MARIANO E GIACOMO, SANTI, MARTIRI - Enciclopedia Cattolica, Vol. VIII, p. 118

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

MARIANO and GIACOMO, Saints, Martyrs. — They perished in 258 during the persecution of Valerian. They are commemorated in the *Martyrologium Hieronymianum* on April 30 and May 6, but their true *dies natalis* is the latter, since it agrees with the Carthaginian Calendar.

The *Passio*, which bears striking similarities to that of Perpetua and Felicity—especially in the account of certain visions granted to the martyrs—was written by a contemporary and companion of the martyrs themselves, who had been arrested with them and then, for reasons unknown, escaped execution. While staying in a suburb near Cirta with other companions, M. and G. were arrested and brought before the city magistrates. After interrogation and torture, they were imprisoned. A few days later, they were sent to Lambesa to the imperial legate, who condemned them to beheading. Their bodies were then cast into a river.

Bibl.: P. Franchi de' Cavalieri, *La Passio s. Martini et Iacobi* (Studi e testi, 3), Rome 1900; A. Dufourcq, *Etude sur les Gesta martyrum romains*, I, Paris 1900, pp. 67-75; H. Delehaye, *Les passions des martyrs et les genres littéraires*, Brussels 1921, pp. 78-82; id., *Les origines du culte des martyrs*, ibid. 1933, p. 382 ss.; *Martyrologium Hieronymianum*, p. 220; *Martyrologium Romanum*, Apostolo Amore

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