- Hesychius of Cazorla
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name= Saint Hesychius
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death_date=1st century
feast_day=May 15
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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death_place= Cazorla, Spain
titles= Martyr
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patronage= Cazorla, Spain
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issues=Saint Hesychius ( _es. San Isicio, San Hesiquio, San Exiquio; _fr. Saint Hisque) [Variants include Isichius, Isicius, Iscius, Hesicius, Hisicius, Esicius and Esitius.] is venerated as the
patron saint ofCazorla ,Spain . Tradition makes him aChristian missionary of the1st century , during theApostolic Age . He evangelized the town of "Carcere", "Carteia", or "Carcesi", identifed as Cazorla, became its first bishop, and was martyred there by beingstoned to death at a place called La Pedriza.He is one of the group of
Seven Apostolic Men ("siete varones apostólicos"), seven Christian clerics ordained inRome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. Besides Hesychius, this group includes Sts. Torquatus,Caecilius , Ctesiphon,Euphrasius ,Indaletius , andSecundius ("Torcuato, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Hesiquio y Segundo").The identification of the places where they are said to have evangelized is imprecise: sources also state that "Carcere" or "Carcesi" is not Cazorla but Cieza. [Lecciones de la cátedra de Teología (archimadrid.es): "Los orígenes históricos del cristianismo. Lección XVII: La difusión del cristianismo fuera de Palestina" [http://www.archimadrid.es/dpuniversitaria/C%C3%A1tedra%20Teolog%C3%ADa_Lecciones/Los%20or%C3%ADgenes%20hist%C3%B3ricos%20del%20Cristianismo/Or%C3%ADgenes%20hist%C3%B3ricos%20del%20Xmo._17.doc] . Cita como fuente a García Villoslada, "Historia Eclesiástica de España", pg. 168]
References
External links
* [http://saints.sqpn.com/sainti49.htm Patron Saints: Indaletius]
*de icon [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienH/Hesychius_von_Carteia.html Hesychius von Carteia]
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