Julian

ON ST. JULIAN, PHYSICIAN AND MARTYR, AT EMESA IN PHOENICIA.

A.D. 312.

Julian, physician and Martyr, at Emesa in Phoenicia (Saint)

J. B.

The name of St. Julian, the physician of Emesa, unknown to the Roman Calendar, was first inscribed by Petrus Galesinius from Greek sources; and from him Molanus reported it in his Calendar of Physicians in the same words: On this very day, likewise (at Emesa, for he had immediately treated of St. Silvanus, The name of St. Julian, Martyr and physician of Emesa, in the Martyrologies. of whom we also have treated), of St. Julian the Martyr. He, a physician from adolescence, in applying medicine to bodies aimed to bring a salutary remedy to souls by teaching the faith of Christ. When he saw those Martyrs, of whom we have just spoken above, being led in chains from prison to the theatre to be destroyed by beasts, inflamed with the ardor of faith he ran up, kissed the Saints, and on his knees implored them to act bravely. For this reason he was seized and shut in a cave, where, his head pierced with nails and likewise his hands and feet, he gave back his soul to God. Briefly, Ferrarius says: At Emesa in Syria, of St. Julian the Martyr. The Greek Menologion published by Henricus Canisius from the library of Cardinal Sirleto has: Of the holy Martyr Julian of Emesa. The Menaea give a fuller account, from which Galesinius obtained his.

ACTS FROM THE GREEK MENAEA.

Julian, physician and Martyr, at Emesa in Phoenicia (Saint)

To Christ, his hands and feet were wounded with nails: Julian adds also his head.

He was born in the city of Emesa, and from the very flower of his age he was devoted to the study of divine matters. having healed bodies and souls, Though he professed the art of healing human bodies, he took greater care of souls, for he was eminently skilled in both arts. When therefore, in the time of the Emperor Numerian, a Silvanus the Bishop, Lucas the Deacon, and Mocius the Lector had been seized and condemned by the worshippers of idols to the beasts, and saluting the Martyrs as they were being led away, Julian ran to meet them and embraced them. For this reason he himself was also arrested, and after they had been taken from this life, nails were driven through his head, feet, and hands, and he was shut up thus transfixed in a certain cave, and gave up his spirit to God. he himself becomes a Martyr.

a The same must be said here about St. Silvanus: he died a martyr's death not under Numerian but under Maximinus Galerius.