The Catholic Church recognizes the individuals of Lucius, Absalom, and Lorgius as Saints due to their recorded suffering and death in Caesarea, a location within Cappadocia. St. Lucius (perhaps alternately Lucas or Luke) is thought to have been a bishop of Spanish heritage. Unfortunately, little is known about these Christian martyrs, with even their names being uncertain, although they are commemorated during the holy calendar day of March 2. [1] [2] [3]
This Lucius is also not to be confused with the multiple other individuals of the same name, such as Lucius of Cyrene. [1] As well, this Lorgius is also known as Largus and this Absalom as Absalon, Absolom, and Absolucius. [1] [2] [3] Details about when they died is unknown. However, the three appear in the Martyrology of Usuard , [2] meaning that accounts of them existed at least before or during the Usuard's time in the 9th century.
"At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Lucius the Bishop, Absolom, Lorgius" is a part of the William Blackwood & Sons published English language version of the Roman Breviary, the liturgical book of the rites of the Catholic Church containing hymns, readings, notations, and other religious material. [3]
None of them are to be confused or connected with the unrelated 3rd century figure Mammes of Caesarea and 4th century figure Dorothea of Caesarea, besides them all being martyred in the same general area.
The historical region in which they died in Central Anatolia is now a part of modern Turkey. That city of Caesarea (called Caesarea Mazaca) is not to be confused with the traditional Jewish town of the same name, which is in modern Israel, or other locations of related names.
Absalon of Caesarea | |
|---|---|
| Saint | |
| Died | c. 100 AD Caesarea |
| Venerated in | Christian church |
| Feast | March 2 |
Absalon of Caesarea is a Christian saint and martyr who lived in the first century AD. [1]
He is reported as having been martyred at Caesarea, with his companions Bishop Lucius and Lorgius. Their names are uncertain, Lucius is sometimes written as Lucas, Lorgius turned to be Largus, and Absalon as Absolucius. But one thing is known for sure they all lived in Cappadocia in the first century. His feast day is celebrated on March 2. [1] [4]
The Cappadocian Fathers, also traditionally known as the Three Cappadocians, are Basil the Great (330–379), who was bishop of Caesarea; Basil's younger brother Gregory of Nyssa, who was bishop of Nyssa; and a close friend, Gregory of Nazianzus (329–389), who became Patriarch of Constantinople. The Cappadocia region, in modern-day Turkey, was an early site of Christian activity, with several missions by Paul in this region.
Sep. 1 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 3
Sep. 6 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Sep. 8
April 8 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - April 10
June 6 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - June 8
July 2 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 4
July 29 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - July 31
July 30 - Eastern Orthodox Church calendar - Aug. 1
Firmilian, Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca from c. 232, was a disciple of Origen. He had a contemporary reputation comparable to that of Dionysius of Alexandria or Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. He took an active part in the mid-3rd century controversies over rebaptising heretics and readmitting lapsed Christians after the persecutions of Decius and was excommunicated by Pope Stephen I for his position. A single letter of Firmilian to Cyprian survives among Cyprian's correspondence. Jerome omits Firmilian from De viris illustribus. "To his contemporaries his forty years of influential episcopate, his friendship with Origen and Dionysius, the appeal to him of Cyprian, and his censure of Stephanus might well make him seem the most conspicuous figure of his time" (Wace).
Feb. 2 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - Feb. 4
February 5 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - February 7
This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as they were at the end of 1954. It is essentially the same calendar established by Pope Pius X (1903–1914) following his liturgical reforms, but it also incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922–1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, and the changes made by Pope Pius XII (1939–1958) prior to 1955, chief among them the imposition of the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary upon the universal Church in 1944, the inscription of Pius X into the General Calendar following his 1954 canonization, and the institution of the Feast of the Queenship of Mary in October 1954.
Saint Lucius is the name of:
Peter Abselamus, also called "the Standard Bearer", was a third-century Christian martyr. He was born in Anea, near Eleutheropolis and was known for his physical strength, charity and piety.
November 23 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 25
November 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 26
Dorothea of Caesarea is a 4th-century virgin martyr who was executed at Caesarea Mazaca. Evidence for her actual historical existence or acta is very sparse. She is called a martyr of the late Diocletianic Persecution, although her death occurred after the resignation of Diocletian himself.
October 24 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - October 26
November 18 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - November 20
