Armoiries représentant le diocèse de Lausanne comme un archidiocèse avec à gauche le diocèse suffragant de Sion et à droite celui de Genève.
Saint Marius
Évêque d'Avenches-Lausanne en Suisse (✝ 596)
ou Maire.
Il était originaire d'Autun et c'est sous le titre "d'évêque d'Avenches" qui appartenait au royaume de Bourgogne, dans le canton de Vaud, qu'il signa les actes du Concile de Mâcon en 585. Sa ville fut détruite par les invasions barbares et il dut s'établir à Lausanne. On lui doit une "chronique" qui nous éclaire sur les rois francs, goths et bourguignons de son époque. On lui prête d'autres écrits, mais nous n'en avons pas les textes. Il fut un évêque attentif et secourable à toutes les misères d'une époque marquée par tant de dévastations.
À Lausanne en Suisse, l’an 594, saint Marius (Maire), évêque d’Avenches, qui
déplaça son siège dans cette ville.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/9848/Saint-Marius.html
Marius (saint)
Bibliographie
– C. Santschi, «La Chronique de l'évêque Marius d'Avenches», in RHV, 1968, 17-34
– HS, I/4, 95-96
– J. Favrod, La Chronique de
Marius d'Avenches, 1991 (avec
traduction franç.)
Auteur(e): Justin
Favrod
Saint Marius Aventicus
Also
known as
- Marius
Aventicensis
- 31 December
- formerly 9 February
- formerly 12 February
Profile
Born to a rich,
distinguished family with roots in the Roman empire. Ordained as a young man. Bishop of Avenches, Switzerland in 574; he later moved his see to Lausanne. Participated in the Council
of Mâcon in 585. A skilled goldsmith, he made altar vessels by hand. Noted as scholar, a man of prayer, and a protector of the poor. A chronicle of his time has survived; it purports to
be a continuation of the Chronicon Imperiale of Prosper
Tiro, covers from 455 to 581, and is a key source for Burgundian and Franconian
history.
Born
- 31 December 594 at Lausanne, Switzerland of natural causes
- buried in the church of St-Thyrse in Lausanne
- farm
tools
- goldsmith
tools
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-marius-aventicus/
St. Marius Aventicus
(Or
AVENTICENSIS)
Bishop of Avenches (Switzerland) and
chronicler, born about 530 in the present Diocese of Autun; died at Lausanne, 31 December, 594. Of the events of
his life little is known. From an inscription on his tomb in the church of St. Thyrsius in
Lausanne (published in the "Monumenta Germ. Scriptores", XXIV, 795),
we learn that he came of a distinguished, rich and probably Roman family, and at an early age embraced the ecclesiastical state. In 574 he was made Bishop of Avenches, took part in the
Council of Mâcon in 585, and shortly afterwards
transferred his episcopal see from Avenches, which was rapidly
declining, to Lausanne. He is extolled as an ideal bishop; as a skilled goldsmith who made
the sacred vessels with his own hands; as a protector
and benefactor of the poor; as a man of prayer, and as a scholar full of
enthusiasm for serious intellectual studies. In 587 he consecrated St. Mary's church at Payerne, which
had been built at his expense and through his efforts. After his death he was venerated in the Diocese of Lausanne as a saint, and his feast was celebrated on 9
or 12 February. The church of St. Thyrsius received at an early date the name of St. Marius. A chronicle
of his is still preserved, and purports to be a continuation of the chronicle
of Prosper Tiro, or rather of the "Chronicon Imperiale". It extends
from 455 to 581, and, although consisting only of dry, annalistic notes, it is
valuable for Burgundian and Franconian history, especially
for the second half of the sixth century. This explains the fact that,
notwithstanding its brevity, it has been frequently published — first by
Chifflet in André Duchesne's "Historiæ Francorum Scriptores", I
(1636), 210-214; again by Migne in P.L., LXXII, 793-802, and finally
by Mommsen in "Mon. Germ., Auctores antiqui", XI (1893), 232-9.
Sources
ARNDT, Bischof Marius
von Aventicum. Sein Leben u. seine Chronik (Leipzig, 1875); MOMMSEN in his
edition, Præfatio, 227-31; POTTHAST, Bibl. hist. med. ævi, I (Berlin, 1896), 667.
Schlager,
Patricius. "St. Marius Aventicus." The Catholic
Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company,1910. 6 Jan. 2018 <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09671d.htm>.
Transcription. This article
was transcribed for New Advent by Douglas J. Potter. Dedicated to
the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. October 1, 1910. Remy Lafort, Censor. Imprimatur. +John M. Farley, Archbishop of New
York.
Copyright © 2020
by Kevin Knight. Dedicated to the
Immaculate Heart of Mary.
Saint Marius Aventicus
Also
known as
- Marius
Aventicensis
- 31 December
- formerly 9 February
- formerly 12 February
Profile
Born to a rich,
distinguished family with roots in the Roman empire. Ordained as a young man. Bishop ofAvenches, Switzerland in 574; he later moved his see to Lausanne. Participated in the Council of Mâcon in585. A skilled goldsmith, he made altar vessels by hand. Noted as scholar, a man of prayer, and a protector of the poor. A chronicle of his
time has survived; it purports to be a continuation of the Chronicon Imperialeof Prosper
Tiro, covers from 455 to 581, and is a key source
for Burgundian and Franconian history.
Born
- 31 December 594 at Lausanne, Switzerland of natural causes
- buried in the church of St-Thyrse in Lausanne
- farm
tools
- goldsmith
tools
530 - Losanna, 31 dicembre 594
Emblema: Bastone pastorale
Martirologio
Romano: A Losanna nell’odierna
Svizzera, san Mario, vescovo, che trasferì in questa città la sede di Avanches,
costruì molte chiese e fu difensore dei poveri.
ecenti indagini, dovute
soprattutto a Mario Besson, hanno dato notizie sicure sulla vita e sull'opera
del santo.
Nato intorno al 530 divenne vescovo di Aventicum nel maggio 574. Nel 585 prese
parte al concilio di Macon; il 24 giugno 587 consacrò la chiesa della Madonna
di Payerne che sorgeva su una sua proprietà. Intorno al 590 trasferí, per
ragioni politiche e di sicurezza, la sede vescovile da Aventicum a Losanna; qui
morí il 31 dicembre 594 e fu inumato nella chiesa di S. Tirso che prese poi piú
tardi il suo nome. L'epitafio che ci è stato conservato è ritenuto dal Besson opera di
Venanzio Fortunato. Si può seguire il culto
del santo fin nel primo millennio dell'era cristiana. Viene raffigurato quale
vescovo e nel sec. XVI la sua elfigie appare su alcune monete episcopali. A
volte è rappresentato con una palma e con il titolo di martire, elementi
ingiustificati, in quanto non ha subito il martirio. Le diocesi di Losanna e di
Basilea festeggiano s. Mario il 31 dicembre.
Mario è l'autore di una continuazione della Cronaca di Prospero, che egli
porta, prima, fino all'anno 567 e poi fino al 581. E' un racconto, in genere
esatto, breve e molto prezioso per gli storici, che registra gli avvenimenti
dell'Italia e dell'Oriente con la stessa attenzione dedicata a quelli dei regni
franco e burgundo.
Autore: Rudolph Henggeler
