everything.
Armogastes, Saturus, and
Archinimus lived at a time of great strife within the Church. Their employer
and king had renounced the divinity of Christ, along with almost 50% of priests
at the time. And yet, these three men remained faithful and confident in their
Lord, their fidelity rewarded only with suffering and punishment. Throughout
all, however, even in the exhaustion and darkness of the mines of Byzacena,
they never lost hope. Their faith and confidence inspires us today to stand
firm in our own beliefs, to not compromise our faith for acceptance by others,
and to witness to the world the saving power of Jesus Christ!
A Prayer For
Steadfastness
Jesus, help us to hear
Your words and obey them. When the rains fall, the floods rise, and the winds
blow we may be shaken but we will not crash, for our hope is in the One who
walks on water and calms the tempest seas. Jesus, You are the Solid Rock upon
which we stand when all other ground is sinking sand. Amen.
SOURCE : http://365rosaries.blogspot.ca/2011/03/march-29-saint-armogastes-and.html
Santi Armogasto,
Archinimo e Saturnino Martiri
Martirologio
Romano: Commemorazione dei santi Armogasto, Archinímo e Saturnino,
martiri, che in Africa, al tempo della persecuzione vandalica, sotto il re
ariano Genserico, per aver professato la vera fede patirono molti atroci
supplizi e infamità.
ARMOGASTE, MASCULA e
SATIRO, santi, confessori in AFRICA.
Nel Martirologio Romano, al 29 marzo, sono riuniti in un'unica celebrazione
questi tre santi, perché, pur avendo confessato la fede in epoca e circostanze
diverse, l'unico autore che di essi parla, Vittore di Vita, li nomina uno dopo
l'altro nella sua Historia persecutionis. Al tempo della persecuzione ariana di
Genserico, probabilmente tra il 457 e il 458, Armogaste, rifiutatosi di
abiurare, fu crudelmente seviziato e poi condannato a morte per ordine di
Teodorico, figlio del re. Ma un prete ariano, Giocondo, consigliò di non
uccidere Armogaste, per evitare che egli fosse onorato come martire e Teodorico
allora lo inviò a lavorare in una cava nella provincia Byzacena e poi, per
umiliarlo, lo mandò a custodir vacche presso Cartagine. Avendogli Dio rivelato
l'appressarsi della morte, Armogaste convinse un cristiano, di nome Felice, a
seppellirlo ai piedi di un carrubo. Quando Armogaste morì, nella fossa scavata
presso l'albero da lui indicato si trovò un magnifico sarcofago di marmo in cui
i suoi resti furono degnamente composti.
Mascula, condannato a sua volta alla decapitazione, dopo vari tormenti, fu risparmiato, come Armogaste, perché non gli si tributasse culto di martire. Anche Satiro, procuratore della corte di Unnerico, ebbe salva la vita per lo stesso motivo, dopo che anche la moglie e i figli avevano tentato di convincerlo a farsi ariano per non essere ucciso.
Il testo di Vittore di Vita ha dato luogo a diverse questioni circa la condizione sociale e il nome stesso dei tre. Armogaste è da alcuni ritenuto un conte, ma l'espressione «comes bonac confessionis» della Historia persecutionis, da cui deriva il comitis del Romano, ha il senso di cum bona confessione. Il problema concernente il secondo confessore non è di così facile risoluzione: alcune edizioni della Historia persecutionis hanno: «Archimimum, nomine Masculam», cioè «un archimimo, chiamato Mascula». Altre invece hanno «Archimimum nomine, Masculanum», cioè «uno di Mascula (città della Numidia) di nome Archinimo». Questa lezione fu accettata da Floro e Adone che per primi introdussero i tre nei loro martirologi, mentre contro di essi è il Baronio che autorevolmente afferma sia da preferirsi la lezione «Mascula, archimimo».
Autore: Mario Salsano
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/47620
Voir aussi : http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/historiens/victordevita/histoire.htm
