Kwadrato wa Athens

Kwadrato wa Athens (Athens, Ugiriki, karne ya 1 - Athens, 129) alikuwa mwanafunzi wa Mitume wa Yesu ambaye alieneza na kutetea Ukristo hata kwa maandishi maarufu.

Habari zake tunazipata kutoka kwa mwanahistoria Eusebi wa KaisareaIn his Ecclesiastical History, Book IV, chapter 3, Eusebius records that: 
1. After Trajan had reigned for nineteen and a half years Ælius Adrian became his successor in the empire. To him Quadratus addressed a discourse containing an apology for our religion, because certain wicked men had attempted to trouble the Christians. The work is still in the hands of a great many of the brethren, as also in our own, and furnishes clear proofs of the man's understanding and of his apostolic orthodoxy.
''2. He himself reveals the early date at which he lived in the following words: But the works of our Saviour were always present, for they were genuine:— those that were healed, and those that were raised from the dead, who were seen not only when they were healed and when they were raised, but were also always present; and not merely while the Saviour was on earth, but also after his death, they were alive for quite a while, so that some of them lived even to our day. Such then was Quadratus. Cfr. http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/250104.htm. 

Inasemekana alikuwa askofu wa AthensEusebius later summarises a letter by Dionysius of Corinth which simply states that Quadratus was appointed Bishop of Athens 'after the martyrdom of Publius', and which states that 'through his zeal they [the Athenian Christians] were brought together again and their faith revived. Cfr. Historia Ecclesiastica, 4.23., lakini wengine wanasema si habari ya hakika.

Kwa vyovyote wakati wa dhuluma ya Kaizari Hadrian wa Dola la Roma, Kwadrato aliwakusanya kwa imani na upendo Wakristo waliotawanywa na hofu, akamuandikia kaisari huyo kitabu cha kutetea dini yao kwa kutumia mafundisho ya Mitumehttps://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/71210.

Tangu kale anaheshimiwa na Kanisa Katoliki na Waorthodoksi kama mtakatifu, pengine mfiadini.

Sikukuu yake huadhimishwa tarehe 21 SeptembaMartyrologium Romanum.

Tazama pia
Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo
Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika
Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko
Mababu wa Kanisa

Tanbihi

 Viungo vya nje 
A Fragment of the  writings of Quadratus of Athens
Saint Quadratus in the Catholic Forum
Saint Quadratus in the Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.goarch.org/en/Chapel/saints.asp?contentid=212 
https://web.archive.org/web/20060826024105/http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/ncd06912.htm

Jamii:Waliozaliwa karne ya 1
Jamii:Waliofariki 129
Jamii:Maaskofu Wakatoliki
Category:Waandishi wa Kigiriki
Jamii:wafiadini Wakristo
Category:Mababu wa Kanisa
Jamii:Watakatifu wa Ugiriki