Saint Nicetas (ca. 335–414) was Bishop of Remesiana, present-day Bela Palanka in the Pirot District of modern Serbia, but which was then in the Roman province of Dacia Mediterranea. Events By Place Roman Empire 19 September — Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar. For the area code see Area code 414 Events By Place Western Roman Empire Priscus A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Remesiana was an ancient city in what is now Serbia. Its modern name is Bela Palanka. Bela Palanka (Бела Паланка is a town and municipality located in the Pirot District of Serbia. The Pirot District (Пиротски округ Pirotski okrug) expands in the south eastern parts of Serbia. Serbia (Србија Srbija) officially the Republic of Serbia (Република Србија Republika Srbija) is a Landlocked Country The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Dacia, in ancient geography was the land of the Dacians. It was named by the ancient Hellenes ( Greeks) " Getae "
He is the patron saint of Romania. The patron saint of a particular group of people is a Saint who would protect and 'love' the group and its members Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania [1]
Whether born a Greek,[2] or a Dacian,[3] he promoted Latin sacred music for use during the eucharistic worship and reputedly composed a number of liturgical hymns, among which some twentieth-century scholars number the major Latin Christian hymn of praise, Te Deum, traditionally attributed to Saints Ambrose and Augustine. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth A hymn is a type of Song, usually religious specifically written for the purpose of praise adoration or Prayer, and typically addressed to a deity/deities Saint Ambrose (c 338 &ndash 4 April 397) was a bishop of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century
Because of his missionary activity, his contemporary and friend, Saint Paulinus of Nola lauded him poetically for instructing in the Gospel barbarians changed by him from wolves to sheep and brought into the fold of peace, and for teaching to sing of Christ with a Roman heart bandits who previously had no such ability. Saint Paulinus of Nola or Pontius Meropius Anicius Paulinus ( Bordeaux, ca [4]
Lengthy excerpts survive of his principal doctrinal work, Instructions for Candidates for Baptism, in six books. They show that he stressed the orthodox position in Trinitarian doctrine. They contain the expression "communion of saints" in reference to the belief in a mystical bond uniting both the living and the dead in a confirmed hope and love. The Communion of Saints (in Latin, communio sanctorum) is the spiritual union of all Christians living and the dead those on earth in Heaven No evidence survives of previous use of this expression, which has since played a central role in formulations of the Christian creed. [5]
His feast day as a saint is on 22 June, the day on which Saint Paulinus of Nola also is celebrated. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. [6]
References
- ^ Webster's Online Dictionary; cf. [http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_20000720_unione-romania-roma_en.html Letter of Pope John Paul II for the third centenary of the union of the Greek-Catholic Church of Romania with the Church of Rome
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ^ [http://www.bvau.ro/docs/doc_eng.htm The Romanian People - Continuer of the European Neolithic Civilization}
- ^ "quod barbaros oves factos Evangelium edocuisset atque in pacis aulam duxisset et quondam inperiti ac latrones Christum corde romano resonare didicisset" (Martyrologium Romanum Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001. ISBN 88-209-7210-7, p. 330).
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica
- ^ Martyrologium Romanum. Libreria Editrice Vaticana 2001. ISBN 88-209-7210-7; Gross, Ernie. This Day In Religion. New York:Neal-Schuman Publications, 1990. ISBN 1-55570-045-4.
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