medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Saints Nazarius and Celsus
"The only historical information which we possess regarding these two
martyrs is the discovery of their bodies by St. Ambrose. Paulinus relates
(Vita Ambrosii, xxxii-xxxiii) that Ambrose, at some time within the last
three years of his life, after the death of the Emperor Theodosius (d. 395),
discovered in a garden outside the walls of Milan the body of St. Nazarius,
with severed head and still stained with blood, and that he caused it to be
carried to the Basilica of the Apostles. In the same garden Ambrose likewise
discovered the body of St. Celsus, which he caused to be transported to the
same basilica. Obviously a tradition regarding these martyrs was extant in
the Christian community of Milan which led to the finding of the two bodies.
A later legend, without historical foundation, places the martyrdom of these
witnesses to the faith during the persecution of Nero, and describes with
many details the supposed journeyings of St. Nazarius through Gaul and
Italy. He is also brought into relation with the two martyrs Gervasius and
Protasius."
This Nazarius has a tenuous French connection, although "Gaul" is mentioned.
Sorry.
MG
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