| Saint Ansanus | | | | Martyr | | Born | 285 AD | | Died | 304 AD | | Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church; cult centered at Siena | | Major shrine | Siena | | Feast | December 1 | | Attributes | depicted as a young man holding a cluster of dates; holding a heart and/or liver; palm of martyrdom; heart with IHS; depicted being boiled in oil or beheaded; banner with a cross; baptismal cup; fountain | | Patronage | Siena | Saint Ansanus ((Italian) Sant'Ansano) (d. 304 AD), called The Baptizer or The Apostle of Siena, is the patron saint of Siena, a scion of the Anician family of Rome. His legend states that he was born of a noble Roman family. While still a child, Ansanus was secretly baptized by his nurse Maxima (venerated as St. Maxima of Rome) and was secretly brought up as a Christian. During the persecutions of Diocletian, when Ansanus was nineteen years old, he openly declared his faith. Giovanni di Paolo is an Italian painter of the Sienese School 1395-1482. ...
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Ansanus and Maxima were scourged; Maxima died from this. Ansanus, however, survived this torture, as well as the next one: being thrown into a pot of boiling oil. He was then taken to the city of Siena as a prisoner. He managed to preach the Gospel there and make many converts to the Christian faith. He was decapitated by order of Diocletian. Natural olive oil Synthetic motor oil Oil, in a general sense, is a chemical compound that is not miscible with water, and is in a liquid state at ambient temperatures. ...
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It is also said that his own father denounced him to the authorities, but Ansanus managed to escape, and converted many at Bagnorea and later at Siena.
Sources
- George Ferguson, Signs and Symbols in Christian Art (New York: Oxford University Press, 1961), 104.
External links - Saints of December 1: Ansanus the Baptizer
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