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According to Christian tradition, the Seven Apostolic Men (''siete varones apostólicos'') were seven Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Peter and Paul and sent to evangelize Spain. This group includes Torquatus, Caecilius, Ctesiphon, Euphrasius, Indaletius, Hesychius, and Secundius (''Torcuato, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Indalecio Hesiquio y Segundo''). It is not clear whether the seven men were Romans, Greeks, or natives of Hispania. The ''Martyrology of Lyon'' (806 AD) incorporated text from a fifth-century source, and the seven saints are mentioned in the Mozarabic liturgy.〔 According to manuscripts of the 10th century, which in turn recorded information from the 8th or 9th centuries, these seven clerics arrived at ''Acci'' (Guadix) during the celebrations in honor of Jupiter, Mercury, and Juno. The pagans chased them to the river, but the bridge collapsed miraculously and the seven men were saved. A noblewoman named Luparia, interested in their mission, hid them and converted to Christianity after building an altar in honor of John the Baptist. The Dominican writer Rodrigo de Cerrato also wrote about the Seven Apostolic Men during the 13th century. ==The seven cities== The seven missionaries decided to evangelize various parts of the region of Baetica: Torquatus remained in Acci (Guadix), Ctesiphon went to ''Vergium'' or ''Bergi'' (Berja), Hesychius to ''Carcere'' (Cazorla), Indalecius went to ''Urci'' (Pechina), Secundius to ''Abula'' (identified as Ávila or Abla), Euphrasius to ''Iliturgis'' (a site near Andújar), and Caecilius to ''Iliberri'' or ''Iliberis'' (Elvira/Granada). The identification of these places is imprecise: other sources state that ''Carcere'' or ''Carcesi'' is not Cazorla but Cieza, and that Urci is Torre de Villaricos, and Iliturgis is Cuevas de Lituergo. The only identification considered certain is that of Iliberis with Elvira, seat of the Synod of Elvira, whose first bishop, according to the ''Glosas Emilianenses'', was Caecilius.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seven Apostolic Men」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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