Saints Trasilla and Emiliana | |
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Died | 6th century |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
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Trasilla (also called Tarsila, Tharsilla, Thrasilla [1] [2]) and Emiliana (also called Aemiliana, Emilie, Æmiliana [1] [3]) were aunts of Saint Pope Gregory I and are venerated as virgin saints of the sixth century. They appear in the Roman Martyrology, Trasilla on 24 December, Emiliana on 5 January. [4] [5]
Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the Caelian Hill and large estates in Sicily", [1] and who became the father of Saint Pope Gregory I. [4] They had another sister, Gordiana (also called Gordia), who was much younger. [5] Their grandfather was Saint Pope Felix III and Pope Agapetus I was probably an ancestor. Their mother, Silvia, was also a saint. [1] [1] Gregory wrote that his father had three sisters, who vowed themselves to God and lived a life of virginity, fasting, and prayer in their father's home on the Clivus Scauri in Rome. Even though they did not live in a monastery, they were consecrated and lived according to a rule. Gordiana eventually left to marry the manager of her estates, [1] [5] [4] although Gregory said that she "went to perdition". [6] According to hagiographer Agnes Dunbar, "[Trasilla] was so constant at her prayers that her knees became hard like those of a camel". [5] Hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould says that "with great satisfaction", [6] the story was confirmed by Gregory.
Tradition states that "after many years of service", [4] Felix III, appeared to Trasilla, showed her "a throne prepared for her", [5] and ordered her to enter heaven; "seeing Jesus beckoning" [4] and struck with a fever, she died on Christmas Eve. A few days later, Trasilla appeared to Emiliana, inviting her to celebrate Epiphany in heaven; she died the day before, on January 5. [1] [5] [7] [4] Most of what is known about their life, visions, and death are from Gregory, who spoke about them from his 38th homily on the Gospel of Matthew and his Dialogues. [1]
According to tradition, their relics and those of their mother, Silvia, are in the Oratory of Saint Andrew on the Celian Hill. [4]
dunbar-272
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Baring-Gould, Sabine (1897). The Lives of the Saints. Vol. 15. London: John C. Nimmo. pp. 272–273. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
Saints Trasilla and Emiliana | |
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Died | 6th century |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
Feast |
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Trasilla (also called Tarsila, Tharsilla, Thrasilla [1] [2]) and Emiliana (also called Aemiliana, Emilie, Æmiliana [1] [3]) were aunts of Saint Pope Gregory I and are venerated as virgin saints of the sixth century. They appear in the Roman Martyrology, Trasilla on 24 December, Emiliana on 5 January. [4] [5]
Trasilla and Emiliana were sisters who came from an ancient Roman noble family, the gens Anicia. Their brother, Senator Gordian, was a rich patrician who owned "a magnificent villa on the Caelian Hill and large estates in Sicily", [1] and who became the father of Saint Pope Gregory I. [4] They had another sister, Gordiana (also called Gordia), who was much younger. [5] Their grandfather was Saint Pope Felix III and Pope Agapetus I was probably an ancestor. Their mother, Silvia, was also a saint. [1] [1] Gregory wrote that his father had three sisters, who vowed themselves to God and lived a life of virginity, fasting, and prayer in their father's home on the Clivus Scauri in Rome. Even though they did not live in a monastery, they were consecrated and lived according to a rule. Gordiana eventually left to marry the manager of her estates, [1] [5] [4] although Gregory said that she "went to perdition". [6] According to hagiographer Agnes Dunbar, "[Trasilla] was so constant at her prayers that her knees became hard like those of a camel". [5] Hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould says that "with great satisfaction", [6] the story was confirmed by Gregory.
Tradition states that "after many years of service", [4] Felix III, appeared to Trasilla, showed her "a throne prepared for her", [5] and ordered her to enter heaven; "seeing Jesus beckoning" [4] and struck with a fever, she died on Christmas Eve. A few days later, Trasilla appeared to Emiliana, inviting her to celebrate Epiphany in heaven; she died the day before, on January 5. [1] [5] [7] [4] Most of what is known about their life, visions, and death are from Gregory, who spoke about them from his 38th homily on the Gospel of Matthew and his Dialogues. [1]
According to tradition, their relics and those of their mother, Silvia, are in the Oratory of Saint Andrew on the Celian Hill. [4]
dunbar-272
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Baring-Gould, Sabine (1897). The Lives of the Saints. Vol. 15. London: John C. Nimmo. pp. 272–273. Retrieved 27 April 2024.