Sainte Nathalie et ses
compagnons
Martyrs à
Cordoue (+ 852)
Aurèle et sa femme Nathalie, Felix et sa femme Liliose (Liliane) et le diacre palestinien Georges moururent martyrs sous le calife Abderrahman II.
L'Eglise se souvient en ce jour du beau témoignage de Foi que sainte Nathalie et ses compagnons, offrirent au Seigneur: en pleine persécution déclenchée par les Maures, sous le calife Abderrahman II, Nathalie et son époux Aurèle, Felix et son épouse Liliose (ou Liliane) ainsi qu' un diacre prénommé Georges, furent arrêtés et condamnés à mort pour avoir refusé de renier leur Foi chrétienne et d'embrasser la religion musulmane. Du fond de leur prison ils ne cessèrent pas de louer leur Seigneur et Maître avant d'être décapités le 27 juillet 852. (Homélie de monsieur l'abbé Jean-Bernard Hayet, curé de la paroisse saint Joseph des Falaises-Bidart)
À Cordoue en Andalousie, l'an 852, les saints martyrs Georges, diacre et moine
syrien, Aurèle et sa femme Sabigothe, Félix et sa femme Liliose. Dans la
persécution des Maures, pris par le désir de témoigner de la foi dans le
Christ, ils ne cessaient de louer le Christ dans leur prison et à la fin furent
décapités.
Martyrologe romain
En prenant appui sur le
témoignage offert par sainte Nathalie et ses compagnons, nous demandons -selon
les mots du Pape Benoit XVI-: "Que l'Amour du "Dieu avec nous"
donne persévérance à toutes les communautés chrétiennes qui souffrent la
discrimination et la persécution, et inspire les responsables politiques et
religieux à s'engager pour le plein respect de la liberté religieuse de
tous".
(Pape Benoit XVI. Message "Urbi et Orbi" du 25 décembre 2010).
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/2137/Sainte-Nathalie-et--ses-compagnons.html
Sainte
Nathalie (+852)
Fêté le 27 juillet
Nathalie fut martyrisé à
cause de sa Foi. Si dure était alors la persécution musulmane à Cordoue que
beaucoup de chrétiens devaient feindre de devenir musulmans s’ils voulaient
garder la vie sauve. C’était ainsi pour Aurèle et sa femme Nathalie ainsi que pour
leurs cousins Félix et sa femme Liliose. Or un jour, ils rencontrèrent un
chrétien, juché sur un âne, le visage tourné vers la queue de la bête. Il avait
été mis à nu et les deux bourreaux qui l’escortaient le fouettaient jusqu’au
sang tandis qu’un crieur public dénonçait ses crimes religieux et que les
passants le tournaient en ridicule. Aurèle et Nathalie, dès lors, cessèrent de
feindre et pratiquèrent ouvertement leur foi. Nathalie et Liliose parurent dans
les rues sans le voile que les femmes devaient porter sur leur visage selon les
obligations musulmanes. Un moine quêteur, saint Georges, fut, comme eux, arrêté
et tous cinq furent décapités.
Pourquoi feindre devant
les hommes que nous sommes à Dieu ? Pourquoi leur cacher ce qui est notre force
et notre joie ? Comment le découvriraient-ils si nous ne leur découvrions pas
la vie qui est en nous et que nous voudrions voir vivre en eux ?
(Lectionnaire Emmaüs)
SOURCE : https://eglise.catholique.fr/saint-du-jour/27/07/sainte-nathalie/
Retablo della cappella dei Santi Martiri di Cordoba
Also
known as
Natalie
Nathalie
Sabigotho
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Half-Moorish. Convert to Christianity. Married to Saint Aurelius. Mother of
two. She and Aurelius knew
that to openly practice their faith was
a recipe for martyrdom.
However, after making provision for their children‘s
welfare, they became openly Christian,
caring for the sick and poor,
and talking openly about Jesus. Martyr.
Born
as Sabigotho
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“Saint Natalia“. CatholicSaints.Info.
10 January 2023. Web. 10 February 2023.
<https://catholicsaints.info/saint-natalia/>
SOURCE : https://catholicsaints.info/saint-natalia/
JULY 27, 2020
Saints Natalia, Aurelius,
Liliosa, Felix, and George, Martyrs
At the beginning of the
Moslem rule in Cordova, Spain, during the 8th century, Christians were allowed
to practice their Faith; later, however, when the domination became complete,
the Mohammedan leaders began a systematic persecution of the Christians. One of
the most prominent martyrs of the day was the Archbishop of Toledo, St.
Eulogius, who also wrote a Memorial of the martyrs who suffered before him,
among whom were those we honor today.
Natalia was a converted
Moslem and her husband Aurelius was the son of an Arab and a Spanish woman.
They conformed to Moslem customs outwardly but practiced their Christian faith
in secret. One day Aurelius happened to see a Christian patiently enduring the
scorn of the populace and the fierce blows of the whip for having publicly
confessed his faith. This worked a dramatic change in Aurelius: from that
moment on, he and his wife began to live their Christian faith openly. After
setting aside enough money to take care of their daughter’s future, they
distributed the rest of their possessions to the poor, and gave themselves over
to penance and devotion.
Their example proved to
be an inspiration for a relative of Aurelius named Felix, who had apostatized
from the Church, and his wife Liliosa who had been practicing her faith in
secret. Now, Felix returned to the Church and both gave up all pretense of dissembling.
All four began to visit and minister to the Christians who were in prison.
It did not take long
before all four of these dedicated servants of God were arrested and themselves
thrown into prison. Also arrested with them was a beggar named George, who
belonged to the monastery of St. Sabas in Jerusalem and had toured Egypt and
Europe in search of alms for his house. Since he could not be accused of the
same crime as the others “apostasy from the Moslem faith.” George in order to
obtain martyrdom insulted Mohammed to the Cadi’s face. Thus, when the first
four were condemned to death by beheading, George was also included. On July
27, 852, these saintly followers of Christ achieved the martyrdom they so
avidly sought.
Lessons
1. The most important
thing a husband or wife can do for their spouse is to help them achieve
salvation. These two couples understood that Christ and His Church had to come
first in their lives, even though they knew full well that open profession of
their faith would ultimately cost them their earthly lives. The heavenly crown
they won for themselves far surpasses any suffering they had to endure on
earth. So too may we all remember the glory that awaits us when we find
ourselves in the midst of trials and persecution.
2. The monk George openly
sought martyrdom — not something that most people would do. Natalia, Aurelius,
Felix, and Liliosa tried to live in a Moslem society while remaining undercover
Christians, but they finally realized that they could hide their faith in
Christ no longer. If we ever find ourselves in the position where it would be
more expedient to hide our faith, may we pray for the courage to profess it
openly and face the consequences with courage and conviction. Our Lord tells
us, “Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my
Father who is in heaven; but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny
before my Father who is in heaven” (Mt 10:32-33).
SOURCE : https://catholicexchange.com/saints-natalia-aurelius-liliosa-felix-and-george-martyrs
Sts.
Natalie & Aurelius, Martyrs
St. Natalie and Aurelius
Saints Aurelius and
Natalia (died 852) were Christian martyrs who were put to death
during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II,Emir of Córdoba, and are counted
among the Martyrs of Córdoba.
Aurelius was the son of
a Muslim father and a Christian mother. He was also secretly a
follower of Christianity, as was his wife Natalia, who was also the child
of a Muslim father. One of Aurelius’s cousins, Felix,
accepted Islam for a short time, but later converted back to
Christianity and married a Christian woman, Liliosa.
Under Sharia Law,
all four of them were required to profess Islam. In time all four began to
openly profess their Christianity, with the two women going about in public
with their faces unveiled. They were all swiftly arrested as apostates from Islam.
They were given four days
to recant, but they refused, and were beheaded. They were martyred with a
local monk, George, who had openly spoken out against the
prophet Mohammed. He had been offered a pardon as a foreigner, but chose
instead to denounce Islam again and die with the others.
They are
considered saints in the Roman Catholic Church, with
a feast day of July 27.
REFLECTION:
The Holy Mother Church is
the only institution in the world that holds the entire truth and the
guardian of truth itself for almost three millenia.
PRAYER:
O God, source of
holiness and life, grant we beg You that through the intercession of Your holy
martyrs Natalie and Aurelius we may obtain the fullness of life in Heaven
through Christ our Lord. Amen
SOURCE : https://vitaesanctorum.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/sts-natalie-aurelius-martyrs/
Arca
de plata que guarda las reliquias de los Santos Mártires de Córdoba. Iglesia de
San Pedro de Córdoba.
Santa Natalia e compagni Martiri a Cordova
Etimologia: Natalia = nascita, dal latino
Martirologio Romano: A Córdova nell’Andalusia in Spagna,
santi martiri Giorgio, diacono e monaco siro, Aurelio e Sabigoto (Natalia),
coniugi, e Felice e Liliosa, ugualmente coniugi, che durante la persecuzione
dei Mori, mossi dal desiderio di testimoniare la fede in Cristo, gettati in
carcere non cessarono mai di lodare Cristo e morirono, infine, decapitati.
Visse durante l’occupazione musulmana a Cordova, centro del
califfato ommiade (756-1091) e il suo nome era Sabigoto, conosciuta poi con il
nome di Natalia. Cristiana di fede, sposò Aurelio giovane dalla solida
formazione cristiana (era nato da madre cristiana e da padre maomettano,
divenuto orfano fu educato da una zia cristiana).
Essi vivevano da perfetti cristiani ma senza farsi
riconoscere dai musulmani, ebbero l’occasione di assistere alle offese e
insulti che il cristiano Giovanni subiva da parte dei maomettani, edificati
dalla serenità di lui, sentirono il desiderio di subire anch’essi il martirio
per Cristo
Questo desiderio venne rafforzato dalle visite che facevano
in carcere ai futuri martiri, Giovanni, Eulogio, Flora e Maria, ma c’era un
impedimento all’ardore di fede dei due coniugi, le due piccole figlie di cinque
e otto anni, che rimaste sole sarebbero diventate musulmane, come tutti i loro
parenti, secondo le disposizioni vigenti degli arabi.
Allora decisi, le portarono al monastero ‘Tabanense’ sotto la
cura di Isabella, vedova del martire Geremia, lasciandole denaro a sufficienza
per il loro mantenimento.
C’era anche un’altra coppia cristiana, che aveva gli stessi
ideali, Felice e Liliosa, tutti e due figli di genitori, mori di razza, ma
cristiani di religione, a loro si aggiunse un diacono Giorgio, monaco di S.
Saba di Gerusalemme, giunto in Spagna per chiedere elemosine per il suo
monastero e arrivato da Sabigoto (Natalia), si sentì dire da lei che aspettava
proprio lui, perché in una visione le era stato promesso un monaco come
compagno di martirio.
Anche Giorgio sentì il desiderio di dare la propria vita per
Cristo; i cinque si accordarono affinché le due donne andassero nella moschea a
viso scoperto, facendosi così riconoscere come cristiane; furono tutti
arrestati e mentre le due coppie spagnole Natalia ed Aurelio, Liliosa e Felice
furono condannati a morte, Giorgio essendo straniero venne rilasciato, ma non
era quello che desiderava, allora si mise ad offendere Maometto e quindi venne
decapitato insieme agli altri quattro, il 27 luglio dell’852 a Cordova.
I cristiani ricuperati i loro corpi, li seppellirono in vari
monasteri e chiese, separati e distanti. Natalia (Sabigoto) fu sepolta nella
chiesa dei SS. Fausto, Gennaro e Marziale, poi chiamata di S. Pietro.
Lo storico agiografo Usuardo nell’858, nel suo viaggio in
Spagna, prese con sé i corpi dei santi Aurelio e Giorgio e li portò nel
monastero parigino di Saint-Germain-des-Prés.
Sono celebrati tutti e cinque nel giorno del loro martirio,
il 27 luglio.
Autore: Antonio Borrelli
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/64550
Santos Jorge, Aurelio, Natalia, Félix y Liliosa.
M. 850
Santa Natalia
Martirologio Romano: En Córdoba, en la provincia
hispánica de Andalucía, santos mártires Jorge, diácono y monje originario de
Siria, Aurelio y Sabigótona, esposos, y Félix y Liliosa, esposos también, que
en la persecución desencadenada por los sarracenos, deseando dar testimonio de
su fe cristiana, no cesaron de alabar a Cristo en la cárcel, donde fueron
finalmente decapitados.
Aurelio, nacido en el seno de una familia distinguida
musulmana, se quedó huérfano muy pequeño, y fue educado por una tía cristiana.
Los parientes le obligaron a estudiar leyes y literatura árabes. Se casó con
Sabigotona o Natalia, musulmana, que se convirtió al cristianismo. Fueron un
matrimonio modelo en la alta sociedad cordobesa.
Aurelio fue detenido en su casa de Córdoba, juntamente con su
esposa Natalia, cuando celebraba una reunión familiar cristiana en compañía del
matrimonio, Félix y Liliosa, y de un monje sirio, Jorge. Confesaron ante el
cadí su fe y fueron encarcelados, se rieron de los halagos de sus enemigos que
pretendían hacerles abjurar; fueron degollados (a Jorge, como era extranjero le
ofrecieron la posibilidad del perdón, pero rehusó y prefirió unirse a sus
compañeros), durante el emirato de Abderramán II.
SOURCE : http://hagiopedia.blogspot.com/2013/07/otros-santos-del-dia_27.html
