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Pompejanus

6 January · commentary
Latin source: Heiligenlexikon
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St. Pompeianus, a young martyr of Cagliari in Sardinia, known from a marble funerary inscription found in the basilica of St. Saturninus which records that he lived approximately twenty-six years and rested in peace on January 6. A pierced heart symbol on the inscription suggests martyrdom.

ON ST. POMPEIANUS, MARTYR OF CAGLIARI.

Commentary

Pompeianus, Martyr at Cagliari in Sardinia (S.)

[1] Seraphinus Esquirrus, theologian of the Capuchin Order, in book 1 of the Sanctuary of Cagliari — The relics of St. Pompeianus discovered. that is, of the historical narrative of the relics found at Cagliari in the year of Christ 1614 and in several subsequent years, printed at Cagliari in 1624 — attests that in the basilica of St. Saturninus (of whom we shall treat on October 30), near the city of Cagliari, there was found a tablet of white marble, three palms long and two wide, enclosed within the wall of the basilica; beneath which was a stone chest containing the sacred remains of the Martyr. On the tablet this inscription was read engraved:

HERE LIES THE BLESSED MEMORY POMPEIANUS

WHO LIVED APPROXIMATELY

26 YEARS. HE RESTED IN PEACE

ON JANUARY 6.

From the sign of a pierced heart, the author concludes that he was a Martyr, He appears to have been a martyr. and proves this with several examples in the same book.

[2] Francis Esquivelius, Archbishop of Cagliari, in his Report of the discovered sacred Relics sent to Pope Paul V, printed at Naples in the year 1617, also makes mention of St. Pompeianus.

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