Saint Aemilianus Explained

Saint Aemilianus
Saint Aemilius
Birth Date:c. 5th century
Death Date:484
Feast Day:6 December (Catholicism)
7 December (Orthodoxy)
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church,
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized Date:Pre-Congregation

Saint Aemilianus (or Aemilius) lived in the 5th century AD, and is known as a physician, confessor, and martyr.[1] In the reign of the Arian Vandal King Huneric, he became emmired in the Arian persecution in Africa. When he resisted conversion to Arianism, he was put to death by being flayed alive.[2]

Aemilianus' feast day is celebrated on December 6 in Roman Catholicism, and on December 7 in Eastern Orthodoxy.[3] [4] [5]

References

|Feast_day:St Aemilianus, martyr of Mesia is on July 18, according to the Roman martyrology.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Greenhill, William Alexander . Aemilianus (4) . Smith . William. . 1 . 30 . Boston . 1867 . http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0039.html.
  2. Book: Englebert, Omer . The Lives of the Saints . Barnes & Noble Publishing . 1994 . 465 . 1-56619-516-0.
  3. Martyrol. Rom. ed. Baron.
  4. [Victor Vitensis]
  5. [Bzovius]