Тарсизий

Святой

Тарсизий
Святой ; Тарсизий
	Александр Фалгуер , Тарсизий, христианский мученик , 1868, Музей д'Орсей .
Мученик
Умер	3 век ; Рим
Почитаемый в	Костел ; Восточная православная церковь ; Англиканство
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Major shrine	San Silvestro in Capite, Rome
Feast	August 15 (Roman Martyrology)
Attributes	Host, youth, wounds
Patronage	altar servers and first communicants

Тарсициус ^{[ 1 ]} или Тарсизий ^{[ 2 ]} был мучеником ранней христианской церкви, которая жила в 3 -м веке. Мало, что известно о нем, происходит от метрической надписи Папы Дамаса I , который был Папой во второй половине 4 -го века.

История

Единственная позитивная информация, касающаяся этого римского мученика, найдена в стихотворении, написанном в его честь Папой Дамасом (366–384), который сравнивает его с дьяконом святого Стивена и говорит, что, как Стивен был забит толпой, так Тарсизий, несущий Благословенное причастие было атаковано группой и избит до смерти. ^{[ 3 ]}

Ничего более определенного не известно о Тарсизии. С тех пор, как Дамас сравнивает его со Стивеном, он, возможно, был дьяконом; Однако аккаунт 6-го века делает его аколитом . ^{[ 3 ]} Согласно одной версии подробной легенды, которая развилась позже, Тарсизий был молодым мальчиком во время одного из жестоких римских преследований 3-го века, вероятно, во время правления императора Валериана (253–259). Однажды ему было поручено привлечь Евхаристию о осужденных христиан в тюрьму. ^[4] Он предпочитал смерть от рук толпы, а не доставлял им благословенное причастие, которое он нес.

Veneration

He was originally buried in the Catacombs of San Callisto and the inscription by Damasus was placed later on his tomb.^[3] Some time later his relics were moved to the San Silvestro in Capite church in Rome; however, excavations to find his relics were fruitless.^[5] The relics are currently located in the Chapel of the Guardian Angel in the Church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples, having been transferred there in 1646. A relic of the saint is also kept in the chapel of the Salesian Institute of Saint Tarcisius in Rome. His feast day is celebrated on 15 August; which is the solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. Therefore, his memorial is not included in the General Roman Calendar, but he is listed in the Roman Martyrology.

Patronage

He is the patron saint of altar servers and first communicants.^[6]

Legacy

His story was greatly expanded by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, who portrays him as a young acolyte in his novel Fabiola, or the Church in the Catacombs.^[4]

The municipality of Saint-Tharcisius in Quebec, Canada, is named after him,^[7] as well as a 35 kilogram (77 lb) bell in the Stephansdom in Vienna, Austria.

A Catholic church on London Road, Camberley UK is dedicated to St Tarcisius.

The St. Tarcissus parish in Chicago, Illinois, was established in 1926, with St. Tarcissus Church dedicated in 1954. The parish was combined in 2020 with two other parishes on Chicago's north side to form the new St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish, with St. Tarcissus designated the parish church (and the other two churches relegated to "profane but not sordid use" in 2021^[8]).

Saint José Sánchez del Río was nicknamed "Tarcisius".

Poem by Damasus

The first five lines say that both Stephen (the protomartyr) and Tarcisius are equal in merit, and Stephen's death (as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles) is retold poetically. The last four lines can be translated as:

When an insane gang pressed saintly Tarcisius, who was carrying the sacraments of Christ, to display them to the profane, he preferred to be killed and give up his life rather than betray to rabid dogs the heavenly body.

References

^ The spelling in the 4th-century poem of Pope Damasus I and in the Roman Martyrology
^ The spelling in Wiseman's Fabiola
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Tarsicius". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Stevens, Clifford. The One Year Book of Saints, Our Sunday Visitor Books, Huntington, Indiana". EWTN. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^ "Saint Tarcisius or Tarsicius". Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ "Bittle O.F.M. Cap., Berchman. A Saint A Day, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, 1958". EWTN. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
^ "Saint-Tharcisius (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
^ "Decree of Relegation to Profane But Not Sordid Use - St. Cornelius Church" (PDF). St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

External links

Media related to Tarcisius at Wikimedia Commons

(in Spanish) San Tarsicio
(in Italian) San Tarcisio
Pope Benedict XVI, General Audience, August 4, 2010
True Stories for First Communicants, Neumann Press, (1919)

[1] The spelling in the 4th-century poem of Pope Damasus I and in the Roman Martyrology

[2] The spelling in Wiseman's Fabiola

[kirsch-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Tarsicius". www.newadvent.org. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[stevens-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Stevens, Clifford. The One Year Book of Saints, Our Sunday Visitor Books, Huntington, Indiana". EWTN. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[5] "Saint Tarcisius or Tarsicius". Basilica di San Silvestro in Capite. Retrieved 14 August 2024.

[bittle-6] "Bittle O.F.M. Cap., Berchman. A Saint A Day, The Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee, 1958". EWTN. Retrieved July 2, 2023.

[7] "Saint-Tharcisius (Municipalité de paroisse)" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2012-01-27.

[8] "Decree of Relegation to Profane But Not Sordid Use - St. Cornelius Church" (PDF). St. Elizabeth of the Trinity Parish. Retrieved 2024-07-05.

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