Servandus and Cermanus

Servandus and Cermanus

Infobox Saint
name= Saint Servandus and Cermanus
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death_date=~305 AD
feast_day= October 23
venerated_in= Roman Catholic Church


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attributes=Depicted as young soldiers
patronage=Cádiz
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issues= Saints Servandus and Cermanus (Germanus) ( _es. San Servando y San Germán) (d. 305 AD) were Spanish martyrs who are venerated as Christian saints. They were killed at Cádiz. Tradition states that they were from Mérida, and sons of Saint Marcellus the Centurion. [ [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=2511 Sts. Servandus & Cermanus - Catholic Online ] ] They joined the Roman Army and were imprisoned after being identified as Christians. They made new converts in prison. During the persecution of Diocletian, the "vicarius" of Mérida, Viator, tortured them and imprisoned them once again. Viator then planned to take them to Mauritania Tingitana and had them walk barefoot and in chains from Mérida to Cádiz. Viator failed to find a boat that could take them and they were decapitated on the spot near Cádiz later known as "Cerro de los Mártires". The body of Cermanus was buried at Mérida and Servandus at Cádiz, and then later translated to Seville. [ [http://www.cadizpasion.net/VidadelosPatronos.htm :Cádizpasión:...Resena Histórica De Los Santos Patronos De Cádiz, San Servando Y San Germán ] ]

Veneration

They are mentioned in the martyrologies of Bede, Usuard, Ado, as well as the Mozarabic Breviary, and in the Breviaries of Toledo, Seville, Salamanca, among others. [ [http://www.cadizcofrade.net/patronos/marceloynonia.htm Santos Patronos de Cádiz ] ] They are venerated as patron saints of Cádiz (officially since 1619). [ [http://www.cadizpasion.net/VidadelosPatronos.htm :Cádizpasión:...Resena Histórica De Los Santos Patronos De Cádiz, San Servando Y San Germán ] ] On the Sunday closest to October 23 they celebrate in the town of San Fernando the festival of Saints Servandus and Cermanus, carrying statues of the saints in a procession. [ [http://www.aytosanfernando.org/la_ciudad/otras_fiestas.htm Ayuntamiento de San Fernando ] ]

The sculptress Luisa Roldán (1650-1704), called "La Roldana", made sculptures of these two saints at Cádiz. [ [http://www.cadizcofrade.net/imagineros/roldana.htm Cádiz Cofrade - Imaginería ] ]

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