Lucian ( lat. Lucianus ; V century ) - presbyter in , in Palestine , writer, author of the work "Epistola ad omnem ecclesiam, de revelatione corporis Stephani martyris".
In the year 415 , at night, in a dream, Gamaliel appeared to Lukian, who buried Stephen on his own plot of land near Jerusalem , in (“Gamaliel island”). Gamaliel ordered Lucian to discover the relics of Stephen, which Lucian did. At the opening of the grave, as reported by Lucian, the air was filled with fragrance, as if in paradise , and around 73 people were healed from disease and possession. Lucian wrote in Greek "The Epistle to all Churches about the discovery of the relics of the martyr Stephen." [1] [2] , in his message, he described this event. Stephen's relics were transferred to the Zion Church in Jerusalem, part of the ashes and several bones were transferred by Lucian to the then Spanish priest Avitu , who was then in Palestine, who translated the Message of Lucian into Latin; to the Message of Lucian, Avit wrote and enclosed a letter of his own composition on the discovery of the relics. Part of the relics Avith sent, along with the translation of the Message of Lucian and his Letter, to the Bishop of Bhragii of Braga. The relics were carried by Pavel Oroziy , returning to the west after the Council of Diospolsk 415 , at which the charges against Pelagius were examined and then issued the Message of Lucian in the West with the help of Orosius , returning to the west after the Council in Diospol (Lydda, modern Lod ), at which the charges against Pelagia [3] . Orozy did not get to Braga because of the war that was then in Spain. As a result, part of the relics brought by Oroziy was on Menorca , some - in the North African city of Uzaliz, and later in several neighboring cities [4] . The possession of holy relics for the Bishop John of Jerusalem contributed to the enhancement of his spiritual authority in the struggle against the Pelagians; [5] . Orosius published and distributed the Message of Lucian and the Letter of Avit in the West. These events are reported by Gennady Massiliysky in the 46th and 47th chapter of his book “De viris illustribus” . The text of Lucian’s message in Greek has not been preserved. The Latin translation of the Message of Lucian is published in 41 volumes of Patrologia Latina .
Notes
- ↑ Lucianus Presbyter Caphamargalae "Epistola ad omnem ecclesiam, de revelatione corporis Stephani martyris"
- ↑ Epistola ad omnem ecclesiam, de revelation corporis Stephani martyris ('Revelatio Sancti Stephani', Revue des Études Byzantines , 4, 1946, pp. 178-217)
- ↑ Some researchers see the fact that the relics were found at the height of the Pelagian disputes at a passing near in Diospolsky Cathedral, something more than a mere coincidence. The possession of holy relics had already become an effective way to increase social and spiritual status and authority, so that the Jerusalem Bishop John could well count on the help of the acquired relics in solving specific urgent problems (Hunt, ED Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire AD 312— 460 , Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982).
- ↑ Clark, pp. 141-142; Bovon, p. 287.
- ↑ Hunt, the ED Holy a Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire the AD 312-460, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982
Links
- Johann Heinrich Zedlers Universal-Lexicon. Avitus presbyter. 1731-1754 Bd. 2. col. 934
- Johann Heinrich Zedlers Universal-Lexicon. Lucianus presbyter. 1731-1754 Bd. 18. col. 707
- Gennadius Massiliensis . Opera Omnia (Migne)
- Gennady Massiliysky. BOOK ABOUT CHURCH WRITERS ("On famous men")
- Gamaliel erscheint dem lucianus
- Dimitri Rostovsky. Lives of the saints. Life 642. The transfer of the relics of the holy First-martyr and Archdeacon Stephen. Memory August 2
Literature
- Elizabeth A. Clark Claims on the Bones of Saint Stephen: The Partisans of Melania and Eudocia, Church History , 51, 1982, pp. 141-156