Saint Achilleus of Terracina Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Feast Day, Beatification Date, Canonization DateMatrimony/Holy OrdersNot Married who became Saints
Saint Achilleus of Terracina brief life History |
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| Date of Birth | 1st Century AD |
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| Country of Birth | Italy in Europe |
| Profession | Soldiers in the Roman army |
| Place of Work | Italy |
| Date of Death | 1st century AD |
| Place of Death | Italy |
| Feast Day | May 12 |
| Beatification | By Pre-Congregation |
| Canonization | By Pre-Congregation |
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Saint Achilleus of Terracina life History
Saints Nereus and Achilleus were eunuchs or chamberlains belonging to St. Flavia Domitilla, zealous Christians, and with her were banished by Domitian into a little isle on the coast of Terracina, called Pontia. Their acts say, that they were afterwards beheaded at Terracina, under Trajan. Their festival was kept at Rome with great solemnity in the sixth age, when St. Gregory the Great spoke on it his twenty-eighth homily, in which he says: “These saints before whose tomb we are assembled, despised the world and trampled it under their feet, when peace, plenty, riches, and health gave it charms.” Their old church in Rome lay in ruins, when Baronius, to whom it gave the title of cardinal, rebuilt it with splendour, and restored to it their relics, which had been removed to the chapel of St. Adrian.
Today’s Catholic Quote:
St. Gregory the Great spoke on it his twenty-eighth homily, in which he says: “These saints before whose tomb we are assembled, despised the world and trampled it under their feet, when peace, plenty, riches, and health gave it charms.”
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