Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Saints & hagiography Saints

Deogratias, Saint

DEOGRATIAS, SANTO

Feast day: 22 March

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Also known as: Deogratias of Carthage; Spanish: San Deogratias; French: Saint Deogratias de Carthage

DEOGRATIAS, Saint. - Elected bishop of Carthage in 454, with the favor of the emperor Valens, during the three years of his episcopate he exercised great charity on behalf of the Roman slaves brought to Africa by Genseric in 455. To free them and feed them, D. did not hesitate to sell even the sacred vessels; he housed them in two basilicas, where he went with great solicitude by day and by night to visit the sick. For this he had to suffer much at the hands of the Arians, who even attempted to do away with him. He died in 457, and is commemorated in the Martyrologium Romanum on January 23.

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BIBL.: Vittore Vitense, Hist. persec. africanae provinciae, I, 8 (ed. C. Halm in MGH, Auctores, III, p. 7); Acta SS. Martii, III, Paris 1865, p. 382.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 1437–1438.

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Amore, Agostino. “Deogratias, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1437–1438. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/deogratias-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Deogratias, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1437–1438. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/deogratias-santo.

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@incollection{ec4_deogratias_santo,
  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Deogratias, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1437--1438},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/deogratias-santo}
}

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