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SAINT MAMILIANUS, BISHOP OF PALERMO, MARTYR - 16 JUNE

 

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SAINT MAMILIANUS, BISHOP OF PALERMO, MARTYR


This Saint Mamilianus, Bishop of Palermo, is to be distinguished from his successor of the same name, who is venerated on September 15. The former is a martyr, the latter a confessor.

Around the year 297 our Saint Mamilianus was already Bishop of Palermo, but it is uncertain when he mounted this shepherd's chair. Although at that time the Christian religion was subjected to the severest persecutions, he managed to make conversions even in the imperial governorship, tutoring and baptising the daughter of Aurelian, the imperial prefect of Sicily: Saint Nympha.

According to Pirrus*, both were thrown into boiling oil, which by God's help did not harm them. Then they took refuge with other Christians, named Proculus, Eustatius, and Goboldeus
 in the crypt at Bucina, not far from the lighthouse of Portus Romanus (Porto). Here Mamilianus died.

In 1098, their mortal remains were transferred to Rome, to the church of Saint Maria in Monte Coelio. After the head of Saint Nympha had arrived in Palermo in 1593, Archbishop Petrus Martinez translated that of Saint Mamilianus (in 1657). Likewise, in 1666, the relics of Saint Proculus, Eustatius and Goboldeus returned to Sicily.

Saint Mamilianus is also commemorated on March 12 and May 25.

(Information from Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints, Volume 4, Augsburg, 1875, p. 69)

*A hagiography source used by the authors 

Stadler's Complete Encyclopedia of Saints - Sources and Abbreviations

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Mamilianus may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.









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