Genesis - the holy lyceum of Rome . Memorial Day - August 25th .
Saint Genesius was a comedian , actor who participated in a number of productions in which Christianity was ridiculed. According to legend, one fine day, when during the performance he made fun of baptism , he turned to the Lord right on the stage. He announced to everyone that he believed, and refused to renounce his new faith, despite the demand of the emperor Diocletian .
Saint Genesia is revered as the patron saint of actors, lawyers , lawyers , clowns , comedians , converts, dancers , epileptics , musicians , printers , stenographers, and victims of torture.
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Tradition
According to legend, Genesis stood at the head of a theatrical troupe in Rome, somehow speaking before the Emperor Diocletian and wanting to depict the Christian sacrament of baptism for fun to the public [1] .
At the beginning of st. Genesis lay on stage, depicting a disease. Two other actors asked what happened. St. Genesius said that he felt a burden that he would like to get rid of. Then two actors were invited, dressed in priestly clothes. They asked the saint what he would like. He replied: "Baptism." Immediately he saw angels carrying a book in which all his sins were recorded. An actor portraying a priest asked him: "My child, why did you send for me?"
At that moment St. Genesius announced that he had indeed seen angels and wanted to immediately receive baptism. Angry, Diocletian turned to Plautia, the prefect of the Praetorium , in order to torture the holy actor. Saint Genesis only strengthened in his faith, for which he was beheaded.
See also
- Porfiry of Ephesus
Notes
Links
- Mershman, Francis. "Genesius." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1909. 25 Jan. 2013
- Grig, Lucy, "Portraits, Pontiffs and the Christianization of Fourth-Century Rome", p. 219, Papers of the British School at Rome, Vol. 72, (2004), pp. 203-230, JSTOR
- David Hugh Farmer, Oxford Dictionary of Saints. Fifth Edition (Revised). (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 180.
- JC Cooper, ed. Dictionary of Christianity, page 104.