Saint of the Day – 8 August – St Aemilian (Died c818) Confessor, Bishop of Cyzicus in Greece, Defender of Holy Images. Died in an unknown region when exiled from his See for his stand against Emperor Leo the Armenian. Also known as – Aemilianus, Emilian, Emiliano, Name means: the zealous one / from the family of the Aemilians (Latin).
The Roman Martyrology reads today: “St Aemilitian, Bishop, who ended his life in exile after having suffered much from the Emperor Leo, for the veneration of Holy Images.”
Aemilian was Bishop of Cycicus/ Kyzikos —the present-day ruins in Düzler near Erdek in Turkey.
During the reign of Emperor Leo V the Armenian, he vigorously defended the veneration of Holy Images.
He was tortured and died in exile for his faith.
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Charles Cardinal Journet (1891-1975)
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