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53: 279: 550: 231:, where a young boy of nine, Celsus, was entrusted to his care after the boy's mother asked Nazarius to teach and baptize her son. Nazarius raised him as a Christian. The two were arrested, tortured, and imprisoned for their faith. They were released on condition they would not preach at this place any longer. They preached in the 168:
the body of Nazarius, with severed head. Nazarius's blood was reportedly still liquid and red when his body was exhumed by Ambrose. Ambrose had it carried to the Basilica of the Apostles. In the same garden Ambrose likewise discovered the body of Celsus, which he had transported to the same place.
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This legend, written much later, is without historical foundation and places the martyrdom of Nazarus and Celsus during the persecution of Nero, and describes with many details the supposed journeyings of Nazarius through Gaul and Italy. However, Paulinus says distinctly that the date on which
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An additional legend that describes their time at Trier states that they were tried by Nero there, who ordered the two to be drowned. Nazarius and Celsus were taken in a ship and thrown overboard, but a storm suddenly arose, frightening the sailors. The sailors pulled the two back on board.
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states: "Obviously a tradition regarding these martyrs was extant in the Christian community of Milan which led to the finding of the two bodies."
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Nazarius suffered martyrdom is unknown. Gregory of Tours states that they were martyred at Embrun.
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The discourse eulogizing the two saints which has been attributed to Ambrose (Sermo lv, in
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with interesting figures, dating from the 4th century, was found in the church of
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in Milan (Venturi, "Storia dell' arte italiana", I, Milan, 1901, fig. 445–49).
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is dedicated to Celsus. There is a sanctuary dedicated to Nazarius at
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Saint Gregory (Bishop of Tours) (1988). Raymond Van Dam, tr. (ed.).
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Jacobus (de Voragine, abp. of Genoa.) (1801). Graesse, Th. (ed.).
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Jacobi a Voragine Legenda aurea, vulgo Historia Lombardica dicta
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of whom little is known beyond the discovery of their bodies by
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Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Sts. Nazarius and Celsus".
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Bibliotheca hagiographica latina antiquae et mediae aetatis
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xxvii (Patrologia Latina, LXI, 658). A magnificent silver
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Lives of the Saints, July 28, Saints Nazarius and Celsus
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