Zephyros
Magistrate
Julia of Carthago/Corsica
Julia was a daughther of a noble Christian family living in Carthago. When the Vandals took North Africa in 439, she was enslaved and later sold to a merchant who travelled the Mediterranean Sea. His ship arrived at Corsica just at the time of a pagan festival. Julia was orderd to sacrifice to the pagan gods. She refused and was crucified as a punishment as well as for the amusement of the pagans.
In Nonza, Corsica, a different legend is told. It is likely that there existed another Julia who suffered martyrdom for her faith.
Julia of Nonza
Julia lived in Nonza, Corsica, at the beginning of the 3rd Century. During the persecution of Diocletianus she was ordered to make the obligatory sacrifice to the God-Emperor. She refused and was condemned to death.
She was led out of her native town and tied to a fig tree. Then one of the executioners cut off her breasts and cast them away. Where they struck the rocks, two springs began to flow. Julia was then left alone, naked, with gaping breast wounds, and exposed to the elements and to the insects. She died after some time from blood loss and lack of water.
Julia is venerated in Nonza until today. She is a patron saint of women suffering from breast problems, infertility, or other gender-related disorders.
Both Christian virgins named Julia had been cruelly put to death on Corsica. The fact that two women had the same name, died in almost the same place, and for the same reason (refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods) is confusing.
Maybe there is perhaps only one Julia, but two variants of her legend?
Julia of Nonza was a native of Corsica, whereas Julia of Carthage was not. Her legend is quite explicit about the circumstances of her journey to Corsica.
Julia of Nonza died during the reign of Emperor Diocletianus, Julia of Corsica 200 years later. This casts some doubts on the legend of Julia of Carthage, for it puts the time of her death after the "edict of tolerance" of Emperor Contantinus, which officially ended the persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire. However, Julia of Carthage lived at a time when the Western half of the Roman Empire had been broken up, and edicts from Constantinople were no longer enforced.
Julia of Nonza had been tied to a tree and left to die, Julia of Carthage crucified. Now one might argue that tying someone to a tree with the feet off the ground is an archaic crucifixion technique. But the legend of Julia of Nonza does not mention suspension, nor was it common Roman technique at that time to use trees instead of crosses; moreover, the legend of Julia of Carthage does not mention breast amputation.
All this makes it more likely that Julia of Nonza and Julia of Carthage were two different persons.
Another legend tells: After being crucified her breasts were cut off and thrown at the rock, which immediately and miraculously gave rise to the natural water springs at the site.
There are several different versions of the martyrdom of the Saint in Corsica, but it seems that some monks from the Gorgona island carried her body to a sepulcher on their land. In 762, Desiderius, king of the Lombards, removed her relics to the Benedictine abbey of Brescia.
St. Julia (i) crucified
There are some famous art works:
(1) The Crucifixion of St Julia is a triptych by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The central panel depicts the crucifixion of a saint usually identified with Saint Julia of Corsica. A in depictions of Christ's crucifixion, the woman is an elevated position against the sky, with a large crowd gathered at the foot of the cross. Like many Bosch paintings, the date of this work was long disputed, until dendochronologic analysis assigned it to around 1497. It currently resides at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Italy.
(2) Christian Martyr on the Cross (St Julia). Gabriel Cornelius von Max. Germany. 1865. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
It is a lovely painting: a sweetly beautiful and poised woman, ensconced in a flowing dress, is crucified, her cross standing in a scene of lonely, rosy-lit countryside; an attractive and youthful male sits at her feet, and he is seen just in the act of reverently placing a wreath of flowers at the base of her cross. It is a sentimental and romanticized scene.
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http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/poll-were-you-raised-catholic.37/page-13#post-136433
(3) St. Julia - Chiesa di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy.
Carra had to be diplomatic in resolving the inevitabile confusion generated from the approach of the martyr Giulia to the death of Christ. She was chosen as symbol of the female martyr in a female monastery, so Giulia must show her bosom to prove her femininity, with arms wide open, nailed and unveiled. Not even her long hair falls on her shoulders, but is loose on her back. The artist is able to depict Giulia’s modesty in a body that remains still; the expression of ecstasy and pain is entrusted to the vibrant drapery, to the inner emotion of her face towards Heaven (Barbaria1)
Pls refer to http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/poll-were-you-raised-catholic.37/page-13,
(4) A PrayersCard about 1900 – artist unknown …
However, there are some more antiques … some creators are unknown …
Nonza - The church of St. Julia built in the 16th century
The brightly pink painted 16th century Church of Saint Julia, a classical style church, stands on the site of an earlier church built in the 14th century.
Terzano: Chiesa di Santa Julia
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Julia was a daughther of a noble Christian family living in Carthago. When the Vandals took North Africa in 439, she was enslaved and later sold to a merchant who travelled the Mediterranean Sea. His ship arrived at Corsica just at the time of a pagan festival. Julia was orderd to sacrifice to the pagan gods. She refused and was crucified as a punishment as well as for the amusement of the pagans.
In Nonza, Corsica, a different legend is told. It is likely that there existed another Julia who suffered martyrdom for her faith.
Julia of Nonza
Julia lived in Nonza, Corsica, at the beginning of the 3rd Century. During the persecution of Diocletianus she was ordered to make the obligatory sacrifice to the God-Emperor. She refused and was condemned to death.
She was led out of her native town and tied to a fig tree. Then one of the executioners cut off her breasts and cast them away. Where they struck the rocks, two springs began to flow. Julia was then left alone, naked, with gaping breast wounds, and exposed to the elements and to the insects. She died after some time from blood loss and lack of water.
Julia is venerated in Nonza until today. She is a patron saint of women suffering from breast problems, infertility, or other gender-related disorders.
Both Christian virgins named Julia had been cruelly put to death on Corsica. The fact that two women had the same name, died in almost the same place, and for the same reason (refusing to sacrifice to pagan gods) is confusing.
Maybe there is perhaps only one Julia, but two variants of her legend?
Julia of Nonza was a native of Corsica, whereas Julia of Carthage was not. Her legend is quite explicit about the circumstances of her journey to Corsica.
Julia of Nonza died during the reign of Emperor Diocletianus, Julia of Corsica 200 years later. This casts some doubts on the legend of Julia of Carthage, for it puts the time of her death after the "edict of tolerance" of Emperor Contantinus, which officially ended the persecutions of Christians in the Roman Empire. However, Julia of Carthage lived at a time when the Western half of the Roman Empire had been broken up, and edicts from Constantinople were no longer enforced.
Julia of Nonza had been tied to a tree and left to die, Julia of Carthage crucified. Now one might argue that tying someone to a tree with the feet off the ground is an archaic crucifixion technique. But the legend of Julia of Nonza does not mention suspension, nor was it common Roman technique at that time to use trees instead of crosses; moreover, the legend of Julia of Carthage does not mention breast amputation.
All this makes it more likely that Julia of Nonza and Julia of Carthage were two different persons.
Another legend tells: After being crucified her breasts were cut off and thrown at the rock, which immediately and miraculously gave rise to the natural water springs at the site.
There are several different versions of the martyrdom of the Saint in Corsica, but it seems that some monks from the Gorgona island carried her body to a sepulcher on their land. In 762, Desiderius, king of the Lombards, removed her relics to the Benedictine abbey of Brescia.
St. Julia (i) crucified
There are some famous art works:
(1) The Crucifixion of St Julia is a triptych by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The central panel depicts the crucifixion of a saint usually identified with Saint Julia of Corsica. A in depictions of Christ's crucifixion, the woman is an elevated position against the sky, with a large crowd gathered at the foot of the cross. Like many Bosch paintings, the date of this work was long disputed, until dendochronologic analysis assigned it to around 1497. It currently resides at the Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Italy.
(2) Christian Martyr on the Cross (St Julia). Gabriel Cornelius von Max. Germany. 1865. Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia.
It is a lovely painting: a sweetly beautiful and poised woman, ensconced in a flowing dress, is crucified, her cross standing in a scene of lonely, rosy-lit countryside; an attractive and youthful male sits at her feet, and he is seen just in the act of reverently placing a wreath of flowers at the base of her cross. It is a sentimental and romanticized scene.
There exist a lot of bdsm-manips, pls refer to:
http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/poll-were-you-raised-catholic.37/page-13#post-136433
(3) St. Julia - Chiesa di Santa Giulia, Brescia, Italy.
Carra had to be diplomatic in resolving the inevitabile confusion generated from the approach of the martyr Giulia to the death of Christ. She was chosen as symbol of the female martyr in a female monastery, so Giulia must show her bosom to prove her femininity, with arms wide open, nailed and unveiled. Not even her long hair falls on her shoulders, but is loose on her back. The artist is able to depict Giulia’s modesty in a body that remains still; the expression of ecstasy and pain is entrusted to the vibrant drapery, to the inner emotion of her face towards Heaven (Barbaria1)
Pls refer to http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/poll-were-you-raised-catholic.37/page-13,
(4) A PrayersCard about 1900 – artist unknown …
However, there are some more antiques … some creators are unknown …
Nonza - The church of St. Julia built in the 16th century
The brightly pink painted 16th century Church of Saint Julia, a classical style church, stands on the site of an earlier church built in the 14th century.
Terzano: Chiesa di Santa Julia
continued ...
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