Aemilianus (African martyr)

For other uses, see Aemilianus (disambiguation).

Saint Aemilianus Saint Aemilius
A depiction of saints Dionysia and Majoricus, who were also martyred in the Vandal kingdom at this time
Born	c. 5th century
Died	484
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Feast	6 December (Catholicism) 7 December (Orthodoxy)

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

1. Greenhill, William Alexander (1867). "Aemilianus (4)". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology . Vol. 1. Boston. p. 30.
2. Englebert, Omer (1994). The Lives of the Saints. Barnes & Noble Publishing. p. 465. ISBN   1-56619-516-0.
3. Martyrol. Rom. ed. Baron.
4. Victor Vitensis, De Persecut. Vandal, v. 1, with Ruinart's notes, Paris. 8vo. 1694
5. Bzovius, Nomenclator Sanctorum Professione Medicorum

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Smith, William, ed. (1870). "Aemilianus (4)". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology .

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