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Saint Marcel de Chalon (d. 177 CE) was a saint, martyred at Chalon-sur-Saône under Marcus Aurelius.

Biography

Though St Marcel's cult and the fact of his martyrdom (recorded as early as Gregory of Tours) are well-attested, his life is mainly known from a later hagiography (in two recensions) which is of dubious reliability.

As this hagiography has it, after refusing to worship before Mars, Mercury, and Minerva, St Marcel was condemned to death by a governor named Priscus to be quartered by being tied to trees, flogged, delivered to the flames and buried up to the waist, where he agonized for three days and died on 4 September 177 CE.

Elements of the hagiography of St Marcel have been compared with aspects of the cults of the Gaulish pagan gods Esus and Baco.

His feast day is celebrated on September 4.

References

  1. ^ Mathon, Gérard. "San Marcello di Chalon-sur-Saone Martire". Enciclopedia dei santi. Bibliotheca Sanctorum. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  2. ^ Deonna, Waldemar (1958). "Les Victimes d'Esus" (PDF). Ogam. 10: 3–29.
  3. ^ Blanchet, Adrien (1936). "Le dieu Bacon de Cabillonum". Annuaire de l'Institut de Philologie et d'Histoire orientales et slaves. 4: 101–106.

Further reading

  • Marguerite Sermesse, “Saint-Marcel-lès-Chalon”, Images de Saône-et-Loire magazine , no . 6,October 1970, pp. 12-13 .
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