Munditia

Munditia
Munditia is also a genus in the family Turbinidae.
Saint Munditia

Relics of Munditia in St. Peter’s Church (Old Peter, Alter Peter), Munich.
Died ~310 AD?
Rome?
Honored in Roman Catholic Church
Major shrine St. Peter’s Church, Munich
Feast 17 November[1]
Patronage single, unmarried women[1]

Saint Munditia (Mundita) is venerated as a Christian martyr. Her relics are found in a side altar at St. Peter's Church (known as “Old Peter,” Alter Peter) in Munich. They consist of a gilt-covered and gem-studded skeleton, located in a glass case, with false eyes in her skull, which is wrapped in netting. Jewels cover the mouth of the relic’s rotten teeth.[2]

Her relics were translated to Munich from Rome in 1675 from the catacombs of Cyriaca. They were transferred to her Baroque Era-shrine was built on September 5, 1677.

The inscription on the reliquary reads:

DDM MUNDICIE PROTOGENIE BENEMERENTI QUAE VIXIT ANNOS LX QUAE IBIT IN PACE XV KAL D ZUM FROMMEN GEDENKEN AN MUNDITIA PROTOGENIA DIE WOHLVERDIENTE: SIE LEBTE 60 JAHRE UND GING EIN IN DEN FRIEDEN AM 15. TAG VOR DEN KALENDEN DES DEZEMBERS (17. NOVEMBER) – APC

Anonymous, Inscription on reliquary, [1]

The meaning of “APC” is unclear. The Roman document of authenticity states that it means “ASCIA PLEXA CAPITA” (“beheaded with a hatchet”), describing the manner of her martyrdom.[1] APC may also refer to: "ANDRONICO PROBO CONSULIBUS”, referring to the fact that she was martyred during the consulate of Andronicus and Probus, thus making her date of death 310 AD.[1]

In 1804, her relics were concealed behind a wooden shrine, but this was removed in 1883, restoring interest in her cult. Her feast day is now celebrated annually with a High Mass and a procession with candles.[3]

Cultural references

Vahni Capildeo's poem, called "Saint Munditia", is found in her collection No Traveller Returns, in which she describes the saint as being "dug up from her burial / a millennium and a third since the flesh fell off her. / She’s back in church."[4]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Die heilige Munditia
  2. ^ Peterskirche (St. Peter's Church) | Museum/Attraction Review | Munich | Frommers.com
  3. ^ Munditia Protogenia - Ökumenisches Heiligenlexikon
  4. ^ Vahni Capildeo, No Traveller Returns (Salt Publishing, 2003), 163.

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