Pierre de la basilique Sainte-Sophie (Ἁγία Σοφία, Hagía Sophía Μεγάλη Ἐκκλησία (Megálē Ekklēsíā, « la Grande Église ») commandée par Théodose II
Saint Marcien
Econome de la Grande Église Sainte Sophie (✝ 471)
Sa famille, installée à Constantinople, était apparentée à la famille impériale. Le patriarche Anatole voulut l'ordonner prêtre à la mort de ses parents et son successeur, le patriarche Gennade, le nomma économe de la Grande Eglise, Sainte Sophie, ce qui était la charge la plus importante du clergé de Constantinople. Grande était sa charité pour les pauvres. Pour cette raison, ce que nous raconte la tradition est plausible.
Le jour de la dédicace de l'église de Sainte Anastasie, il vit un pauvre réduit à la plus extrême misère, au moment même où il partait à la sainte liturgie. Il l'entraina dans un endroit isolé, lui donna tous ses vêtements, et, revêtu des seuls ornements liturgiques, il regagna le sanctuaire. Tous les célébrants virent sous ses ornements un vêtement tout étincelant d'or.
Il parcourait la nuit les quartiers les plus misérables pour venir en aide à ceux qui n'osaient pas mendier le jour et, durant la construction de l'église Sainte Irène, il aida même les ouvriers de ses propres mains.
À Constantinople, vers 471, saint Marcien, prêtre, qui s’appliqua à orner les églises et à venir en aide aux pauvres.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5118/Saint-Marcien.html
Saint Marcien de Constantinople
(489)
tiré de : Les Petits Bollandistes; Vies des saints tome 1 p. 264
Fêté le 10 janvier
Saint Marcien naquit à Constantinople, de parents originaires de Rome et alliés à la famille impériale de Théodose. Dès ses premières années, il pratiqua assidûment le jeune, la prière et les veilles. Il avait un immense patrimoine qu'il répandit tout entier dans le soin des pauvres par amour pour Jésus Christ. Il bâtit nombre d'églises, et, accomplissant une prophétie de saint Grégoire de Nazianze, il transforma en une basilique vaste et splendide la petite chapelle Anastasie, dans laquelle le grand évêque avait, par ses éloquentes prédications, ressuscité la foi morte et ralliée à Constantinople. Il fut élevé à la prêtrise, malgré lui, par Anatolius, archevêque de Constantinople. Le patriarche Gennade, l'élevant à la seconde dignité ecclésiastique de, son diocèse, la nomma grand économe de l'église Sainte-Sophie. Il eut des envieux, on l'accusa de novatianisme, mais la voix populaire qui s'éleva en sa faveur couvrit bientôt les clameurs de ses détracteurs. Il fleurit sous les règnes de Marcien et de Léon 1 er, au 5 e siècle.
Died c. 480. Marcian was a saint of Constantinople, though connected with a Roman family. He was ordained a priest and appointed treasurer of Santa Sophia. Many churches were in disrepair in Constantinople but, in his official capacity, Marcian superintended their restoration to former beauty, and the building of several churches, most notably the Anastasis. He was also inspired to write splendid hymns. So he used all his talents to bring people to worship Jesus.
Saint Marcian of Constantinople
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Member of a Roman family
of Constantinople. Related to Emperor Theodosius
II. Ordained in 455. He lived such an austere life that he was wrongly
accused of the heresy of Novatianism. Treasurer of the great church Hagia
Sophia. Appointed Oikonomos, a position second only to the
patriarch in authority. Gave away huge sums from his family fortune, but always
anonymously so as not to draw attention to himself. Restored several churches.
Composed several hymns, and was known as a miracle worker.
One day as he rushed to
the consecration of a new church, he encountered a miserable, nearly naked
beggar on the street. Marcian gave the man all his clothing, keeping only his
chasuble. When he arrived at the church, however, he appeared to be wearing a
golden robe under the chasuble; Patriarch Gennadius even rebuked Marcian for
dressing so richly. The saint then pulled off the chasuble to show he was
naked.
- c.480
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- “Saint Marcian of Constantinople“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 May 2020. Web. 11 February 2021. <http://catholicsaints.info/saint-marcian-of-constantinople/>
Marcian of Constantinople
January 10, Priest.
Source: The Lives of the
Saints, Volume 1
Roman martyrology: At
Constantinople, St. Marcian, priest.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
TREASURER OF THE CHURCH OF CONSTANTINOPLE
St. Marcian was born at Constantinople; he belonged to
a noble Roman family, related to that of the Emperor Theodosius. From his
childhood he served God in watching, fasting, and prayer. His great compassion
for the necessities of the poor made it impossible for him to refuse relief,
when he had anything to give away.
In the reign of the Emperor Marcian, Anatolius, the Archbishop, ordained him priest. His love for the poor manifested itself, not merely in abundant almsgiving, but also in his making their instruction in the truth his favorite pursuit. The severity of his morals was made a handle by those who feared the example of his virtue, as a tacit rebuke of their sloth and avarice, to fasten on him a suspicion of Novatianism; but his meekness and silence triumphed over this, and other slanders.
The patriarch Gennadius conferred on him the dignity
of treasurer of the church of Constantinople. S. Marcian built, or repaired, in
a stately manner a great number of churches. The following incident is related
of the dedication of the church of S. Anastasia, for which he had obtained a
site, and which he had built in spite of numerous impediments. On the day that
the church was to be consecrated, he was on his way to attend the ceremony,
when he was accosted in the street by a very poor man, whose rags scarce held
together, and who implored him, for the love of God, to give him an alms. S.
Marcian felt in his bosom, but found he had no money there. The pauper would
take no refusal, and the compassionate heart of the treasurer was melted at the
aspect of his tatters and emaciation. Quickly he slipped off the tunic he wore
under his sacerdotal vestments, handed it to the beggar, and then hurried on to
the new church, drawing his alb and chasuble about him, to conceal the
deficiency of a nether garment. The church was crowded, the Emperor Leo and the
Empress, the senate, and almost the whole city were present. Marcian was bidden
“which flashed as he moved. The patriarch Gennadius was offended, and rebuked
him when the liturgy was over, for having worn a private garment, more splendid
than his ecclesiastical vesture, and worthy only of an emperor. Marcian fell at
his feet, and denied that he had worn any such raiment. Then Gennadius, wroth
at his having spoken falsely, as he thought, for he supposed his eyes could not
have been deceived, caught him by the vesture, and drew it aside, and behold!
Marcian was bare of all other garments save his sacerdotal apparel.
S. Marcian built also the church of S. Irene, another
of S. Isidore, and baptisteries of magnificent appearance, surrounded with five
porches, like that at Jerusalem. "But this one," says the chronicler,
"was greater than that by the sheep market, for here greater miracles were
wrought than there. To that, an angel descended on one day in the year, and
healed but one at a time; at this, whenever a servant of the Lord ministers,
Christ himself is present. The healing, moreover, is not but once a year, but
daily, and not of bodies only, but of souls as well.
S. Marcian's great compassion extended to women of bad
character, and despising the slander and gossip which he might occasion, by
visiting them in their houses, setting only before his eyes the blessedness of
plucking these brands from the burning, he often sought them out in haunts of
crime; and if they had “he often sought them out in haunts of crime; and if
they had taken up evil courses through poverty only, he found for them honest
occupations, and by his exhortations and tears, and his overflowing charity, he
convinced and persuaded many of these unhappy women, so that they came openly
and did penance, and some he sent on pilgrimages to Jerusalem, and some went
into solitude, and recompensed for the past by self-mortification in the
desert.
SOURCE : https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/5408295391443355751/3869463343405069053
Saint Marcian the Presbyter in Constantinople
Commemorated on January 10
Saint Marcian, Presbyter of the Great Church, was born
at Rome and in his youth he received a first-rate education in Constantinople.
After the death of his parents, Saint Marcian used his inheritance on the
building, renovation and embellishment of churches. Thus, he built a church
dedicated to the holy Martyr Anastasia (December 22), richly adorned it, and
had the holy relics of the saint transferred to it. He also built a church of
the Great Martyr Irene (May 5), and the church of Saint Isidore.
His moral purity and strict asceticism were resented
by those who were slothful and avaricious, for they regarded his life as an
unspoken criticism of their own lack of virtue. However, his meekness and
silence overcame their slanders and brought him to the attention of the
Patriarch, who ordained Saint Marcian a presbyter and appointed him treasurer
of the Church of Constantinople.
From his wealth Saint Marcian distributed generous
alms, and distinguished himself by non-covetousness, denying himself in
everything. In accord with the command of the Savior, he did not even have an
extra set of clothes, which he might need should he be caught in inclement
weather. Having received a gift of wonderworking, Saint Marcian healed the sick
and cast out devils. Saint Marcian died between 472-474 and was buried at the
monastery of Saint John the Forerunner at Constantinople.
SOURCE : https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2000/01/10/100142-saint-marcian-the-presbyter-in-constantinople
San Marciano di Costantinopoli Sacerdote
† 471 (?)
Martirologio Romano: A Costantinopoli, san
Marciano, sacerdote, solerte nell’abbellire le chiese e nel prestare soccorso
agli indigenti.
Nato da una ricca famiglia di origine romana, Marciano si distinse soprattutto nella seconda metà del V secolo. Egli era dapprima appartenuto alla setta dei novaziani, poi era divenuto amico di sant'Aussenzio e così fervente nell’ortodossia che il patriarca Anatolio (449-458) l’ordinò prete malgrado la giovane età e la sua resistenza, aggregandolo alla sua Chiesa. Più tardi, Marciano fu nominato da Gennadio (448-471) economo di santa Sofia, la carica più importante della Chiesa costantinopolitana.
Alla morte dei genitori decise di dedicare la sua grande fortuna alla costruzione di chiese, iniziando con quella di sant'Anastasia ai portici di Domninos, che fu inaugurata nel 459 dal patriarca Gennadio. La stessa chiesa fu in seguito salvata dalle fiamme per l’ardore delle preghiere di Marciano.
Aspar e Ardaburios, due capi goti al servizio dell’impero, veneravano a tal punto Marciano che gli donarono dei preziosi vasi sacri per la chiesa di sant'Anastasia. Per testimoniare la sua riconoscenza Marciano faceva leggere in quella chiesa nei giorni di festa la Santa Scrittura in lingua gotica (germanica).
Costruì in seguitò la chiesa di sant'Irene, presso il mare, nel quartiere di Perama, ma non poté vederne il compimento, effettuato ad opera dell’imperatrice Verina, moglie di Leone I (457-471). Nei pressi Marciano aveva anche costruito una chiesa dedicata al martire sant'Isidoro deponendovi le sue reliquie. Sempre a Marciano si devono anche le chiese di san Giovanni Battista nel quartiere di Daniele, di san Teodoro nel quartiere di san Tenetro e di san Stratonico nel sobborgo di Rhégion. La Vita metafrastica di Marciano parla anche di un ampio battistero a cinque portici come la Piscina Probatica di Gerusalemme.
I vari biografi del santo vantano il suo fervore, la sua carità, che lo faceva vivere in grande povertà, ed i suoi miracoli. Si ignora la data esatta della morte, ma è ritenuto probabile l’anno 471. Fu sepolto nella chiesa di san Giovanni Battista nel quartiere di Daniele dove se ne celebrava la festa il 9 settembre, oggi fissata al 10 gennaio, data in cui figura anche nel Martirologio Romano.
Autore: Raymond Janin
