NEMESIAN AND COMPANIONS, Saints, Martyrs. - They are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on September 10; the true dies natalis, however, is unknown, as is the martyrdom itself. The laterculus originated from a letter that St. Cyprian wrote to N. and companions, who had been condemned to the mines of Sigus in Mauretania.

In this letter St. Cyprian extols with warm words their faith and their constancy in enduring torments for the love of Jesus Christ, and reports that many had already obtained the palm of martyrdom, either in prison or through the maltreatment they suffered. The letter was written in 257-58 and, besides N., was addressed collectively to 8 other bishops, many priests and deacons, and very many faithful of both sexes. The confessors must have lived in separate groups, because three distinct replies were given to St. Cyprian's letter. It is unknown in any case whether they all died in the mines or whether some managed to obtain their release.

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BIBL.: S. Cipriano, Epp. 76-79, in CSEL, III, II, pp. 827-39; Acta SS. Septembris, III, Paris 1868, pp. 483-87; Martyr. Hieronymianum, p. 499 f.; Martyr. Romanum, p. 389.

Agostino Amore

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