unless otherwise stated.
Saint Pantaleon.
Martyr.
Feast Day 27 July.
Simple.
Red Vestments.
Saint Pantaleon. Great-Martyr and Un-Mercenary Healer.
13th-Century Icon, including scenes from his life,
from the Monastery of Saint Katherine, on Mount Sinai.
Единственная житийная икона св.
Пантелеймона византийского времени.
(Wikimedia Commons)
At Nicomedia, says the Roman Martyrology, was Martyred Saint Pantaleon, a doctor, who, having been arrested on account of his Faith, by order of the Emperor, Maximian, was tortured on the Rack and burned with flaming torches; he was consoled in his torments by an apparition of Our Lord; the sword put an end to his glorious combat. This was under Emperor Diocletian, about 303 A.D.
Saint Pantaleon is numbered by the Greeks among The Great Martyrs. Medical men honour him, after Saint Luke, as their principal Patron. He is one of “The Fourteen Auxiliary Saints”.
Mass: Lætábitur.
English: The Church of Saint Pantaleon (Saint Panteleimon),
built 1735-1739, is one of the oldest in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Русский: Санкт-Петербург, Россия. Церковь
св. великомученика Пантелеимона на ул. Пестеля.
Photo: 4 June 2012.
Source: Own work.
Author: A.Savin
(Wikimedia Commons)
The following Text is from Wikipedia - the free encyclopædia.
Saint Pantaleon (Greek: Παντελεήμων [Panteleímon], “All-Compassionate”), counted in The West among the Late-Mediæval Fourteen Holy Helpers [Editor: Or, the Fourteen Auxiliary Saints] and in The East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a Martyr of Nicomedia, in Bithynia, during the Diocletian Persecution of 303 A.D.
According to the Martyrologies, Saint Pantaleon was the son of a rich pagan, Eustorgius of Nicomedia, and had been instructed in Christianity by his Christian mother, Saint Eubula; however, after her death, he fell away from the Christian Church, while he studied medicine with a renowned physician, Euphrosinos; under the patronage of Euphrosinos, he became physician to the Emperor Maximian or Galerius.
Gorno Nerezi, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia.
Date: 6 October 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Own work.
Author: Dominik.Tefert at German Wikipedia
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He was won back to Christianity by Saint Hermolaus (characterised as a Bishop of the Church at Nicomedia), who convinced him that Christ was the better physician, signalling the significance of the exemplum of Pantaleon that Faith is to be trusted over medical advice, marking the direction that European medicine was to take until the 16th-Century.
Saint Alphonsus Liguori wrote, regarding this incident: “He studied medicine with such success, that the Emperor Maximian appointed him his physician. One day, as our Saint was discoursing with a Holy Priest, named Hermolaus, the latter, after praising the study of medicine, concluded thus: “But, my friend, of what use are all thy acquirements in this art, since thou art ignorant of Salvation ? ” ”
BREVIARIUM ROMANUM.
THE ROMAN BREVIARY.
LE BRÉVIAIRE.
English: A French Prayer Book of 1905
containing extracts from The Roman Missal
and The Roman Breviary of the time,
with French translations.
Français: Nouveau Paroissien Romain
contenant en latin et en français les Offices et Messes
de tous les dimanches et de toutes les fêtes
de l'année ecclésiastique.
File: File:Nouveau Paroissien Romain (1905).jpg
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Author: Perky
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Illustration: RORATE CÆLI
The following Text is from
The Pre-1911 Roman Breviary
(Volume II. Summer).
Translated out of Latin into English by
Translated out of Latin into English by
John, Marquess of Bute, K.T.
Date: 1879.
Saint Pantaleon.
Martyr.
Feast Day 27 July.
Simple.
All from:
Date: 1879.
Saint Pantaleon.
Martyr.
Feast Day 27 July.
Simple.
All from:
The Common Office
for a Simple Feast of one Martyr.
Except the following Prayer throughout The Office.
Graciously hear us, we beseech Thee,
O, Almighty God,
and, at the petition of Thy Blessed Martyr, Pantaleon,
be mercifully pleased to deliver us from all things
which may hurt our bodies,
and from all evil thoughts which may defile our Souls.
Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son,
Who liveth and reigneth with Thee,
in the unity of The Holy Ghost, one God,
World without end.
Amen.
Wonderful summary of one of the 14 Holy Helpers, S. Pantaleon, thank you, Zephyrinus.
ReplyDeleteThe two photographs of the classic traditional Roman Breviary also are striking: there is a beautiful elegance to the style of printery that makes reading vintage holy books like these doubly rewarding. - Thank you, again, Zephyrinus. - Note by Dante P.
Thank you, Dante P. Delighted that you found this Article of interest. Zephyrinus does agree that vintage Holy Books, such as that mentioned in this Article, do, indeed, offer a wonderful reward for reading such beauty.
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