Cappadocia among the classical regions of Anatolia (Asia Minor)
Carte touristique de la Cappadoce moderne : provinces d'Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir et Kayseri dans le sud de la région antique.
Saint Serge
Martyr à Césarée de
Cappadoce (+ 304)
Il voulait vivre en paix
avec Dieu et pour cela s'était fait moine et solitaire non loin de la ville. Ce
qui ne l'empêcha pas d'être arrêté pour sa foi, torturé et décapité. Ses
reliques se trouveraient désormais en Andalousie.
SOURCE : http://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/5880/Saint-Serge.html
Saint Serge
d’Espagne
Moine martyr en Cappadoce
Fête le 24 février
Églises d’Orient
† 304
Saint Serge, moine martyr
en Cappadoce en 304, dont les reliques auraient été transférées plus tard en
Espagne.
SOURCE : http://www.martyretsaint.com/serge-despagne/
L'Asie Mineure aux IIe et Ier siècles
av. J.-C..
"The
Growth of Roman Power in Asia Minor." From The Historical Atlas by William
R. Shepherd, 1923. Courtesy of The General Libraries, The University
of Texas at Austin. Atlas of Turkey
Also
known as
Sergius of Cappadocia
George
Georgi
Sergio
Syrgi
Profile
Monk in
Caesarea, Cappadocia.
May have been a priest;
records are unclear. He was one of a group of Christians assembled
and ordered to make a sacrifice to idols during the persecutions of Diocletian;
when the sacrificial fire went out, Sergius immediately claimed it was the work
of the true God. He
was immediately “tried” and executed by
order of the local governor. Martyr.
c.306 in
Caesarea, Cappadocia
relics translated
to Úbeda, Spain
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MLA
Citation
“Saint Sergius of
Caesarea“. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 February 2023. Web. 8 September 2024.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sergius-of-caesarea/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-sergius-of-caesarea/
Sergius of Cappadocia M
(RM)
Died 304. Saint Sergius
was a magistrate of Caesarea. He became a monk, perhaps a priest, in
Cappadocia, confessed his faith publicly and sacrificed himself for it during
the reign of Diocletian. His relics are said to have been translated to Ubeda,
near Tarragon, in Spain (Benedictines, Encyclopedia).
SOURCE : http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0224.shtml
Book of Saints
– Sergius – 24 February
Article
(Saint) Martyr (February
24) (4th
century) A monk,
perhaps a priest,
in Cappadocia (Asia
Minor), who fell a victim to the persecution under Diocletian (A.D. 304).
He was remarkable for the boldness of his answers when brought before the
heathen judge. The Christians secured
his body after execution. It is said to have been later translated to Spain.
MLA
Citation
Monks of Ramsgate.
“Sergius”. Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info.
19 February 2017. Web. 8 September 2024. https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-sergius-24-february/
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-sergius-24-february/
St Sergius
Very little is known of
this Sergius, who should not be confused with his contemporary the companion of
St Bacchus, commemorated in East and West alike on 7 October. Unlike these men,
who were prominent soldiers murdered after attempting to keep their faith
incognito, this saint seems to have been a pious and obscure hermit in
Cappadocia killed because he went out of his way to insult paganism. Hearing
that vicious persecutions were being carried out by the governor of Caesarea under
the authority of Maximian and Diocletian, Sergius marched to the city and, in
the presence of the governor himself, one Sapcricius, said what must have been
very rude things about the heathen deities. He was almost immediately executed.
San Sergio di Cesarea Martire
Etimologia: Sergio = che
salva, custodisce, seminatore, dal latino
Emblema: Palma
S. Sergio, martire di
Cesarea di Cappadocia, quasi ignorato dalle fonti agiografiche greche e
bizantine, ha avuto una certa popolarità in Occidente, grazie a una Passio
latina che ci descrive così il suo martirio: durante le celebrazioni annuali in
onore di Giove, all'epoca dell'imperatore Diocleziano, il governatore
dell'Armenia e della Cappadocia, Sapricio, trovandosi a Cesarea, ordinò che
fossero convocati davanti al tempio pagano tutti i cristiani della città per
costringerli a rendere il culto a Giove. Tra la folla comparve anche Sergio, un
anziano magistrato, che da tempo aveva abbandonato la toga per fare vita
eremitica.
La sua presenza produsse
l'effetto sorprendente di spegnere i fuochi preparati per i sacrifici. Si
attribuì immediatamente la causa dello strano fenomeno ai cristiani che col
loro rifiuto avevano irritato il dio. Si fece allora avanti Sergio e spiegò che
la ragione dell'impotenza degli dèi pagani era da cercarsi molto in alto, nella
onnipotenza del vero e unico Dio, adorato dai cristiani. Sergio venne arrestato
e condotto davanti al governatore, il quale con giudizio sommario lo condannò
alla decapitazione. La condanna venne eseguita immediatamente: era il 24
febbraio. Il corpo del martire, raccolto dai cristiani, ebbe sepoltura in casa
di una pia donna. Di qui le reliquie furono trasportate in Spagna, nella città
andalusa di Ubeda.
Autore: Piero
Bargellini
