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Yerville
(Seine-Mar.) église, statue Saint Émile tenant le bûcher dans sa main
Saint Émile
Martyr à Carthage (+
v. 250)
Saint Caste et saint Émile qui après avoir faibli devant la torture ont repris courage pour affirmer leur foi devant les juges et furent brûlés.
En Afrique, vers 250, les saints martyrs Caste et Émile, qui achevèrent leur
martyre par le feu. Comme l'écrit saint Cyprien,
ces deux chrétiens vaincus dans un premier combat, le Seigneur les fit
triompher dans un second, afin qu'après avoir cédé aux flammes, ils deviennent
ensuite plus forts que les flammes.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/2132/Saint-%C3%89mile.html
22 MAI : SAINT EMILE
Par CNEWS
Publié le 21/05/2015
à 07:00 - Mis à jour le 21/05/2015 à 16:56
C’est par le grand évêque
de Carthage, saint Cyprien, lui-même martyr en 258, que nous connaissons
l’histoire d’Emile et de Caste qui moururent brûlés vifs, huit ans avant lors
de la persécution de Dèce.
Chrétiens de Carthage,
ils sont arrêtés et interrogés par le préfet qui leur ordonne de se sacrifier
aux dieux. Faibles et craintifs des supplices dont ils ont vu la cruauté
sur leurs amis, ils jettent de l’encens sur les braises qui scintillent devant
la statue des dieux. «Enfin, des citoyens raisonnables», pense le préfet qui
les relâche.
Mais la nuit de liberté
fut terrible pour eux. Remords et repentir agitent leur esprit. Le
lendemain, ils reviennent au tribunal qui poursuit ses sentences meurtrières
sur les chrétiens. «Mais je vous ai déjà vus hier ! Votre cas est tranché
! Vous êtes libres», s’exclame le préfet ahuri. «Hier, tu as vu deux renégats,
aujourd’hui tu vois des chrétiens qui viennent réparer leur lâcheté. Nous
voulons recevoir aujourd’hui le baptême de sang.» Furieux et stupéfait, il
ordonne de les jeter dans le feu.
Pensée spirituelle de
sainte Rita (qui refuse que ses deux enfants vengent la mort de leur père) :
«Plutôt la mort que la
vendetta.»
Courte prière à sainte
Rita :
«Sainte Rita, exaucez nos
prières, soulagez nos souffrances, et essuyez nos larmes.»
Éphéméride du 22 mai
:
En 1823, Monseigneur
Lartigue, premier évêque de Montréal, au Canada, pose la première pierre
de la cathédrale Saint-Jacques. Un incendie la détruit en 1852. L’évêque
d’alors décide de la reconstruire ailleurs. En 1858, un second incendie la
détruit. Reconstruite une deuxième fois, elle est bénite en 1860. Après
un nouvel incendie en 1933, elle est reconstruite et devient l’église de
l’Exposition universelle de 1967. Trois ans après, elle est intégrée à la
construction du campus de l’université du Québec. Le clocher, le plus haut
de Montréal, est mis en valeur et ce qu’il reste de l’édifice désacralisé
est classé monument historique.
SOURCE : https://www.cnews.fr/racines/2015-05-21/22-mai-saint-emile-467858
Saint
Emile et saint Caste
Book of Saints –
Castus and Aemilius
Article
CASTUS and AEMILIUS
(Saints) Martyrs (May 22) (3rd century) Two celebrated African Martyrs of the
persecution of Decius (A.D. 250) who, having first given way when put to the
torture, repented, and on being seized a second time, bravely won their crown.
They were burned to death, their love of Christ, as their contemporary Saint
Cyprian tells us, proving itself “stronger than fire.” One of Saint Augustine’s
sermons is a panegyric of these holy men.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Castus and Aemilius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 1
October 2012.
Web. 22 May 2024.
<http://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-castus-and-aemilius/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-castus-and-aemilius/
Saints
of the Day – Castus and Aemilius, Martyrs
Article
Died c.250. Castus and
Aemilius suffered martyrdom in Africa under Decius. The first time they were
captured, they gave way under torture. Upon their release they repented of
their failure to remain steadfast in their faith. On being seized a second time,
the were burned to death. Their contemporary Saint Cyprian in De lapsis,
and later Saint Augustine in Sermon 285, were loud in their praise of
these two martyrs (Benedictines, Husenbeth).
MLA
Citation
Katherine I
Rabenstein. Saints of the Day, 1998. CatholicSaints.Info.
18 May 2024. Web. 22 May 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-castus-and-aemilius-martyrs/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saints-of-the-day-castus-and-aemilius-martyrs/
Castus and Emilius were
two men who lapsed, and then made renewed confession; mentioned by Cyprian,
under Decius, as having suffered some time before (Cyp. Laps. c. 13;
Tillemont, 3, 125); and commemorated in the calendar of Carthage, by Bede,
etc., on May 22.
SOURCE : https://www.biblicalcyclopedia.com/C/castus.html
Butler’s
Lives of the Saints – Saints Castus and AEmilius, Martyrs
Article
They had first fallen in
the persecution; but being touched with remorse, rose again with greater
fervour, and triumphed over the flames. Saint Austin, in a sermon which he
preached on their festival, says, they fell like Saint Peter by presuming on
their own strength. They suffered in Africa, probably under Decius, in 250.
MLA
Citation
Father Alban Butler.
“Saints Castus and AEmilius, Martyrs”. Lives of
the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints, 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 20
May 2012.
Web. 22 May 2024.
<http://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saint-castus-and-aemilius-martyrs/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/butlers-lives-of-the-saints-saints-castus-and-aemilius-martyrs/
St. Castus & Emilius
Feastday: May 22
Death: 250
Two African martyrs
praised by St.
Cyprian and St. Augustine. Taken prisoners, Castus and Emilius
denied Christ under
torture and were released. They were arrested a second time and
now, resolved to be loyal to the faith, they refused to abjure Christianity.
They were burned to death.
SOURCE : https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2633
Also
known as
Casto
Profile
Tortured in
the persecutions of Decius,
he renounced his Christianity.
He later repented, returned to the Church,
and when arrested a
second time he stood by his Christianity. Martyr.
burned to death c.250 in North
Africa
Additional
Information
Book
of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Alban
Butler
Roman
Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
books
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
other
sites in english
sitios
en español
Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
in italiano
Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
MLA
Citation
“Saint Castus the
Martyr“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 May 2024. Web. 22 May 2024. <https://catholicsaints.info/saint-castus-the-martyr/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-castus-the-martyr/
Also
known as
Aemilius
Emilio
Profile
Tortured in
the persecutions of Decius,
he renounced his Christianity.
He later repented, returned to the Church,
and when arrested a
second time he stood by his Christianity. Martyr.
burned to death c.250 in North
Africa
Additional
Information
Book
of Saints, by the Monks of
Ramsgate
Lives
of the Saints, by Father Alban
Butler
Roman
Martyrology, 1914 edition
Saints
of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein
books
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
other
sites in english
images
sitios
en español
Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición
fonti
in italiano
Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
sites
en français
MLA
Citation
“Saint Emilius the
Martyr“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 May 2024. Web. 22 May 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-emilius-the-martyr/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-emilius-the-martyr/
Santi Casto ed
Emilio Martiri
Festa: 22 maggio
† 203
Sono commemorati il 22
maggio nel Calendario cartaginese, nel Martirologio Geronimiano e nel Romano.
Arrestati durante la persecuzione di Decio (ca. 250) vinsero la debolezza
iniziale e, toccati dalla grazia, affrontarono eroicamente il carnefice, lavando
col sangue la vergogna della precedente caduta.
Unica fonte su di loro è san Cipriano, che, nel De lapsis, li addita a esempio
di vittoria del coraggio sulla paura. Sant'Agostino compose un sermone in loro
onore nell'anniversario del martirio, senza fornire altre notizie.
Martirologio
Romano: In Africa, santi Casto ed Emilio, martiri, che conclusero la loro
passione nel fuoco. Come scrive san Cipriano, vinti in un primo combattimento,
il Signore li rese in una seconda prova vincitori, facendoli più forti di
quelle fiamme a cui i corpi avevano precedentemente ceduto.
Santi CASTO ed EMILIO,
martiri
Tra i numerosi martiri che hanno segnato la storia della Chiesa primitiva, i
Santi Casto ed Emilio si distinguono per una vicenda che incarna la fragilità
umana e la potenza salvifica della fede. La loro storia, narrata da San
Cipriano nel suo "De lapsis", ci offre un esempio commovente di come
la grazia divina possa risollevare anche gli animi più vacillanti, conducendoli
alla vittoria sul peccato e sulla paura.
Durante la persecuzione dell'imperatore Decio, scoppiata intorno al 250 d.C., Casto ed Emilio, due cristiani ferventi, furono arrestati per la loro fede. Sottoposti a torture e minacce di morte, inizialmente vacillarono e negarono la loro appartenenza al Cristianesimo. La paura del martirio li indusse a tradire la loro fede, un atto che li lasciò profondamente addolorati e vergognosi.
Tuttavia, la loro rinuncia non portò loro pace interiore. Tormentati dal rimorso e dalla consapevolezza di aver tradito il loro Signore, Casto ed Emilio non trovarono requie. In preda al pentimento, decisero di riparare al loro errore confessando pubblicamente la loro fede e affrontando il martirio con coraggio.
Con rinnovata determinazione, Casto ed Emilio si presentarono nuovamente al cospetto delle autorità romane, proclamando la loro fede in Cristo senza timore. La loro eroica confessione li condannò a morte per incendio. Di fronte alla pira ardente, non mostrarono alcun segno di cedimento, anzi, affrontarono il supplizio con serenità e gioia, consapevoli di aver finalmente lavato la loro vergogna e di essere tornati fedeli al loro Dio.
I Santi Casto ed Emilio sono venerati come martiri dalla Chiesa e la loro memoria è celebrata il 22 maggio.
Autore: Franco Dieghi
