E00814: Latin poem on the burial church of the *Eighteen Martyrs of Saragossa (Spain) is composed in mid-7th c. by Eugenius, bishop of Toledo (Spain). Lists the names of all the martyrs, and also mentions *Encratis/Encratia (confessor of Saragossa, S00512) buried separately in this church of Saragossa.
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posted on 2015-10-29, 00:00 authored by mtycnerIX. DE BASILICA SANCTORVM DECEM ET OCTO MARTYRVM.
Incolit hoc templum sat felix turba piorum,
quorum promeruit sors benedicta polum.
hic morte sacros, virtutum culmine celsos
unica ter senos continet urna viros.
fumea caenosi liquerunt gaudia mundi
proque fide domini membra dedere neci.
hic etiam conpar meritis Encratia martyr
sorte sepulcrali dissociata iacet;
huius inexhaustum testantur sancta triumphum
palla cruore rubens, secta papilla fibris.
nomina magnorum si mavis nosse virorum,
edicet cursim subdita summa tibi.
sed quia cuncta simul metrum non suscipit unum,
accipe diversis haec variata metris:
Quintilianus adest, Euodius atque Cassianus,
Felix, Lupercus Ianuariusque,
Iulius, Vrbanus, Apodemius, inde Primitivus,
Optatus, Publius, Caecilianus.
hic Successus inest, hic Matutinus habetur,
ecce Faustus, ecce Fronto postque Martialis.
haec tibi turba potens concedat prospera, lector,
et veniam praestet haec tibi turba potens.
'IX. ON THE BASILICA OF THE HOLY EIGHTEEN MARTYRS
'In this temple dwells a happy crowd of the faithful, whose blessed fate earned them heaven. Here, a single urn contains three times six men, holy through their death, elevated by the height of their virtues. They left the volatile joys of the impure world, and, for the faith of the Lord, gave their limbs to death. Here lies the martyr Encratia, equal in merits, separated in her tomb; her sacred garment, red with blood, and her nipple cut off from her flesh, give witness to her unexhausted triumph. If you prefer to know the names of the great men, the following list will instantly announce them to you. But since the whole list does not take one and the same meter, take these varied things in different meters: Here is Quintilianus, Evodius and Cassianus, Felix, Lupercus and Ianuarius, Iulius, Urbanus, Apodemius, there Primitivus, Optatus, Publius, Caecilianus. Here is Successus, here we have Matutinus. Here Faustus, here Fronto and then Martialis. May this mighty crowd grant you prosperity, o reader, and may this mighty crowd offer you indulgence.'
Text: Vollmer 1905, 239-240. Translation: Marta Tycner.
Incolit hoc templum sat felix turba piorum,
quorum promeruit sors benedicta polum.
hic morte sacros, virtutum culmine celsos
unica ter senos continet urna viros.
fumea caenosi liquerunt gaudia mundi
proque fide domini membra dedere neci.
hic etiam conpar meritis Encratia martyr
sorte sepulcrali dissociata iacet;
huius inexhaustum testantur sancta triumphum
palla cruore rubens, secta papilla fibris.
nomina magnorum si mavis nosse virorum,
edicet cursim subdita summa tibi.
sed quia cuncta simul metrum non suscipit unum,
accipe diversis haec variata metris:
Quintilianus adest, Euodius atque Cassianus,
Felix, Lupercus Ianuariusque,
Iulius, Vrbanus, Apodemius, inde Primitivus,
Optatus, Publius, Caecilianus.
hic Successus inest, hic Matutinus habetur,
ecce Faustus, ecce Fronto postque Martialis.
haec tibi turba potens concedat prospera, lector,
et veniam praestet haec tibi turba potens.
'IX. ON THE BASILICA OF THE HOLY EIGHTEEN MARTYRS
'In this temple dwells a happy crowd of the faithful, whose blessed fate earned them heaven. Here, a single urn contains three times six men, holy through their death, elevated by the height of their virtues. They left the volatile joys of the impure world, and, for the faith of the Lord, gave their limbs to death. Here lies the martyr Encratia, equal in merits, separated in her tomb; her sacred garment, red with blood, and her nipple cut off from her flesh, give witness to her unexhausted triumph. If you prefer to know the names of the great men, the following list will instantly announce them to you. But since the whole list does not take one and the same meter, take these varied things in different meters: Here is Quintilianus, Evodius and Cassianus, Felix, Lupercus and Ianuarius, Iulius, Urbanus, Apodemius, there Primitivus, Optatus, Publius, Caecilianus. Here is Successus, here we have Matutinus. Here Faustus, here Fronto and then Martialis. May this mighty crowd grant you prosperity, o reader, and may this mighty crowd offer you indulgence.'
Text: Vollmer 1905, 239-240. Translation: Marta Tycner.
History
Evidence ID
E00814Saint Name
Eighteen martyrs of Saragossa (Spain), ob. before 304 : S00485 Encratis, girl tortured in Saragossa (Spain), ob. in the 4th c. : S00512Saint Name in Source
decem et octo martyres, turba piorum, etc. EncratiaRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - PoemsLanguage
- Latin
