In his funeral inscription, Gordianus' youth is contrasted with his mature faith.[1] Later Acts make him a pagan and a judge. He was charged with forcing Januarius to make a sacrifice to the Emperor, but instead was persuaded and then converted to Christianity with many within his household.[2] Being accused before his successor, or as some say before the prefect of the city, Apronianus, he was cruelly tortured and finally beheaded. His body was carried off by the Christians, and laid in a crypt on the Latin Way beside the body of Saint Epimachus, who had been recently interred there. The two saints gave their name to the cemetery, and have ever since been jointly venerated by the Catholic Church.[3] According to David Farmer, these Acts are historically "worthless".[1]
Some time later the remains of Gordianus were moved to the Cyriaca cemetery and there they lay until the 17th century when Brother Ambrose of the Order of St Augustin removed them and gave them to Fr Christopher Anderson, a Jesuit priest in the 1670s. The remains were transferred to the Jesuit College of St. Omer; when the College moved to Stonyhurst, the remains travelled to England where they have remained since, interred below the altar of the Sodality Chapel.[4] His bones were temporarily removed in 2006 whilst the chapel underwent restoration, but they have since been returned.
The Princely Abbey of Kempten in Bavaria was established in 752, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus.[5] Some of the relics of the two saints were brought there.[6][7]
There is a church dedicated to Saint Gordianus in Saint-Paul-d'Oueil in France.
ReferencesEdit
^ ab"Gordian and Epimachus", The Oxford Dictionary of Saints 5th ed. (David Farmer, ed.) OUP, 2011 ISBN9780199596607
^Murphy, John F.X. "Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 26 November 2021 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Historischer Verein für Schwaben (1874). Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereins für Schwaben, Volumes 1-3. Augsburg. pp. 228–229.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Monks of Ramsgate. "Gordian". Book of Saints 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 25 July 2013 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Butler, Alban. "Saints Gordian and Epimachus, Martyrs". Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints 1866. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 May 2013 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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