Saint Caesarius of Terracina (, "Saint Caesarius the Deacon") was a Christian

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. The church of San Cesareo in Palatio in

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bears his name. He is venerated as a saint in the

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and

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, with a feast day on 1 November.

Life

Caesarius was a

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, martyred at

Terracina Terracina is an Italian city and ''comune'' of the province of Latina, located on the coast southeast of Rome on the Via Appia ( by rail). The site has been continuously occupied since antiquity. History Ancient times Terracina appears in anci ...

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. The ''"Passio"'' (story of martyrdom) of Saint Caesarius is set in Terracina, harbor town near Rome and

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, under the pagan emperor

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(r. 98–117). Caesarius, belonging to the ancient and illustrious gens Julia, after a shipwreck, arrived in Terracina to preach the

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to poor people. In this Roman city, each year on the first day of January, a ceremony of self-immolation took place to assure the health and salvation of the Empire. A young man was pampered with material delights and fulfilled in all his wishes for eight months; then he was obliged to mount on a richly harnessed horse, climb up to the summit of city's cliff and throw himself into the void, with the recalcitrant

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, to crash against the rocks and perish in the waves in honour of the god

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, as a propitiatory offering for the prosperity of the state and the emperors. The deacon Caesarius denounced this pagan custom and protested: "Alas for a state and emperors who persuade by tortures and are fattened on the outpouring of blood". The priest of Apollo named Firminus had him arrested and taken before Leontius, Roman consul of

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. During the interrogation, he refused to sacrifice to the pagan god of the sun and light, and his prayers "caused" the

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of Apollo to collapse (located in the Forum), killing the pagan Firminus. Caesarius was then locked up in jail and, after twenty-two months, he was taken to the Forum to be judged. He asked permission to pray: a radiant light blazed down on him, and the pagan consul Leontius was thereupon converted and sought baptism; he died shortly after (October 30). The 1st of November of the year 107 A.D., Luxurius, governor of the city, tied Caesarius and Julian (a local

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) up together in a sack and flung them into the sea, from a cliff called "Pisco Montano". In this way the deacon Caesarius was martyred, although not before prophesying the death of Luxurius, bitten by a poisonous viper. Caesarius and Julian, on that same day, were thrown back onto the shore and were buried by Eusebius, a servant of God, near the town of Terracina.

Cult: Caesarius as an imperial saint

Caesarius' feast day is 1 November. From the early Christian age, Caesarius of Terracina was the saint chosen for his name to consecrate the places that already belonged to the pagan Caesars to the faith of Christ. The name Caesarius means "devoted to Caesar" and is therefore linked to the great Roman leader

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, and to the Roman emperors as their name was precisely "Caesar". Saint Caesarius, therefore, replaced the cult of the Caesars, very difficult to eradicate because it was founded on the national self-love of the Romans. The analogy between the name of the saint and that of the rooms called ''Caesareum'' or ''Augusteum'', reserved in Roman public buildings for the cult of the emperors, has always been connected with the precise will of the Church to supplant devotion to the deceased sovereigns of Rome (rather important in paganism) with the one more tolerable towards a Christian martyr. The Palatine in the Middle Ages became a ceremonial space, rarely inhabited by the designated occupant: the emperor. In the imperial palaces of the Colle we do not find a multitude of new saints, but a single saint to strengthen the imperial majesty: Saint Caesarius. In the 4th century, the Emperor

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's daughter was healed at his shrine in Terracina. The emperor then moved his relics to

, first to a church on the

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, and then to a new San Cesareo in Palatio near the

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. The imperial chapel was named after Caesarius by Valentinian III. It has been noted that Caesarius's ''passio'' revolves around the good health or prosperity (''salus'') of the Roman Empire, borrowing the overtones of his name to suggest that the well-being of the state rested more solidly on Christian foundations than on its pagan past.Maya Maskarinec, ''City of Saints: Rebuilding Rome in the Early Middle Ages'', University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018 Terracina Cathedral (''Cattedrale dei Santi Pietro e Cesareo'') is dedicated to him and

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Patron saint of caesarean sections

Caesarius is the protector of Caesarean sections. Saint Caesarius is invoked against river

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s and

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s (in memory of his martyrdom), and for defence against lightning, earthquakes and meteorological calamities.

Art: precious manuscripts

The first illustrations of the history of St. Caesarius are found in precious illuminated manuscripts. Most of these manuscripts date back to the Middle Ages. In the

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in a "Passionale", a Latin

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, made in 1110 for the Monastery of Saint Augustine in Canterbury (describes the lives of the Saints from September 21 to November 9), there is the text of the Passion of Saint Caesarius of Terracina with historiated initial which represents "Martyrdom of St Caesarius" (BL Arundel MS 91, f. 188r.). In the

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in the “Book of Hours”, made in 1465 in Langres, France, there is the miniature of “Saint Caesarius” (MS G.55 fol. 132v). In the

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, in the Department of Manuscripts, the ''Speculum Historiale'' by Vincent of Beauvais (translation by

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) is kept, made in 1463. In this manuscript the "Passio S. Caesarii" is described with different miniatures of the life of the saints Caesarius and Julian.

Relics

The relics of the Saint Caesarius deacon and martyr are preserved in the Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome (basalt urn of high altar), in the Basilica of San Frediano of Lucca, Tuscany (urn with six bones), and in Terracina Cathedral (urn with two shins and a reliquary arm). From March 30 to June 30, 2015, the silver reliquary arm of St. Caesarius preserved in Terracina Cathedral was exhibited at the exhibition entitled "Precious sculptures: sacred jewelry in

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" set up in the Braccio di Carlo Magno, in St. Peter's Square, in the

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, by the will of Antonio Paolucci, Director of the

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. During the Middle Ages, bone fragments of the saint were translated into England: in

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(his relics are listed at Glastonbury in the mid-twelfth-century list of Hugh Candidus of Peterborough), in Cathedral of Exeter and in Cathedral of Lincoln. Saint Cesarius is venerated in St. Michael Church of Netcong, a borough in

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. A bone fragment of Saint Cesarius is preserved in this church.''Ex ossibus S. Caesarii: Ricomposizione delle reliquie di San Cesario diacono e martire di Terracina, testi ed illustrazioni di Giovanni Guida, .l.: s.n. 2017 Other relics of Saint Caesarius deacon (with the cartouche in Latin ''" 1 November S. Caesarii diac. m."'') are preserved in Saint Anthony's Chapel in

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(

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); in St. Martha Church in Morton Grove (

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); in St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo (

); in St. Raphael's Cathedral (Dubuque, Iowa); in the Shrine of the Holy Relics in Maria Stein (Ohio); in Basilica of the Sacred Heart (Notre Dame), Indiana; in

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; in a private collection in Gnesen Township, St. Louis County, Minnesota; in Basílica of São Sebastião in

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; in Paróquia Nossa Senhora das Graças in Caieiras; and in the

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(

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). An Arm Reliquary of Saint Caesarius is preserved in Kunstegewerbemuseum in Berlin. Bone fragments of St. Caesarius (with the cartouche in Latin ''"S. Caesarii diac. m."'') are preserved in Sancta Sanctorum of Roma, in Cathedral of Monreale (Palermo, Italy); in Treasury of the Collegiate of St. Peter and St. Alexander in the Museum of the Chapter of the Rectory of

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(Germany); in Essen Minster; in the Museum Frederic Marès of

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; in the Museum de la Visitation, Moulins (France); in the Museum São Roque of

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. In the municipality of St. Marys (Kansas, United States of America) on May 3, 2023, Bishop Bernard Fellay consecrated the main altar of the majestic Basilica of the Immaculate Conception with a first class relic of St. Caesarius deacon and martyr of Terracina and of Sant'Emerentiana (sister of Sant'Agnese) In Italy other bone fragments of the saint are preserved in: Udine Cathedral;

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; Santa Brigida, Naples;

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;

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; Santa Maria Corteorlandini, Lucca;

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;

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; Anagni Cathedral;

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; Foligno Cathedral; San Cesario di Lecce; Cesa; San Cesareo; San Cesario sul Panaro; Asola, Lombardy; Guardea; Cava de' Tirreni; Nave, Lombardy; Fara in Sabina.

Icon of St. Caesarius around the world

On the occasion of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, a new

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of Saint Caesarius martyr painted by artist Giovanni Guida was exhibited in museums, cathedrals and basilicas alongside

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in which are preserved fragments of the body of the saint. The tour included sites in

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and

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. The icon has been exhibited in such museums as the Kunstegewerbemuseum in

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; Museum Frederic Marès of

; Museum São Roque of

; Museum of the Chapter of the Rectory of

) and in important basilicas ( St. Joseph Cathedral in Buffalo; St. Raphael's Cathedral in

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; Saint Anthony's Chapel in

; St. Martha Church in Morton Grove; St. Michael's Church in Netcong;

; and Basilica Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in

Illustrations life of Caesarius deacon and martyr

File:San Cesario diacono ed i suoi compagni naufragano a Terracina (Monte Sant'Angelo).jpg, Shipwreck of Saint Caesarius deacon in the city of Terracina. File:Predicazione dei SS. Cesario diacono e Giuliano Presbitero (Terracina, Arco Onorario).jpg, Preaching of Saints Caesarius deacon and Julian presbyter in Terracina. File:San Cesario diacono assiste al sacrificio del giovane Luciano (Pisco Montano).jpg, Saint Caesarius deacon denounces human sacrifice in Terracina. File:San Cesario diacono fa crollare il tempio di Apollo ( Tempio Maggiore di Terracina).jpg, Saint Caesarius deacon destroys the Temple of Apollo in Terracina. File:San Cesario diacono converte il console Leonzio (Basilica Forense di Terracina)..jpg, Saint Caesarius deacon converts the Roman consul Leonzio. File:Martirio dei SS. Cesario diacono e Giuliano presbitero in Terracina.jpg, Martyrdom of Saints Caesarius deacon and Julian on "Pisco Montano" of Terracina: closed in a sack and thrown into the sea ("Poena cullei"). File:Ritrovamento del corpo di San Cesario diacono e martire in Terracina.jpg, Finding of body of Saint Caesarius deacon in Terracina.

Gallery

File:Reliquia di San Cesario, Saint Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.jpg, Relic of St. Caesarius deacon and martyr, Saint Anthony's Chapel in

, Pennsylvania. In photo, Fr. James Orr File:Netcong, il Vescovo Arthur Joseph Serratelli benedice la nuova icona di S. Cesario.jpg, Relic of St. Caesarius deacon and martyr, St. Michael's Church in

Netcong, New Jersey Netcong is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in southwestern Morris County, New Jersey, Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 3,375, an increase of 143 (+4.4%) from the 20 ...

. In photo, Bishop Arthur J. Serratelli File:San cesario buffalo.jpg, Bishop Richard J. Malone and Vic. Gen. Msgr. David S. Slubecky with the relics and the icon of Caesarius of Terracina, Cathedral of Buffalo (New York) File:Il cardinale Luis Antonio Tagle accanto all'icona di S. Cesario di G. Guida, Cattedrale di Manila.jpg, Relic of St. Caesarius deacon and marty,

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Cathedral (Philippines). In photo, cardinal

Luis Antonio Tagle Luis Antonio Gokim Tagle ( , ; born June 21, 1957) is a Filipino prelate of the Catholic Church, and has been the Dicastery for Evangelization, Pro-Prefect for the Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches of the Dicastery fo ...

File:Reliquia di San Cesario, St. Martha Church in Morton Grove (Illinois).jpg, Relic of St. Caesarius deacon and martyr, St. Martha Church in Morton Grove (Illinois). In photo Father Dennis O'Neill and deacon John Herbert File:Il team dell'Abbazia di Glastonbury con l'icona di San Cesario.jpg, Saint Caesarius in

File:Reliquia di San Cesario Cathedral of St. Raphael and St. Patrick Church in Dubuque (Iowa).jpeg, Relic of St. Caesarius deacon and martyr, Cathedral of St. Raphael and St. Patrick Church,

(Iowa) File:Pact of Sister Cities between Cesa in honor of St. Cesario, Netcong July 20 ,2019.jpeg, Netcong, St. Michael's Church, Pact of Sister Cities between Cesa in honor of St. Cesario martyr, July 20, 2019

References

External links

Catholic OnlineIllustrated book of St. Caesarius deacon
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