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'''Servandus and Germanus''' ({{langx|es|San Servando y San Germán}}) (d. 305 AD) were [[Spain|Spanish]] martyrs who are venerated as [[Christianity|Christian]] [[saints]].
Saints '''Servandus and Cermanus (Germanus)''' ({{lang-es|San Servando y San Germán}}) (d. 305 AD) were [[Spain|Spanish]] martyrs who are venerated as [[Christian]] [[saints]]. They were killed at [[Cádiz]]. Tradition states that they were from [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]], and sons of [[Saint Marcellus the Centurion]].{{Fact|date=July 2009}} They joined the [[Roman Army]] and were imprisoned after being identified as Christians. They made new converts in prison. During the persecution of [[Diocletian]], the ''vicarius'' of Mérida, Viator, tortured them and imprisoned them once again. Viator then planned to take them to [[Mauritania Tingitana]] and had them walk barefoot and in chains from Mérida to Cádiz. Viator failed to find a boat that could take them and they were decapitated on the spot near Cádiz later known as ''Cerro de los Mártires''. The body of Cermanus was buried at Mérida and Servandus at Cádiz, and then later [[translation (relics)|translated]] to [[Seville]].<ref name="cadizpasion.net">[http://www.cadizpasion.net/VidadelosPatronos.htm :Cádizpasión:...Resena Histórica De Los Santos Patronos De Cádiz, San Servando Y San Germán<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

They were killed near [[Cádiz]].<ref>[https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-servandus-and-germanus/ Monks of Ramsgate. "Servandus and Germanus". ''Book of Saints'', 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 October 2016]</ref> Tradition states that they were from [[Mérida, Spain|Mérida]]. They joined the [[Roman Army]] and during the persecution of [[Diocletian]],<ref>[http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/74820 "Saints Servando and Germano", Santie e beati, September 18, 2000]</ref> were imprisoned after being identified as Christians. They made new converts in prison.

The ''vicarius'' of Mérida, Viator, tortured them and planned to take them to [[Mauritania Tingitana]] and had them walk barefoot and in chains from Mérida to Cádiz. Viator failed to find a boat that could take them and they were decapitated on a hill of the ''fundus Ursianus'' in the ''conventus Gaditanus''.<ref>[https://www.katolsk.no/biografier/historisk/sergercad Odden, Per Einar. "De hellige Servandus og Germanus av Cádiz (d. ~304)", Den katolske kirke]</ref> The body of Germanus was buried at Mérida and that of Servandus at Cádiz, and then later [[translation (relics)|translated]] to [[Seville]].<ref name="cadizpasion.net">[http://www.cadizpasion.net/VidadelosPatronos.htm :Cádizpasión:...Resena Histórica De Los Santos Patronos De Cádiz, San Servando Y San Germán<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529050918/http://www.cadizpasion.net/VidadelosPatronos.htm |date=2007-05-29 }}</ref> The hill of ''fundus Ursianus'' has been identified with ''Cerro de los Mártires'' (San Fernando) and with ''Cerro de Torrejosa'' near Facinas (Tarifa).<ref>Pascual-Barea, Joaquín. “[https://rodin.uca.es/xmlui/handle/10498/20873 Ubicación en el Valle de Ojén (Cádiz) del ''fundus'' ''Ursianus'' donde fueron ejecutados los mártires Servando y Germán]”, ''Habis'', 49 (2018), 233-249.</ref>


==Veneration==
==Veneration==
They are mentioned in the [[martyrologies]] of [[Bede]], [[Usuard]], [[Ado (archbishop)|Ado]], as well as the [[Mozarabic]] [[Breviary]], and in the Breviaries of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], [[Seville]], [[Salamanca]], among others.<ref>[http://www.cadizcofrade.net/patronos/marceloynonia.htm Santos Patronos de Cádiz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They are venerated as [[patron saints]] of Cádiz (officially since 1619).<ref name="cadizpasion.net"/> On the Sunday closest to October 23 they celebrate in the town of [[San Fernando, Cádiz|San Fernando]] the festival of Saints Servandus and Cermanus, carrying statues of the saints in a procession.<ref>[http://www.aytosanfernando.org/la_ciudad/otras_fiestas.htm Ayuntamiento de San Fernando<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Servandus and Germanus are mentioned in the [[martyrologies]] of [[Bede]], [[Usuard]], [[Ado (archbishop)|Ado]], as well as the [[Mozarabic Rite|Mozarabic breviary]], and in the breviaries of [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], [[Seville]], [[Salamanca]], among others.<ref>[http://www.cadizcofrade.net/patronos/marceloynonia.htm Santos Patronos de Cádiz<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> They are venerated as [[patron saints]] of Cádiz (officially since 1619).<ref name="cadizpasion.net"/> On the Sunday closest to October 23 they celebrate in the town of [[San Fernando, Cádiz|San Fernando]] the festival of Saints Servandus and Germanus, carrying statues of the saints in a procession.<ref>[http://www.aytosanfernando.org/la_ciudad/otras_fiestas.htm Ayuntamiento de San Fernando<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071002225100/http://www.aytosanfernando.org/la_ciudad/otras_fiestas.htm |date=2007-10-02 }}</ref>

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The sculptor [[Luisa Roldán]] (1650–1704), called ''La Roldana'', made sculptures of these two saints at Cádiz.<ref>[http://www.cadizcofrade.net/imagineros/roldana.htm Cádiz Cofrade - Imaginería<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

== References ==
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The sculptress [[Luisa Roldán]] (1650-1704), called ''La Roldana'', made sculptures of these two saints at Cádiz.<ref>[http://www.cadizcofrade.net/imagineros/roldana.htm Cádiz Cofrade - Imaginería<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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Saint Servandus and Germanus
Died~305 AD
Venerated inCatholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
FeastOctober 23
AttributesDepicted as young soldiers
PatronageCádiz

Servandus and Germanus (Spanish: San Servando y San Germán) (d. 305 AD) were Spanish martyrs who are venerated as Christian saints.

They were killed near Cádiz.[1] Tradition states that they were from Mérida. They joined the Roman Army and during the persecution of Diocletian,[2] were imprisoned after being identified as Christians. They made new converts in prison.

The vicarius of Mérida, Viator, tortured them and planned to take them to Mauritania Tingitana and had them walk barefoot and in chains from Mérida to Cádiz. Viator failed to find a boat that could take them and they were decapitated on a hill of the fundus Ursianus in the conventus Gaditanus.[3] The body of Germanus was buried at Mérida and that of Servandus at Cádiz, and then later translated to Seville.[4] The hill of fundus Ursianus has been identified with Cerro de los Mártires (San Fernando) and with Cerro de Torrejosa near Facinas (Tarifa).[5]

Veneration

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Servandus and Germanus are mentioned in the martyrologies of Bede, Usuard, Ado, as well as the Mozarabic breviary, and in the breviaries of Toledo, Seville, Salamanca, among others.[6] They are venerated as patron saints of Cádiz (officially since 1619).[4] On the Sunday closest to October 23 they celebrate in the town of San Fernando the festival of Saints Servandus and Germanus, carrying statues of the saints in a procession.[7]

The sculptor Luisa Roldán (1650–1704), called La Roldana, made sculptures of these two saints at Cádiz.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Monks of Ramsgate. "Servandus and Germanus". Book of Saints, 1921. CatholicSaints.Info. 19 October 2016
  2. ^ "Saints Servando and Germano", Santie e beati, September 18, 2000
  3. ^ Odden, Per Einar. "De hellige Servandus og Germanus av Cádiz (d. ~304)", Den katolske kirke
  4. ^ a b :Cádizpasión:...Resena Histórica De Los Santos Patronos De Cádiz, San Servando Y San Germán Archived 2007-05-29 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Pascual-Barea, Joaquín. “Ubicación en el Valle de Ojén (Cádiz) del fundus Ursianus donde fueron ejecutados los mártires Servando y Germán”, Habis, 49 (2018), 233-249.
  6. ^ Santos Patronos de Cádiz
  7. ^ Ayuntamiento de San Fernando Archived 2007-10-02 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Cádiz Cofrade - Imaginería
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