Thesidius

ON ST. THESIDIUS, MARTYR,

of Tuscania in Etruria.

Thesidius, Martyr, of Tuscania in Etruria (Saint)

G. H.

Saint Thesidius the Martyr is mentioned, from the records of the Tuscanian Church, by Ferrarius in his General Catalogue, and again in the Catalogue of the Saints of Italy. He is venerated there on these Kalends of April, and his body is reverently preserved. Thus it stands from a marble inscription. But in what place or time this holy Martyr was crowned, and what his country was, is as yet unknown. Tuscania, commonly called by the Italians Toscanella, is a very ancient city of Etruria, on the river Marta, not far from the lake of Bolsena: of which we have treated on February 8, on the occasion of Saint Communis Martyr, whose body is also preserved there. Again concerning the same Saint Thesidius Martyr the same Ferrarius treats in his General Catalogue, citing the same records, and adds that his Acts are lacking. Nicholas Brautius, Bishop of Sarsina, honors him with these verses:

Tuscania holds the sacred bones of Thesidius the Martyr, And, mindful, renews his feasts at the appointed time.