Tarcisius

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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.

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It sits within the topics 3rd-century Christian martyrs, Christian child saints and Year of birth unknown.

Its subject is documented across 26 Wikipedia language editions.

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Saint.honorific_prefix: Saint
Saint.name: Tarcisius
Saint.death_date: 3rd Century
Saint.feast_day: August 15 (Roman Martyrology), and additionally universally in the Orthodox Church on August 14
Saint.venerated_in: Roman Catholic ChurchEastern Orthodox ChurchAnglicanismLutheranism
Saint.image: Statue-Orsay-03.jpg
Saint.imagesize: 300px
Saint.caption: Alexandre Falguière, Tarcisius, Christian martyr, 1868, musée d'Orsay.
Saint.death_place: Rome
Saint.titles: Martyr
Saint.canonized_date: Pre-Congregation
Saint.attributes: Host, youth, wounds
Saint.patronage: altar servers and first communicants
Saint.major_shrine: San Silvestro in Capite, Rome

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Place of birth: Rome
Place of death: Rome
Occupation: acolyte
Position held: acolyte
Languages spoken: Latin
Image: Statue-Orsay-03.jpg
Significant event: canonization

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Commons category: Tarcisius
canonization status: Catholic saint
date of birth: 0246-00-00
date of death: 0265-03-14
time period: Roman Empire
cause of death: stoning
feast day: August 15
subject has role: martyr
manner of death: homicide

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Poem by Damasus
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==History== 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.

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