Қасиетті Тарцизий – ерте христиан ғибадатнамасының шейіті

Martyr of the early Christian church

Tarsicius or Tarcisius was a martyr of the early Christian church who lived in the 3rd century. The little that is known about him comes from a metrical inscription by Pope Damasus I, who was pope in the second half of the 4th century.

The only positive information concerning this Roman martyr is found in a poem composed in his honour by Pope Damasus (366–384), who compares him to the deacon Saint Stephen and says that, as Stephen was stoned by a crowd, so Tarcisius, carrying the Blessed Sacrament, was attacked by a group and beaten to death. Nothing else definite is known concerning Tarcisius. Since Damasus compares him to Stephen, he may have been a deacon; however, a 6th century account makes him an acolyte. He preferred death at the hands of a mob rather than deliver to them the Blessed Sacrament which he was carrying.

He was originally buried in the Catacombs of San Callisto and the inscription by Damasus was placed later on his tomb.

His story was greatly expanded by Cardinal Nicholas Wiseman, who portrays him as a young acolyte in his novel Fabiola, or the Church in the Catacombs. as well as a 35 kilogram (77 lb) bell in the Stephansdom in Vienna, Austria. A Catholic church on London Road, Camberley UK is dedicated to St Tarcisius. A Catholic Church in Chicago Illinois United States of America is named for him. (DTW)

Saint José Sánchez del Río was nicknamed "Tarcisius".

The first five lines say that both Stephen (the protomartyr) and Tarcisius are equal in merit, and Stephen's death (as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles) is retold poetically. The last four lines can be translated as:

When an insane gang pressed saintly Tarcisius, who was carrying the sacraments of Christ, to display them to the profane, he preferred to be killed and give up his life rather than betray to rabid dogs the heavenly body.