Arnau
Bassa (–1348), Retaule de Sant Marc i Sant
Anià, 1346, Colegiata de Santa Maria de Manresa, Manresa, Catalonia,
Saint Anien
Évêque
d’Alexandrie (1er s.)
ou Anianus.
Cordonnier de son état,
il aurait été converti par l'Évangéliste saint Marc auquel
il succéda comme Évêque sur le siège d'Alexandrie si l'on en croit les
"Acta" écrits par Eusèbe.
Premier successeur de
saint Marc, sur le Siège Apostolique d'Alexandrie, illustré, dans la suite, par
plusieurs grands saints Évêques et Docteurs de l'Église. La tradition
conte de lui un épisode qui mérite d'être rapporté en raison de sa fraîcheur.
Saint Anien était savetier à Alexandrie, mais ce Chrétien, qui jurait souvent,
étonna saint Marc qui venait faire réparer son soulier. Anien ne jurait
pas par "Jupiter, Hercule ou les dieux", mais "Par le grand Dieu
du Ciel." Saint Marc mit alors la conversation sur ce grand Dieu du Ciel
que Jésus était venu révéler récemment. Saint Anien se convertit. Il
devint le premier Chrétien et ensuite le premier Évêque d'Alexandrie en
succédant à saint Marc.
Commémoraison de saint
Anien, Évêque d’Alexandrie, qui, au témoignage d’Eusèbe, la huitième année du
règne de Néron, reçut, le premier après saint Marc, l’épiscopat de cette ville,
qu’il tint pendant vingt-deux ans, jusque vers l’an 83, homme aimé de Dieu et
admirable en toute sa conduite.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/6666/Saint-Anien.html
Extrait de la vie de
Saint Marc (Fête le même jour) racontant cet épisode :
Lorsqu'il aborda à
Alexandrie, la sandale de Marc, usée par la marche, s'étant rompue, il la donna
à raccommoder à un savetier nommé Anien.
Celui-ci, frappé par
l'éclat extraordinaire qui se dégageait du visage de l'Apôtre, laissa échapper
son aiguille et se perça le doigt, en s'écriant : « Un seul Dieu ! »
Saint Marc le guérit de
sa blessure et saisit cette occasion pour l'instruire sur la vérité du seul
Dieu devenu homme pour notre Salut.
Anien écouta avec
attention ces paroles de vie et, après avoir fait Baptiser toute sa maison, il
quitta sa profession et tout attachement au monde pour devenir le plus étroit
collaborateur de l'Apôtre.
… La semence évangélique
commençant donc à germer, Marc organisa les premières institutions Liturgiques
de l'Église d'Egypte, ordonna Anien Évêque d'Alexandrie avec pour le seconder
trois Prêtres : Milée, Sabin et Cerdon, sept Diacres et onze autres Clercs de
rang inférieur, puis il continua ses missions vers l'Ouest.
Benedetto
Gennari, Sant'Aniano battezza un re pagano, (bottega del Guercino), xvii sec. San
Giovanni in Monte, Bologna
Benedetto Gennari junior ; Paintings of Saint
Anianus of Alexandria ; San Giovanni in
Monte (Bologna) - Interior
Also
known as
Anian
Annianus
25
April (Catholic and Coptic calendars)
10
November on some calendars
16
November (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria calendar)
Profile
Shoemaker. Converted by Saint Mark
the Evangelist, worked with him to evangelize Alexandria, Egypt,
and succeeded him as bishop there.
c.86
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MLA
Citation
‘Saint Anianus of
Alexandria‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 10 November 2023. Web. 1 April 2026.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anianus-of-alexandria/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-anianus-of-alexandria/
Scuola
Grande di San Marco ( Venedig ) - Fassade: Szene aus dem Leben des heiligen
Markus - Heilung des Anianus.
Scuola
Grande di San Marco ( Venice ) - Facade: Scene of the life of Saint Mark -
Healing of Anianus.
Scuola
Grande di San Marco (Venezia) - Facciata: Tullio Lombardo La guarigione di
Aniano
Book of Saints
– Anianus of Alexandria
(Saint) Bishop (April 25)
(1st century) The disciple and successor of Saint Mark the Evangelist at
Alexandria. He is said to have been originally a poor shoemaker, and to have
been cured of a diseased hand and converted to Christianity by Saint Mark.
Saint Anianus died about A.D. 86.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“anianus-of-alexandria”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 20
July 2012.
Web. 1 April 2026.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-anianus-of-alexandria/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-anianus-of-alexandria/
St. Anianus
Feastday: April 25
Patron: of Cobblers
Death: 1st century
Bishop and aide of St.
Mark. In the apocryphal Acts of Mark,
Anianus is described as the second bishop of
Alexandria, Egypt. Mark states
that Anianus was originally a shoemaker. Other lists refer to Anianus as a
noble who was consecrated by Mark and named to
succeed him.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=1412
Saint
Anianus, détail d'un vitrail de la nef, église Saint-Georges, Périgueux,
Dordogne, France.
Anianus of Alexandria B
(RM)
1st century. According to
Eusebius and the apocryphal acta of Saint Mark, Anianus was a shoemaker by
trade. He was converted to Christianity and became a disciple of Saint Mark
when he was healed of an awl wound. His fervor and virtue were so great that
Mark appointed Anianus as his vicar during his absence and upon Mark's death
Anianus succeeded him as bishop of Alexandria for 18 years and seven months.
Other sources have him a noble who was named bishop by Mark. Saint Epiphanius
mentions a church in Alexandria built in the honor of Anianus (Benedictines,
Delaney, Encyclopedia, Husenbeth).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0425.shtml
Giovanni di Niccolò Mansueti (1465–), St. Mark heals Anianus, 1516, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Acquisition in 1838, following the Napoleonic suppressions. Last Restoration 1994
April 25
St. Anianus, Second
Bishop of Alexandria
[By Eusebius called
Annianus.] THE ACTS of St. Mark tell us, that he was a shoemaker in
that city, whose hand, wounded with an awl, St. Mark healed when he first
entered the city. Such was his fervour and progress in virtue and learning,
that St. Mark constituted him bishop of Alexandria, during his absence; and
Anianus governed that great church four years with him, and eighteen years and
seven months after his death, according to the Oriental Chronicle.—He died in
the year 86, on the 26th of November; but is named in the Roman Martyrology on
the same day with St. Mark. “He was a man,” says Eusebius, 1 “well-pleasing
to God, and admirable in all things.” St. Epiphanius mentions a church in
Alexandria built in his honour. 2
Note 1. Hist. l. 2,
c. 24. [back]
Note 2. Hær. 69, c.
2. [back]
Rev. Alban
Butler (1711–73). Volume IV: April. The Lives of the
Saints. 1866.
SOURCE : http://www.bartleby.com/210/4/253.html
The Departure of St. Anianus, 2nd Pope of Alexandria.
On this day of the year 86 A.D., the holy father Abba
Anianus, the second Pope of Alexandria, departed. This saint was a native of
Alexandria, the son of pagan parents, and he was a cobbler. When St. Mark, the
Apostle, entered the city of Alexandria, it happened by God's Divine Will that
he tripped and tore his sandal. He gave it to Anianus to repair. While Anianus
was thrusting the awl into it, the awl went through to the other side of the
sandal and injured his finger. He screamed in pain, saying in Greek, "Eis
Theos" which means "O, the Only God." When St. Mark heard him
mentioning the Name of the Lord, he glorified the Lord Christ. Then he took
some dust from the ground, spat on it and applied it to the finger of St.
Anianus and he was healed immediately.
Anianus was exceedingly amazed. He took St. Mark to
his house, asked him about his name, his belief, and where he came from. The
apostle began to tell him of the books of the prophets concerning the Divinity
of the Lord Jesus Christ, the mystery of His incarnation, His Death and
Resurrection and the performing of miracles in His Holy Name.
Anianus' mind was illuminated and he believed in the
Lord Jesus Christ and all the people of his house believed with him. They were
all baptized in the Name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, and
God's Divine Grace was poured upon them. They continued to listen to the
teachings of the Apostle Mark, who taught them the doctrine of the church, its
ordinances and its laws.
When St. Mark decided to go to Pentapolis, he laid his
hand on Anianus and ordained him Patriarch over the city of Alexandria, in the
year 64 A.D. St. Anianus continued preaching and baptizing its people secretly,
helping and strengthening them in their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. He
turned his house into a church; and it is said that it is the one known as the
church of St. Mark the Martyr, where the church of St. Mark in Alexandria
stands now. This saint occupied the throne of St. Mark for 22 years, then
departed in peace.
His prayers be with us. Amen.
SOURCE : https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/3_20.html#1
Mosaics
in Zeno Chapel in St Mark's Basilica (Venice). Copy in Pushkin museum
SAINT ANIANUS
April 25
From the Prologue
When Mark stepped out of the boat on dry land in Alexandria, the sandal on one foot became torn. Then, he saw a cobbler to whom he gave his sandal for repairs. In mending the sandal, the cobbler pierced himself with the needle in his left hand and blood began to flow and the cobbler screamed in pain. Then the apostle of God mixed some dust with his spittle and anointed the wounded hand and suddenly the hand became whole again. Astonished at this miracle, the cobbler invited Mark to his home. Hearing Mark's homily, Anianus [for that was the cobbler's name] was baptized; he and his entire household. Anianus displayed so much virtue and so much zeal for the work of God that St. Mark consecrated him bishop. This holy man was the second bishop of the Church in Alexandria.
HYMN OF PRAISE
THE HOLY APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST MARK
The Evangelist Mark, to
Egypt he flew
As a bee with honey. And
Egypt experienced
The sweetness of Christ's
honey; the sweetness of living knowledge,
And the people began to
be amazed at Christ:
How He, in His divine
concern, became incarnated
How He, humbled Himself
for man's salvation,
And how He resurrected in
glory and power.
Through the thick
darkness, until now, we walked!
The Egyptians said:
"And now for us, the sun rises,"
Let us rejoice O people
in this shiny day!
But his wonderful crop,
Mark watered with his blood,
And because of that, all
the idols collapsed.
And Egypt, the land of
the pharaohs, was baptized
Became the field of God;
the Apostolic Church.
SOURCE : http://www.orthodox.net/menaion-april/25-saint-anianus.html
Tullio Lombardo, Baptême d’Ananius par
saint Marc, 1481, Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venise
Tullio
Lombardo, Relief of St. Mark baptising Anianus, 1481, Basilica dei Santi
Giovanni e Paolo, Venice
Sant' Aniano Vescovo d’Alessandria d’Egitto
Festa: 25
aprile
† Alessandria d’Egitto, 85
Secondo la testimonianza del celebre storico cristiano
Eusebio di Cesarea, nell’ottavo anno dell’imperatore Nerone Sant’Aniano fu il
primo successore dell’evangelista San Marco sulla cattedra episcopale della
città di Alessandria d’Egitto ed ivi rimase per ben venticinque anni, uomo
ammirevole e ben accetto a Dio.
Martirologio Romano: Commemorazione di
sant’Aniano, vescovo di Alessandria d’Egitto, che, come attesta sant’Eusebio,
nell’ottavo anno dell’impero di Nerone, fu il primo vescovo di questa città
dopo san Marco e, uomo accetto a Dio e mirabile sotto ogni aspetto, la resse
per ventidue anni.
Il grande storico ecclesiastico Eusebio di Cesarea considera Aniano discepolo dell’evangelista San Marco e suo successore sulla cattedra episcopale di Alessandria d’Egitto. Entrambi sono festeggiati al 25 aprile. Gli apocrifi Atti di Marco narrano che Aniano era un calzolaio pagano di Alessandria, al quale l’evangelista commissionò la riparazione di un calzare non appena giunto in città. Aniano si ferì un dito ed incominciò ad imprecare contro il suo cliente. Questi però lo guarì tracciandogli un segno di croce sulla ferita ed invitandolo a credere in Cristo. Aniano allora si convertì al cristianesimo e si fece battezzare da Marco. Nell’ottavo ottavo anno dell’imperio di Nerone, il santo protovescovo scelse proprio il suo primo discepolo per coadiuvarlo nel governo della Chiesa alessandrina durante i suoi frequenti viaggi. Quando Marco fu ucciso, Aniano continuò ad esercitare il suo ministero e morì infine nell’85, dopo ventidue anni di episcopato. La tradizione orientale vuole invece che il suo episcopato sia durato solamente diciotto anni e 216 giorni dopo la morte di Marco, morendo quindi nell’86. Pietro de Natalibus afferma che il corpo di Aniano, così come quello di Marco, fu trafugato e trasferito a Venezia, ove riposa nella chiesa di San Clemente. Egli fissa inoltre la morte del santo al 4 ottobre, mentre la Chiesa copta lo festeggia il 20 hatur (28 novembre). I sinassari bizantini non riportano invece il suo nome. Il Card. Baronio ricorda una chiesa dedicata a Sant’Aniano presso Alessandria d’Egitto, però poco probabilmente consacrata dal vescovo stesso.
Autore: Fabio Arduino
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/93004
Giovanni Battista Cima da Conegliano (1459–1517), The
Healing of Anianus, second half of 15th century, tempera on poplar wood, 172 x 135, Gemäldegalerie Berlin
Den hellige Anianus av Alexandria ( -~84)
Minnedag:
25. april
Den hellige Anianus levde i det første århundret i
Alexandria i Egypt. Ifølge de apokryfe «Markus' gjerninger» og den berømte
kirkehistorikeren Eusebius av
Caesarea (ca 260-340) tok den hellige evangelisten Markus inn
hos Anianus, som var skomaker, da han kom til Alexandria. Markus ble byens
første biskop, og skomakeren Anianus etterfulgte ham i embetet. Han var en mann
som var «svært tiltalende for Gud».
En annen versjon sier at han var en adelsmann som ble
vigslet av Markus til hans etterfølger. Hans minnedag er 25. april, samme dag
som Markus, og hans navn står i Martyrologium Romanum. (10. november nevnes
også). Ifølge Eusebius ble han etterfulgt i embetet rundt år 84 av den
hellige Abilius.
Kilder:
Attwater/Cumming, Benedictines, Delaney, Bunson, KIR, CSO, Infocatho,
Heiligenlexikon - Kompilasjon og oversettelse: p. Per Einar Odden -
Sist oppdatert: 2006-07-23 18:47
SOURCE : https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/anialex
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