- Castulus
Infobox Saint
name= Saint Castulus
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death_date=286 AD
feast_day=March 26 ;March 27 (Freising ,Munich );January 22 (Irene of Rome)
venerated_in=Roman Catholic Church
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death_place=Rome
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attributes=spade
patronage=shepherds; invoked againsterysipelas , lightning, horse theft, wildfires, and drowning. [ [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Castulus_Kastulus.htm Castulus (Kastulus) - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ] ]
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issues=Saint Castulus (died 286) is venerated as a
martyr . According to tradition, he was thechamberlain (or officer, valet) of EmperorDiocletian and the husband of Irene of Rome, also venerated as a saint. [ [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Castulus_Kastulus.htm Castulus (Kastulus) - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ] ]A convert to the
Christian religion, he sheltered Christians in his home and arranged for religious services inside the palace of the emperor. Among those he sheltered wereMark and Marcellian . [Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, "A Dictionary of Miracles: Imitative, Realistic, and Dogmatic" (Chatto and Windus, 1901), 11.] He is one of the saints associated with the life and legend ofSaint Sebastian .With his friend
Saint Tiburtius , he converted many men and woman to Christianity and brought them toPope Saint Caius to be baptized. [ [http://www.aciprensa.com/santos/santo.php?id=94 ACI Prensa - Santos ] ] He was betrayed by anapostate named Torquatus and taken before Fabian, prefect of the city. [ [http://www.aciprensa.com/santos/santo.php?id=94 ACI Prensa - Santos ] ]Castulus was tortured and executed by being
buried alive in a sand pit on theVia Labicana . According to tradition, Irene subsequently buried the body of the martyred Sebastian. She was later martyred herself, around 288 AD.Veneration
A church dedicated to him at
Rome , built on the site of his martyrdom, existed from at least the seventh century.Castulus was venerated in
Bavaria afterrelics of his were taken toMoosburg . DukeHeinrich der Löwe started the construction of the KastulusMinster (cathedral) in 1171.In 1604, relics were also brought to
Landshut . [ [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Castulus_Kastulus.htm Castulus (Kastulus) - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon ] ] His relics still rest in Landshut's church of St. Martin's.Notes
External links
* [http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=583 St. Castulus]
*de icon [http://www.heiligenlexikon.de/BiographienC/Castulus_Kastulus.htm Castulus (Kastulus)]
*cs icon [http://catholica.cz/?id=864 SV. HAŠTAL (KASTUL)]
*es icon [http://www.aciprensa.com/santos/santo.php?id=94 San Castulo, Mártir]
*de icon [http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/kultdoku/kataloge/36/html/2739.htm Passion des heiligen Castulus: Gefangennahme während der Predigt]
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