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Mar. 23rd, 2010 01:01 amOtto, venerated at Ariano Irpino (d. ca. 1127, supposedly). Otto was a soldier of Roman origin who, taken prisoner and put in chains, was released through the intercession of St. Leonard (of Noblac) and became a hermit at what's now Ariano Irpino in Campania, dying on this day. His dates and his frequent ascription to the Roman family of Frangipane are guesswork. In 1452, when king Alfonso I requested their return, his relics were at Benevento, whither they were said to have been removed for safekeeping during a period of Saracen raids (so probably late ninth century, well before the time that Otto is now thought to have existed). Later in that century Ariano's cathedral of the BVM was rebuilt and Otto's relics were placed in a chapel at the end of the right aisle. That is where they are today.
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Pietro Ghisengi da Gubbio (c. 1250?) - when the *Te Deum* was heard coming from his tomb, it was opened, and there was found Pietro's corpse in a kneeling position, with open mouth and joined hands.
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Victorianus, Frumentius, and companions (d. ca. 484) We have Florus of Lyon to thank for this grouping, which consists of five martyrs put to death for the most part separately during king Huneric's persecution of Catholics in Vandal Africa. Victorianus was a prominent and extremely wealthy citizen of Hadrumetum (now Sousse) and at the time of his martyrdom, proconsul of Carthage. Huneric, who trusted Victorianus and respected his abilities, promised to place him above all others (in government service, presumably) if only he would convert to the Arian persuasion. He refused and Florus’ account claims that his torture was so long and so varied that it was beyond human capacity to relate.
Frumentius is presumably the first of a pair of merchants of this name, both of the same town. Florus tells us that their martyrdom was glorious. The companions are the other Frumentius and two unnamed brothers from Aqua Regia, whose martyrdom by various means in the city of Tambeae Victor describes in order to highlight the miracle that their corpses showed no signs of abuse. Florus placed the commemoration of these martyrs on 26. July; Ado moved them to today.
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Pietro Ghisengi da Gubbio (c. 1250?) - when the *Te Deum* was heard coming from his tomb, it was opened, and there was found Pietro's corpse in a kneeling position, with open mouth and joined hands.
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Victorianus, Frumentius, and companions (d. ca. 484) We have Florus of Lyon to thank for this grouping, which consists of five martyrs put to death for the most part separately during king Huneric's persecution of Catholics in Vandal Africa. Victorianus was a prominent and extremely wealthy citizen of Hadrumetum (now Sousse) and at the time of his martyrdom, proconsul of Carthage. Huneric, who trusted Victorianus and respected his abilities, promised to place him above all others (in government service, presumably) if only he would convert to the Arian persuasion. He refused and Florus’ account claims that his torture was so long and so varied that it was beyond human capacity to relate.
Frumentius is presumably the first of a pair of merchants of this name, both of the same town. Florus tells us that their martyrdom was glorious. The companions are the other Frumentius and two unnamed brothers from Aqua Regia, whose martyrdom by various means in the city of Tambeae Victor describes in order to highlight the miracle that their corpses showed no signs of abuse. Florus placed the commemoration of these martyrs on 26. July; Ado moved them to today.
