Santo Eustakhius, Eustachius, Eustathius, atau Eustace,[1] St. Esthak di India, atau Sh. Staka di Albania, dihormati sebagai martir Kristen dan santo prajurit. Legenda menempatkannya pada abad ke-2 Masehi. Seorang martir dari nama tersebut dimuliakan sebagai santo dalam Gereja Anglikan.[2] Ia diperingati oleh Gereja Katolik Roma dan Gereja Ortodoks pada 20 September.
Referensi
- ^ "Given name Eustace". Behind the Name. Diakses tanggal 29 October 2015.
English form of EUSTACHIUS or EUSTATHIUS, two names of Greek origin which have been conflated in the post-classical period.
- ^ We find on the authority of Mr. Parker in his work entitled the Calendar of the Anglican Church, and also in a work called Emblems of Saints, that St. Eustace was also sometimes represented carrying a horn (1878). The Archaeological journal. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longman. hlm. 281. Diakses tanggal 28 November 2012.
Sumber
- Hibbard, Laura A., Medieval Romance in England, New York, Burt Franklin, 1963
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