Saint Emeric de Hongrie
Imre, fils de Saint
Etienne de Hongrie (+ 1031)
ou Aymeric, ou (en hongrois) Imre, fils du roi de Hongrie, saint Etienne. Bon père de famille et bon chrétien, il ne monta pas sur le trône puisqu'il mourut avant son père. Certains moines ne l'estimaient pas; quand il rendait visite à un monastère, son intuition spirituelle le portait vers les plus fervents et il ne saluait qu'avec un simple baiser de paix les religieux sans ferveur.
À Albe-Royale en Pannonie, l'an 1031, la mise au tombeau de saint Emeric ou
Henri, fils de saint Étienne, roi de Hongrie, mort prématurément.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/44/Saint-Emeric-de-Hongrie.html
Id.
Vastagh György: Szent Imre herceg (oltárkép)
S. Émeric
4 novembre
Fils du roi de
Hongrie : S.
Étienne Ier.
L’orthographe Aymeric est
plutôt celle du vénérable
Aymeric dont la fête se célèbre le 13 décembre.
On lit au Martyrologe
Romain de ce jour :
« Près d’Albe-Royale, en Pannonie, la mise au tombeau du bienheureux Émeric confesseur, fils de saint Étienne, roi des Hongrois. »
Ce grand prince eût pour
père saint
Étienne, premier roi de Hongrie, et pour mère la vénérable Gisle ou
Gisèle, sa femme, et sœur de saint Henri, empereur. Il donna, dès ses premières
années, des marques d’une piété extraordinaire.
TABLEAU D’UNE SAINTE
FAMILLE ROYALE
La reine, la vénérable
Gisèle (fête le 7 mai) est la sœur de l’empereur saint
Henri II (fête le 15 juillet) dont l’épouse est l’impératrice sainte
Cunégonde (fête le 3 mars). Ils eurent comme petit-neveu et successeur
sur le trône de Hongrie : saint
Ladislas, fête le 27 juin.
Lorsque ses officiers
étaient endormis, il se levait pour prier Dieu et pour réciter le psautier, et
il produisait un acte de contrition à la fin de chaque psaume. Le roi, son
père, que l’on informait de tout, voyait dans ses actions d’heureux présages
que le prince serait digne de régner sur ses sujets.
Allant
un jour visiter le monastère des religieux de Saint-Martin, qu’il avait fondé,
il envoya le prince devant lui pour en recevoir les premiers honneurs. Saint
Émeric fut accueilli de la communauté avec tout le respect dû à son mérite et à
sa qualité d’héritier présomptif de la couronne. Le roi, arrivant quelques
moments après, aperçut qu’il embrassait les religieux l’un après l’autre, et
qu’aux uns il donnait seulement un baiser, aux autres deux, aux autres trois,
et à quelques-uns encore davantage. Après la Messe, il lui demanda la cause de
cette différence, et pourquoi, en particulier, il en avait embrassé un, nommé
Maur, jusqu’à sept fois. (Le Bienheureux Maur —dont on célèbre la fête
également en ce jour— fut d’abord religieux compagnon de solitude de saint
Gérard futur évêque de Chonad et coopérateur de saint Étienne pour la
conversion des Magyars, puis devint lui-même évêque des Cinq-Églises, en
Hongrie, et meurt en 1070.) L’enfant répondit ingénument qu’il avait observé
cette différence selon les différents degrés de leur pureté, et que celui
qu’il avait baisé sept fois était un religieux d’une pureté tout à fait
singulière et qui avait toujours conservé sa virginité au-dessus de tous les
autres.
Saint
Émeric, croissant toujours en grâce et en perfection, méditait en lui-même ce
qu’il pourrait faire pour se rendre plus agréable à son souverain Seigneur.
Étant une nuit en oraison dans l’église de Saint-Georges, à Vesprin, avec un de
ses domestiques, et s’entretenant dans cette pensée, il aperçut une lumière qui
éclairait toute l’église, et il entendit une voix qui lui dit : « La
virginité est une offrande très-précieuse, et Je désire que tu la conserves de
corps et d’esprit jusqu’à la mort ». Il fut extrêmement réjoui de cet ordre,
et il supplia ce Dieu de bonté de lui donner la force de suivre sa vocation. Il
ne découvrit point ce secret et il défendit à celui qui l’accompagnait d’en
parler à qui que ce fût durant toute sa vie. Le roi, son père, qui ne savait
rien de cette résolution, l’accorda à une fille du sang royal, également belle,
honnête et vertueuse. Le prince témoigna d’abord en être peu satisfait ;
mais il se rendit enfin aux prières de ce sage monarque, dans l’espérance que
Dieu lui donnerait le moyen d’allier la virginité au mariage. En effet, ayant
épousé la princesse, il lui parla si efficacement de la beauté de la chasteté,
qu’il lui persuada de ne vivre ensemble que comme frère et sœur. Cependant,
comme il était jeune et qu’il avait toujours été nourri dans les douceurs de la
cour, il pratiqua tant d’austérités pour conserver ce précieux trésor qu’elles
coupèrent le fil de sa vie au milieu de ses années.
Ainsi,
avant qu’il eût pris possession du royaume que son père lui destinait sur la
terre, Dieu lui en donna un beaucoup plus éclatant et plus ferme dans
l’Éternité bienheureuse.
Ce
fut le 4 novembre de l’année 1032, Benoît IX venant d’être élu Pape, Conrad II
empereur du Saint Empire Romain Germanique et Henri Ier roi de France. Son
corps fut enterré à Albe-Royale (ou Stuhlweissembourg, chef-lieu de Comitat, en
Hongrie), et Dieu rendit incontinent son sépulcre et sa mémoire illustres par
plusieurs miracles.
Nous
en trouvons un fort remarquable dans l’Histoire de Hongrie ; il arriva
sous le règne de saint
Ladislas : Un allemand, nommé Conrad, qui avait vécu dans toutes
sortes de débauches et de libertinage, ayant été touché de Dieu et voulant se
convertir, s’en alla à Rome et demanda au Pape la pénitence et l’absolution de
ses offenses. Le Saint-Père, considérant le nombre et l’énormité de ses crimes,
lui ordonna de porter sur sa chair nue une cuirasse de fer serrée d’une chaîne
faisant cinq tours, avec un papier contenant le détail de tous ses péchés, et
de visiter en cet état tous les lieux où il apprendrait qu’il y aurait des
reliques, jusqu’à ce que la chaîne se fût détachée d’elle-même et que les
péchés contenus dans le papier fussent entièrement effacés. Conrad accepta
cette pénitence, et, chargé de ce fer et de ce papier, il visita les saints
lieux de la Palestine. Rien n’y fit ; après beaucoup de pèlerinages, il revint
donc en Hongrie, où, prosterné devant le tombeau du roi saint Étienne, il
protesta qu’il ne le quitterait point qu’il n’eût l’assurance de son pardon.
Dans cette résolution, il s’endormit, et, durant son sommeil, le saint roi lui
apparut et lui dit de faire ses dévotions au sépulcre de son fils Émeric, qui
était proche, parce que sa pureté virginale lui faisait obtenir de Dieu des
faveurs tout extraordinaires. Il s’éveilla et obéit à l’heure même ; et à
peine fut-il en oraison sur ce tombeau, que sa chaîne se rompit, sa cuirasse se
détacha et tout le détail de ses péchés se trouva effacé.
Ce
miracle donna lieu au roi Ladislas, aux évêques, aux abbés et aux plus grands
du royaume, de poursuivre sa canonisation. On le leva de terre après un jeûne
de trois jours ; on le plaça honorablement au-dessus de l’autel
le 4 novembre ; et, comme la main de Dieu y fit encore plusieurs
miracles pour manifester sa gloire, Benoît IX le canonisa, avec saint Étienne,
son père. On en fait la fête en ce jour, qui est celui de sa canonisation.
VOIR : Saint
Étienne Ier, roi de Hongrie, fête le 2 septembre.
Also
known as
Americus
Emerick
Emmerich
Emmericus
Henricus
Profile
Born a prince,
the son of Saint Stephen
of Hungary. Spiritual student of Saint Gerard
Sagredo. Married in 1022.
Known for his personal piety and austerity.
Born
killed by a boar while
hunting on 2
September 1031 in Hungary
5
November 1083 by Pope Gregory
VII
knight in armour with crown and lily
young man with a sword and
a boar nearby
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Ramsgate
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Francis
Xavier Weninger
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Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
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Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Emeric of
Hungary“. CatholicSaints.Info. 26 August 2019. Web. 4 November 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-emeric-of-hungary/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-emeric-of-hungary/
Püspökkút Memorial
Column, Székesfehérvár
Bory
Jenő: Püspökkút (részlet), keleti oldal: Szent Gellért csanádi püspök és
növendéke, a gyermek Szent Imre Székesfehérvár
Colonna
memoriale di Gerardo di Csanád con suo alunno Emerico d'Ungheria (santo) a
Székesfehérvár, opera di Jenő Bory
Article
EMERIC (Saint) (November
4) (11th century) The son of Saint Stephen, the first Christian King of
Hungary. He was remarkable for his piety and for his austere virtue, and was
favoured by Almighty God with many supernatural gifts. He died still a youth (A.D.
1031), and the many miracles which took place at his tomb, together with the
insistency of the Hungarian people, led to his canonisation (A.D. 1083).
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Emeric”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 28
November 2012.
Web. 4 November 2023. <http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-emeric/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-emeric/
Hungarian
saints altar, 1642, 208 x 145, Saint Ignatius of Loyola Church, Győr
https://www.christianiconography.info/Wikimedia%20Commons/adalbertGyor.html
St. Emeric
Feastday: November 5
Death: 1031
The son of St. Stephen,
Hungary's first Christian king.
Born in 1007, he did not live to inherit St. Stephen's throne, as he died in a
hunting accident. His tomb at
Szekesfehervar was a pilgrim's site, and many miracles were reported there. He
was canonized with his father in 1083.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3110
Interior
of the Roman Catholic church in Nagykapornak, Hungary
Nagykapornak,
római katolikus templom belső tere 2023
Weninger’s
Lives of the Saints – Saint Emeric, Confessor
Article
Saint Emeric was a son of
Saint Stephen, King of Hungary. He was so devoted to prayer, that, from his
early youth, he would rise from his bed, during night, and pass many hours in
devotional exercises. He especially loved to repeat the Psalms, each of which
he ended with an act of contrition. Stephen, his holy father, was greatly
comforted by this, and left nothing undone to increase his son’s piety and
virtue. The holy prince arrived at manhood without losing his early fervor; he
frequently visited the Churches, and edified every one by his piety. One day,
accompanied by one of his servants, he visited the church of Saint Gregory, at
Vesprim, and while there, thought what sacrifice he could offer to the Almighty
that would be most agreeable. Suddenly, the Church was illuminated by a
heavenly light, and he heard a voice from above, saying: “Consecrate the purity
of your soul and body to the Lord, and preserve it until your end.” Emeric
rejoiced greatly at hearing these words, and immediately obeyed them, by making
to God a vow of perpetual chastity.
Meanwhile, his holy
father, who knew nothing of this, had anxiously sought a virtuous spouse for his
only son, and now desired that Emeric should marry her. The prince had not the
courage to reveal his vow to his father, much less to refuse the proposed
marriage. Hence, trusting in God, he allowed the ceremonies to take place, but
then made known his vow to his royal bride, and represented to her so clearly
the value of angelical purity, that she willingly bound herself by the same
vow. The chaste prince, however, neglected not to beg of God, by fervent
prayer, and constant chastisement of his body the grace of being ever faithful
to his promise, against all the temptations of Satan. He kept it inviolate, and
lived like a Saint. God, not willing that such virtue should remain long
unrewarded, called him from this world by an early death. Saint Emeric fell
sick and prepared himself joyfully for departure. At the moment of his death,
the Archbishop who assisted him, saw the soul of the holy prince ascend to
heaven, accompanied by angels, whom he had endeavored to imitate in chastity.
He was buried in Stuhlweissenburg; and God bestowed great favors upon those
who, in their need, went to the tomb of the Saint for relief.
Szent Imre-templom, főoltár festménye
Practical Considerations
Saint Emeric, a royal
prince, lived in chastity, and persuaded his bride to lead the same life which
he had vowed to the Lord. He died joyfully, and was carried by the Angels into
heaven. Cradoc, also a royal prince, becomes a slave to lust, tempts the chaste
Winefrida to sin, dies a sudden death, and descends into hell. See how unlike
is the end of the chaste to that of the unchaste. Like which of these princes
would you rather die? Without doubt, like the chaste Emeric. If this is your
earnest wish, then abstain from living like the unchaste Cradoc. Avoid the vice
to which he was addicted, and dare not tempt others to it. The same God is
still alive, who in the Old Testament allowed the debauched prince Zambri to be
killed in his sin, and who punished Cra- doc by a sudden death. He is able to
punish you in a similar manner. Fear Him, and if you fear Him truly, do not offend
Him as Zambri and Cradoc did. Endeavor to live chastely in your station, after
the example of Saint Emeric, and to this end, use the same means which this
holy prince employed.
MLA
Citation
Father Francis Xavier
Weninger, DD, SJ. “Saint Emeric, Confessor”. Lives
of the Saints, 1876. CatholicSaints.Info.
26 May 2018. Web. 4 November 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-emeric-confessor/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/weningers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-emeric-confessor/
Szent
Imre herceg szobra a Bory-várban
WHO IS SAINT EMERIC?
This young saint is known
as the "Lily of Hungary." Prince Emeric was the son of St. Stephen,
the first King of Hungary. The first among all the crown princes, he died at
the age of twenty-two in a hunting accident in May 1030 and therefore never
succeeded to the throne. The wife of King Stephen, Gizella, was beatified in
1082 and their son Emeric was canonized together with his royal father just
fifty-two years after his death.
Sermon by Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
on the Feast of St. Emeric
Vienna, 5th November 1972
My dear, faithful people!
In today's Gospel segment, Our Savior charges us with a very important truth.
He says that hypocrisy is the greatest canker of religion. We cannot be truly
religious if we have a shred of hypocrisy in us. True religion is truth before
God and men, and no shamming can be connected with it.
The Lord Jesus used as his example the Pharisees and notes that the deepest
characteristic of piety is meekness. The person who humbles himself
and unconditionally obeys God's commandments will be exalted, sometimes
here in this life as well, but certainly in eternity. Whoever behaves
arrogantly, that person will be humiliated.
The piety of St. Emeric is tied to this Gospel passage. St. Emeric is the
grandson of Prince Gesa, and the son of King St. Stephen and Blessed Queen
Gizella. He is the most beautiful model of Hungarian youth. He was born at
Szekesfehervar in 1007, and was educated partly in Veszprem, the Queen's city,
and partly in Eszterom, at that time, the capital of the country and seat of
the Church in Hungary. His first tutor was his father, King St. Stephen. Then
from Venice came St. Gilbert--the Benedictine monk who wanted to go to the Holy
Land but whose ship was strangely cast ashore in the Balkans. Thereupon St. Gilbert
started out, much against his will, towards the newly Christianized land,
Hungary. Many of the country's ten bishops were Benedictines, members of his
own order, whom he trusted and whom he visited at Pecs and Szentmarton (known
since the 19th century as Pannonhalma). These Benedictines encouraged him, took
him to Szekesfehervar and introduced him to St. Stephen, who took and
extraordinary liking to him and entrusted him with the education of his son.
Prince St. Emeric represents a great advance in Hungarian Christian
development. His grandmother and grandfather were still half pagan. Sarolta
preferred horseback riding, and prince Geza, when admonished by the priests to
be honest in his religious practice, replied, "I am rich enough to offer
sacrifice to the right and to the left."
St. Stephen, on the other hand, already lived within the context of the
religious life of his time. We can see from his chronicles and teaching
addressed to his son that St. Stephen considered the Christian faith not as a
political necessity, but seriously desired it for its own sake. This is how he
educated St. Emeric and this is how St. Gilbert continued that education.
St. Emeric expanded and perfected veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He
learned this from St. Gilbert, for we know that St. Gilbert lived as a hermit
at Bakonybel after St. Emeric's death. It was from there that St. Stephen had
sent him to Caanad, a distant and difficult diocese, where he made the
veneration of Mary flourish.
St. Emeric learned Latin with amazing speed, mastering this international
diplomatic language so necessary for the ruler-to-be at that time. In addition,
he learned rhetoric from St. Gilbert, so that he could speak to his people. he
learned philosophy as well, and all with amazing mental agility.
Just as on the altar, there were two burning candles in his room at night. When
he woke up, he took the psalter and prayed by the light of those two candles.
In Veszprem, he sometimes went over to the chapel of St. George. That is where
he had a vision. he asked God what He wanted of him. Then he saw in a vision
that virginity in soul and body is pleasing to God. It is not opposed to
married life, to the sacramental state of marriage. Virginity alone can
adequately prepare young people for the virtuous married life of a respectable,
believing Christian. Even the classical pagans had already recognized that
"inexhausta pubertas" wholeness of youth's soul and body, was
essential to the life of the nation. Only thus can one enter into married life.
Those who are lustful before marriage are not worthy to be married.
While his brother Oto was still alive, St. Emeric strongly aspired to the
priesthood. When Otto died, however, Emeric had to become the heir, the
nation's future king. he understood this obligation and prepared himself to
rule. With prayer and veneration of Mary, he became the model for the youth of
every Hungarian generation that followed.
His father urged him to marry, because more powerful peoples came from the West
to attack the country, and they had to ask the help of others. He married the
daughter of the Polish King, Miesko II. Their souls were entirely united on
their wedding day, but they agreed to live as brother and sister.
St. Stephen hoped to hand over his reign to St. Emeric during his lifetime,
because he admired his son's wisdom and seriousness, and because he felt his
own bodily and spiritual powers weaken. Unfortunately, St. Emeric became the
victim of a hunting accident and the first Hungarian holy family was overtaken
by sorrow.
For almost a thousand years, Hungarian youth have an ideal, a most beautiful
model to follow, from whom married people as well as young people can learn,
for he humbled himself and lived his religious life with total dedication.
Let us ask ourselves now, who follow in the footsteps of St. Emeric, what was
our youth like? Was it like St. Emeric's? Was it such that we could build a
serious religious or married life upon it?
Prince St. Emeric was like his uncle, St. Henry II, his mother's brother, the
German King and Holy Roman Emperor, who was St. Emeric's godfather. The
effervescence of Western religious life spilled over into Hungary and from then
on there was no longer any difference between Western and Hungarian religious
expression. This nation preserved its national independence, but it took its
place squarely within the context of western spirituality. This is the
realization of today's Gospel: The kingdom of heaven belongs to the meek."
Our obedience should flow from meekness in body and spirit every day of our
lives. Amen.
(Translated from Szentbeszedek, Vasasnapi Level, Wien,
By Erika Papp Faber)
SOURCE : https://stbrigidstemeric.org/who-is-saint-emeric
Funeral
of Saint Emeric,Chronicon Pictum, XIVe
Képes krónika
Imre
herceg temetése és Vazul megvakíttatása. Az előtérben két férfi a
glóriás, hercegi öltözékű Imre holttestét márványkoporsóba helyezi. A koporsó
előtt álló István király jobb kezét arcához támasztja. fájdalmát ezzel a
sajnálkozó mozdulatával juttatja kifejezésre. Míg Gizella királyné a háttérben
lejátszódó jelenetre figyel. ahol hegyvidéken. háttérben várral díszített
sziklás terepen fekszik a megkötözött Vazul. Kezét egy lábán ülő katona
lefogja, szemét pedig Sebös - Gizella királyné követe - kitolja. Baloldalt
három csuklyás alak lovagol: István király követei, akik jönnek Vazult
kiszabadítani.
Saint of the Day – 4
November – Saint Emeric of Hungary (c 1007-1031)
Posted on November
4, 2021
Saint of the Day – 4
November – Saint Emeric of Hungary (c 1007-1031) Confessor, Prince and Heir to
the Hungarian Throne, Son of St Stephen, the first King of Hungary, Married but
lived in continence with his wife, having vowed his virginity to God. Born in c
1007 in Veszprém, Hungary and died by being killed by a boar while hunting on 2
September 1031 in Hungary, aged 24. Patronages – Youth, Hungarian
Americans. Also known as – Emerick, Emmerich, Emmericus, Henricus, Henry. Additional
Memorial – 5 November the date of his Canonisation.
Emeric is believed to
have been the second son of Saint Stephen I. Named after his maternal Uncle St
Henry II, the Holy Roman Emperor, he was the only one of Stephen’s sons who
reached adulthood.
Emeric was educated in a
strict and ascetic spirit by the Benedictine Monk from Venice, St Gerard
Sagredo (980-1046), from the age of 15 to 23. He was intended to be the next
Monarch of Hungary and his father wrote his Admonitions to prepare
him for this task – here: https://anastpaul.com/2019/08/16/thought-for-the-day-16-august-st-stephens-letter-to-st-emeric/
St Stephen here: https://anastpaul.com/2018/08/16/saint-of-the-day-16-august-st-stephen-of-hungary-c-975-038-apostle-of-hungary/ and
St Gerard here: https://anastpaul.com/2020/09/24/saint-of-the-day-24-september-saint-gerard-sagredo-osb-980-1046-bishop-and-martyr-the-apostle-of-hungary/
Emeric married a
Byzantine Princess but according to a biography written between 1109 and 1116,
he lived during marriage in perfect chastity, collaborating with his father
King Stephen in the conversion of his subjects.
The succession plans of
Emeric’s father could never be fulfilled, for on 2 September 1031, at age 24,
Emeric was killed by a boar while hunting. It is believed that this happened in
Hegyközszentimre (presently Sântimreu, Romania). He was buried in the Székesfehérvár
Basilica. Several wondrous healings and conversions happened at his grave. On 5
November 1083 King Ladislaus I translated Emeric’s relics in a large ceremony.
Emeric was Canonised for his pious life and purity, along with his father and
Bishop Gerard by Pope Gregory VII.
On the 900th Anniversary
of the death of Prince Emeric, a National Memorial Year was organised in
1930–1931 and the village of Pestszentimre was named after him. The Church in
the district also bears the name of the Saint-Prince and the first public Statue
of the district depicts Saint Emeric. The Saint Emeric Memorial Year proclaimed
for 1930–1931 moved the whole country and the settlements around Pest, which
are now parts of Budapest. The two-year event series was such an important
event that Pestszentimre, which belongs to the 18th District today, took the
name of our first King’s, St. Stephen’s, son. The settlement had previously
been called Soroksárpéteri.
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Sant' Emerico
d’Ungheria Principe
Ungheria, 1007 ca. – Alba
Regale (Ungheria), 1031
Il principe Emerico fu
figlio di santo Stefano (primo re d'Ungheria, detto «il Santo» (969-1038),
promotore della conversione al cristianesimo del popolo magiaro) e di Gisella,
sorella dell'imperatore Enrico II. Nacque in un anno imprecisato fra il 1000 e
il 1007 e venne educato dal 1015 al 1023 da san Gerardo abate benedettino
veneziano, divenuto consigliere del re e precettore del figlio, il quale fu
successivamente vescovo di Csanád. Emerico sposò una principessa bizantina, ma
secondo una sua biografia redatta fra il 1109 e 1116, egli visse durante il
matrimonio in perfetta castità, collaborando con il padre re Stefano alla
conversione dei sudditi. In seguito ad un incidente di caccia Emerico morì nel
1031 ad Alba Regale in Ungheria. Due antiche fonti agiografiche ungheresi,
composte alla fine del secolo XI, riportano che papa Gregorio VII sancì nel
1083 l'«elevazione del corpo», cioè la ricognizione e sistemazione delle
reliquie, di tutti quelli che convertirono alla fede cristiana l'antica
Pannonia, fra i quali, appunto, figura anche Emerico. (Avvenire)
Emblema: Corona,
Scettro, Globo
Martirologio
Romano: Ad Székesfehérvár in Pannonia, nell’odierna Ungheria, sant’Emerico
o Enrico, figlio di santo Stefano re d’Ungheria, colto da morte prematura.
Il principe Emerico fu figlio di s. Stefano primo re d’Ungheria, detto ‘il Santo’ (969-1038), promotore della conversione al cristianesimo del popolo magiaro e di Gisella sorella dell’imperatore Enrico II il Santo.
Nacque in un anno imprecisato fra il 1000 e il 1007 e venne educato dal 1015 al 1023 da s. Gerardo abate benedettino veneziano, divenuto consigliere del re e precettore del figlio, il quale fu successivamente vescovo di Csanád e morì assassinato dai pagani nel 1046.
Emerico sposò una principessa bizantina, ma secondo una sua biografia redatta fra il 1109 e 1116, egli visse durante il matrimonio in perfetta castità, collaborando con il padre re Stefano alla conversione dei sudditi.
Il suo nome è legato ad uno “speculum regum” intitolato “De institutione morum ad Emericum ducem”, la tradizione vuole che il padre Stefano il Santo l’abbia fatto comporre per lui.
In seguito ad un incidente di caccia Emerico premorì al padre nel 1031 ad Alba Regale in Ungheria, la sua prematura morte a 24 anni, creò una difficile situazione riguardo la successione al trono del giovane regno ungherese.
Due antiche fonti agiografiche ungheresi, composte alla fine del secolo XI, riportano che papa s. Gregorio VII (1073-1085) sancì nel 1083 con una ‘constitutio’ andata persa, l’”elevazione del corpo” cioè la ricognizione e sistemazione delle reliquie, di tutti quelli che convertirono alla fede cristiana l’antica Pannonia (Regione storica dell’Europa nord orientale, divenuta provincia romana nel 9 d.C.; nell’XI secolo fu occupata dagli Ungari).
Nella storiografia ungherese sono nominati i re Stefano I e Ladislao, col vescovo Gerardo e anche il principe Emerico. A seguito di questa ‘constitutio’, si sviluppò in Ungheria una fioritura di testi agiografici, fra i quali la “Vita b. Hemerici”.
La celebrazione della sua festa, riportata dal Martyrologium Romanun è al 4 novembre, mentre in Ungheria dove è chiamato s. Imre è al 5 novembre.
Autore: Antonio Borrelli
SOURCE : https://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92148
József Pesky (1795–1862),
Pasztilla aka Attila Terbócs
King st. Stephen teaching his son st. Emerich. : Side altar of Saint
Stephen of Hungary in the Roman Catholic cathedral in Kalocsa, Hungary
Emmerich von Ungarn
auch: Heinrich, Henricus
ungarischer Name: Imre
Gedenktag katholisch: 4. November
nicht gebotener Gedenktag im Bistum Eisenstadt: 5. November
in Ungarn: Niederlegung der Reliquien: 2. September
Übertragung / Erhebung der Gebeine: 5. November
Name bedeutet: E: der Reiche aus dem (ostgotischen Königs-) Geschlecht der Amelungen (ungarisch- althochdt.)
oder: H: der reiche Schützer (althochdt.-ungarisch) 1
Prinz von Ungarn
* 1007 (?) in Stuhlweißenburg, heute Székesfehérvár in Ungarn
† 2. September (?) 1031 bei Hegyközszentimre, heute Sîntimreu,
Ortsteil von Sălard nahe Oradea in Rumänien
Emmerich war - der wohl
zweite - Sohn des ungarischen Königs Stephan
I. und der Gisela
von Ungarn, er wurde in asketisch-strengem Geist von Gerhard,
dem Bischof von Csanád - dem heutigen Cenad in
Rumänien -, erzogen. Sein frommer und tugendhafter Lebenswandel wurde schon
früh gerühmt. Seine Ehe, wohl mit einer Tochter des byzantinischen Kaisers
Romanos III. Argyros, blieb kinderlos; die Legende erzählt von ihrer
keuschen Ehe. Sein Vater wollte ihn, der als einziger der Söhne das Mannesalter
erlebte, zum Mitregenten erheben, doch kurz vor seiner Krönung fand er durch
einen Jagdunfall den Tod.
Statue im Dom in
Aachen Emmerich wurde in der Zisterzienserkirche
in Stuhlweißenburg bestattet,
an seinem Grab gab es wundersame Bekehrungen und Heilungen. Am 5. November 1083
wurden seine Gebeine erhoben.
Wohl Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts entstand die Lebensgeschichte, beeinflusst von
Motiven aus der über Heinrich
II..
Kanonisation: Emmerichs betont christlicher Lebenswandel führte 1083 zur Heiligsprechung durch Papst Gregor VII., die auf Betreiben von König Ladislaus I. zusammen mit seinem Vater Stephan I. von Ungarn und Missionsbischof Gerhard von Csanád erfolgte.
Attribute: Lilienstengel, Schwert
1 Unser Leser
Michael Gerhard meint, der Name Imre sei eine Madyarisierung des
Namens Heinrich: Höchstwahrscheinlich ist der Prinz nach seinem
Großvater, Herzog Heinrich von Bayern dem Zänker, und / oder seinem Onkel,
Kaiser Heinrich
II. benannt. Übrigens scheint nach dem Prinzen Emericus auch der
Seefahrer Amerigo Vespucci benannt zu sein, der Namensgeber des Kontinents der
westlichen Hemisphäre.
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