PATRON SAINTS OF TRADE;
AND OF PROFESSIONS

Aeronauts-Our Lady of Loreto.

Architects — St. Pucisus, martyr, super
intendent of the buildings of King Sapor:
April 21.

Automobilists — St. Christopher: July 25.

Bakers — St. Elizabeth of Hungary, who
gave her all to the poor: November 19.

Bookbinders — St. Peter Celestine, who
covered his books with leather: May 19.

Builders — St. Vincent Ferrer, said to
have restored to life three persons who
had fallen from heights: April 5.

Butchers — St. Aureliatus, who was orig-
inally a heathen, and killed animals for
sacrifice: May 8.

Carpenters — St. Joseph: March 19.

Comedians — St. Vitus: June 15.

Dyers — St. Lydia: August 3.

Farmers — St. George, signifying "tiller
of the soil:" April 23.

Fishermen — St. Andrew: November 30.

Florists and Gardeners — St. Dorothy:
February 6.

Hatters — St. Stevens ol Ravenna, who
was a hatter before his election to the
Bishopric of Ravenna: February 1.

Hunters — St. Hubert, who, passionately
fond of hunting, was pursuing the sport in
Holy Week, when a deer, with a cross be-
tween its horns, passed him. He became
fervent in religion, and eventually a
Bishop: November 3.

Jewellers — St. Eligius, who displayed a
great skill in the working of gold: Decem-
ber 1.

Journalists — St. Frances de Sales : Janu-
ary 29.

Lawyers — St. Ives, who studied in Paris,
and pleaded the cause of poor people and
widows: May 19.

Merchants — St. Francis of Assisi, who
before his conversion was a noted mer-
chant: October 4.

Messengers — St. Gabriel, "bearer of
glad tidings": March 18.

Millers — St. Victor, who was condemned
to death because he refused to offer sacri-
fice to idols, and was thrown across a mill
wheel, which refused to turn: July 21.

Musicians — St. Cecilia: November 22.

Notaries — St. Mark: April 25.

Painter:- — St. Luke, who has given us
in his Gospel the best picture of Our
Lady : October 8.

Philosophers — St. Catherine of Alexan-
dria: November 23.

Physicians— Saints Cormas and Damlan,
who studied medicine in Syria, where they
*"d the Poor free of charge: Septem-

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INTRODUCTION.

I HE ROMAN MARTYROLOGY is an official and
accredited record, on the pages of which
are set forth in simple and brief, but
impressive words, the glorious deeds of the Soldiers
of Christ in all ages of the Church ; of the illustrious
Heroes and Heroines of the Cross, whom her solemn
verdict has beatified or canonized. In making up
this long roll of honor, the Church has been actuated
by that instinctive wisdom with which the Spirit of
God, who abides in her and teaches her all truth,
has endowed her, and which permeates through and
guides all her actions. She is the Spouse of Christ,
without spot or wrinkle or blemish, wholly glorious
and undefiled, whom He loved, for whom He died,
and to whom He promised the Spirit of Truth, to
comfort her in her dreary pilgrimage through this
valley of tears, and to abide with her forever. She
is one with Him in Spirit and in love, she is subject

VI INTRODUCTION.

to Him in all things; she loves what He loves, she
teaches and practises what He commands.

If the world has its "Legions of Honor," why
should not also the Church of the Living God, the
pillar and the ground of the truth? If men who
have been stained with blood, and women who have
been tainted with vice, have had their memory con-
secrated in prose and in verse, and monuments
erected to their memory, because they exhibited
extraordinary talents, achieved great success, or
were, to a greater or less extent, benefactors of their
race in the temporal order, which passe th away,
why should not the true Heroes and Heroines of
Jesus, who, imitating His example, have overcome
themselves, risen superior to and trampled upon the
world, have aspired, in all their thoughts, words,
and actions, to a heavenly crown, and have more-
over labored with disinterested zeal and self -forget-
ting love for the good of their fellow-men, have their
memories likewise consecrated and embalmed in the
minds and hearts of the people of God? If time
have its heroes, why should not eternity; if man,
why should not God? "Thy friends, O Lord, are
exceedingly honored; their principality is exceed-
ingly exalted I" Whom His Father so dearly loved,
the world crucified; whom the world neglects, de-

INTRODUCTION. VH

spises, aiid crucifies, God, through His Church,
exceedingly honors and exalts. Their praises are
sung forth, with jubilation of heart, in the Church
of God for ages on ages.

The wisdom of the Church of God in honoring her
Saints is equaled only by the great utility of the
practice thus consecrated. The Saints are not
merely heroes; they are models. Christ lived in
them, and Christ yet speaks through them. They
were the living temples of the Holy Ghost, in whose
mortal bodies dwelt all the riches of His wisdom and
grace. They were in life consecrated human examp-
lars of divine excellence and perfection. Their
example still appeals to our minds and to
our hearts, more eloquently even than did their
\vords to the men of their own generation,
while they were in the tabernacle of the flesh.
Though dead, they still speak. Their relics are
instinct with sanctity, and through them they con-
tinue to breathe forth Ihe sweet odor of Christ. The
immortality into which they have entered still
lingers in their bones, and seems to breathe in their
mortal remains. As many an ardent, spirit has been
induced to rush to the cannon's mouth by reading
the exploits of earthly heroes, so many a generous
Christian soul has been fired with heavenly ardor,

Vlll INTRODUCTION.

and been impelled to rush to the crown of martyr-
dom, by reading the lives and heroic achievements
of the Saints and Martyrs of Christ. Example, in
its silent appeal, is more potent in its influence on
the human heart and conduct than are words in their
most eloquent utterances.

The Church knows and feels all this, in the Spirit
of God with whom she is replenished ; and hence she
sets forth, with holy joy and exultant hope, her
bright and ever-increasing Calendar of Sanctity — of
just men and women made perfect and rendered
glorious, under her unearthly and sublime teachings.
In reading this roll of consecrated holiness, our
instinctive conclusion is, precisely that which the
great soul of St. Augustine reached at the very crisis
of his life, the moment of his conversion — "If other
men like me have attained to such sanctity, why not
I ? Shall the poor, the afflicted, the despised of the
World, bear away the palm of victory, the crown of
immortality, while I lie buried in my sloth and dead
in my sins, and thus lose the brilliant and glorious
mansion already prepared for me in heaven? Shall
all the gifts, which God has lavished upon me, be
ingloriously spent and foolishly wasted, in the petty
contest for this world's evanescent honors and riches,
while the poor and contemned lay up treasures in

INTRODUCTION. IX

heaven, and secure the prize of immortal glory?
Shall others be the friends of God, whom He delights
to honor, while I alone remain His enemy, and an
alien from His blessed Kingdom ?"

It is a consoling evidence of progress in the spir-
itual life in this country to find the Martyrology
here published, for the first time, in English, and
thereby made accessible, in its rich treasures of
Sanctity, to all classes of our population. It will
prove highly edifying and useful, not only to the
members of our numerous religious Communities of
both sexes, but also to the laity generally. Every
day has here its record of Sanctity; and there is
scarcely a Christian, no matter how lowly or how
much occupied, who may not be able to daily persue,
with faith and with great profit, the brief page of
each day's models of Holiness. These belong to all
classes and callings of life; from the throne to the
hovel, from the Pontiff to the lowest cleric, from the
philosopher to the peasant, from the busy walks of
life to the dreary wastes of the desert.

Let all, then, procure and read daily the appro
priate portions of this Martyrology. Its daily and
pious perusal will console us in affliction, will ani-
mate us in despondency, will make our souls glow
with the love of God in coldness, and will lift up

X INTRODUCTION.

our minds and hearts from this dull and ever-
changing earth to the bright and everlasting man-
sions prepared for us in Heaven !

MOVABLE FEASTS

H E movable feasts could not be mentioned
in the Martyrology, because they are kept
on different days each year. They are put
in this place, in order that after naming the day of
the month, each one may be announced before read-
ing the Martyrology of the day on which it shall
occur in that year, as follows :

Saturday preceding Sunday the 3d, kill or 5th of

January j or when Sunday does not fall on any

of these dates, the first day of January.

The feast of the most holy Name of Jesus.

Saturday before Septuagesma Sunday.

Septuagesima Sunday, on which the canticle of
the Lord, — Alleluia, ceases to be said.

Tuesday after Quinquagesima Sunday.

Ash-Wednesday, and the beginning of the fast of
the most holy season of Lent.

Xii MOVABLE FEASTS.

Thursday after Passion Sunday.

The festival of the Seven Dolors of the most blessed
Virgin Mary.

Saturday before Palm-Sunday.

Palm-Sunday, when our Lord Jesus Christ, accord-
ing to the prophecy of Zachary, entered Jerusalem,
sitting upon the foal of an ass, and was met by the
multitude bearing palms.

Wednesday of Holy Week.

The Lord's Supper, when Christ Jesus, the day
before He was crucified for our salvation, delivered
to His disciples the mysteries of His body and blood
to be celebrated.

Easter Sunday , before naming the day of the month.

On this day which the Lord has made, is the
solemnity of solemnities, and our Passover ; the Kes-
urrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ according to
the flesh.

Then are read the day of the month and the Mar-
tyrology of the following day.

MOVABLE FEASTS.

The third Tuesday after Easter.

The Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed
Virgin Mary.

Ascension Eve.

On Mount Olivet, the Ascension of our Lord Jesus
Christ.

Whit-Sunday Eve.

The day of Pentecost, when the Holy Ghost came
upon the disciples at Jerusalem in the shape of fiery
tongues.

Saturday within the Octave of Whit-Sunday.
The feast of the most holy and indivisible Trinity.

Wednesday after the Octave of Whit-Sunday.
The feast of the most Sacred Body of Christ.

Thursday, the Octave day of Corpus Christ i.
The feast of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

THE

IRoman

ARRANGED FOR EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR, ACCORDING TO
THE NEW ORDER OF THE CALENDAR.

JANUARY.

Cfte JFim Dag of

HE Circumcision of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and the Octave of His Nativity. — At Rome,
St. Almachius, martyr, who, by the com-
mand of Alipius, governor of the city, was
killed by the gladiators for saying, "Today is the
Octave of our Lord's birth; put an end to the
worship of idols, and abstain from unclean sacri-
fices." — In the same city, on the Appian way, the
crowning with martyrdom of thirty holy soldiers,
under the emperor Diocletian. — Also at Rome,
under the emperor Alexander, St. Martina, virgin,
who endured various kinds of torments, and being
beheaded, received the palm of martyrdom. Her
feast is kept on the 30th of this month. — At Spoleto,

2 JANUARY.

in the time of the emperor Antoninus, St.
Concordius, priest and martyr, who was beaten with
clubs, and then put to the torture. After a long
confinement in prison, where he was visited by an
angel, he lost his life by the sword. — The same day,
St. Magnus, martyr. — At Csesarea, in Cappadocia,
the demise of St. Basil, bishop, whose festival is
kept on the 14th of June, the date of his consecra-
tion as bishop. — In Africa, St. Fulgentius, bishop of
Buspoe, who suffered much from the Arians during
the persecution of the Vandals, for holding the
Catholic faith and teaching its excellent doctrine.
After being banished to Sardinia, he was permitted
to return to his diocese, where he ended his life by
a holy death, leaving a reputation for sanctity and
eloquence. — At Chieti, in Abruzzo, the birthday* of
St. Justin, bishop of that city, illustrious for holi-
ness of life and miracles. — In the diocese of Lyons,
in the monastery of St. Claude, St. Eugendus, abbot,
whose life was eminent for virtues and miracles. —
At Souvigny, St. Odilo, abbot of Cluny, who was the
first to prescribe that the commemoration of all the
faithful departed should be made in his monas-
teries the day after the feast of All Saints. This
practice was afterwards received and approved by
the universal Church. — In Tuscany, on Mount Sen-

*In the language of the Church, Wrthday refers to the
day on which a Saint enters heaven. However, the Blessed
Virgin and St. John the Baptist are exceptions to this rule.

JANUARY. 3

ario, blessed Bonfilius, confessor, one of the seven
founders of the Order of the Servites of the blessed
Virgin Mary, who, herself, suddenly called her de-
vout servant to heaven. — At Alexandria, the de-
parture from this world of St. Euphrosyna, virgin,
who was renowned in her monastery for the virtue
of abstinence, and the gift of miracles. — And in
other places, many other holy martyrs, confessors,
and virgins.

Answer. — Thanks be to God.

N. B. — The reading of the Martyrology is always
terminated in this manner.

Cfte SeconD Dap of 3fanuarp,

mHE Octave of St. Stephen, the first martyr. — At
• Rome, the commemoration of many holy martyrs,
who, despising the edict of the emperor Diocletian,
which ordered that the sacred books should be deliv-
ered up, preferred to surrender themselves to the
executioners rather than to give holy things to
dogs. — At Antioch, the passion of blessed Isidore,
bishop. — At Tomis, in Pontus, in the time of the
emperor Licinius, three holy brothers, Argeus, Nar-
cissus, and the young man Marcellinus. This last,
being enrolled among the new soldiers, and refusing
to serve, was beaten almost to death, and for a long

4 JANUARY.

time kept in ^prison. Being finally cast into the
sea, he finished his martyrdom; but his brothers
were beheaded. — At Milan, St. Martinian, bishop. —
In Nitria, in Egypt, blessed Isidore, bishop and con-
fessor.— The same day, St. Siridion, bishop. — In The-
bais, St. Macarius of Alexandria, abbot.

Cfie CiritD Dap of 3fanuarp,

T!HE Octave of St. John, apostle and evangelist.—
•*• At Rome, on the Appian way, the birthday of
pope St. Anterus, who suffered under Julius Maxi-
minus, and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus. —
The same day, St. Peter, who was crucified at Au-
lane. — In Hellespont, the holy martyrs Cyrinus,
Primus, and Theogenes. — At Csesarea, in Cappado-
cia, St. Gordius, centurion, in whose praise is extanr
a celebrated discourse, delivered by St. Basil the
Great on the day of his festival. — In Cilicia, the
holy martyrs Zozimus, and the notary Athanasius. —
Also, the Saints Theopemptus and Theonas, who
suffered a glorious martyrdom in the persecution of
Diocletian. — At Padua, St. Daniel, martyr. — At
Vienne, in France, St. Florentius, bishop, who was
sent into exile and consummated his martyrdom, in
the time of the emperor Gallienus. — At Paris, St.
Genevieve, virgin, who was consecrated to God by

JANUARY. 5

St. Germanus, bishop of Auxerre, and became famous
for her admirable virtues and miracles.

C&e Jfourtfi Dag of 3fanuarp,

rriHE Octave of the Holy Innocents.— In Crete, the
• birthday of St. Titus, who was consecrated bishop
of that island by the apostle St. Paul. After hav-
ing faithfully performed the duty of preaching the
Gospel, he reached the end of his blessed life, and
was buried in the church of which he had been made
a worthy minister by the holy apostle. — At Rome,
in the reign of the impious Julian, the holy martyrs
Priscus, priest, Priscillian, cleric, and Benedicta, 4i
religious woman, who ended their martyrdom by
the sword. — Also, at Rome, under the same emperor,
blessed Dafrosa, wife of the martyr St. Flavian.
After her husband had been killed, she was first ban-
ished, and then beheaded. — At Bologna, the Saints
Hermes, Aggoeus, and Caius, martyrs, who suffered
under the emperor Maximian. — At Adrumetum, in
Africa, in the persecution of Severus, the commemo-
ration of St. Mavilus, martyr, who, being condemned
by the most cruel president Scapula to be devoured
by wild beasts, received the crown of martyrdom. —
Also, in Africa, the most renowned martyrs Aqui-
linus, Geminus, Eugenius, Marcian, Quinctus, Theo-

6 JANUARY.

dotus, and Tryphon. — At Langres, St. Gregory, a
bishop renowned for miracles. — At Rheims, in
France, St. Rigobertus, bishop and confessor.

Cfte Jfiftft Dap of 3fanuarp,

fTHHE vigil of the Epiphany of our Lord. — At Rome,
• in the time of Antoninus Pius, St. Telesphorus,
pope, who, after many sufferings for the confession
of Christ, underwent a glorious martyrdom. — In
Egypt, during the persecution of Diocletian, the
commemoration of many holy martyrs, who were
put to death in Thebais by various kinds of tor-
ments.— At Antioch, St. Simeon, monk, who lived
many years, standing on a pillar, and was, for that
reason, called Stylites. His whole life was an un-
broken series of wonders. — In England, St. Edward,
king, illustrious by the virtue of chastity and the
gift of miracles. His feast, by order of Pope Inno-
cent XI., is celebrated on the 13th of October, when
his sacred body was translated. — At Alexandria, St.
Syncletica, whose noble deeds have been recorded
by St. Athanasius. — At Rome, the holy virgin Emili-
ana, aunt of pope St. Gregory. Being called to God
by her sister Tharsilla, who had preceded her, she
departed for heaven on this day. — The same day, St.
Apollinaris, virgin.

JANUARY. 7

Cfte Stetft Dap of 3fanuarp,

fPHE Epiphany of Our Lord. — In the diocese of
Rheims, the martyrdom of St. Macra, virgin, who,
in the persecution of Diocletian, was cast into the
fire by order of the governor Kictiovarus. As she
remained uninjured, she had her breasts cut off, was
imprisoned in a foul dungeon, rolled upon broken
earthenware and burning coals, and finally she gave
up her soul while engaged in prayer. — In Africa, the
commemoration of many holy martyrs, who were
burned at the stake in the persecution of Severus. —
At Rennes, in France, St. Melanius, bishop and con-
fessor, who, after a life remarkable for virtues in-
numerable, with his thoughts constantly fixed on
heaven, gloriously departed from this world. — At
Florence, St. Andrew Corsini, a Florentine Car-
melite and bishop of Fiesoli. Being celebrated for
miracles, he was ranked among the Saints by Urban
VIII. His festival is kept on the 4th of February. —
At Geris, in Egypt, St. Nilammon, anchoret, who,
whilst he was carried to a bishopric against his will,
gave up his soul to God in prayer.

Cfte Sefcentj) Dap of 3fanuarp,

nPHE bringing back of the Child Jesus from Egypt.

• — The same day, the birthday of blessed Lucian,

a priest of the church of Antioch and martyr, who

8 JANUARY.

was distinguished for his learning and eloquence.
He suffered at Nicomedia for the confession of
Christ, in the persecution of Galerius Maximian,
and was buried at Helenopolis, in Bithynia. His
praises have been proclaimed by St. John Chrysos-
tom. — At Antioch, St. Clerus, deacon, who, for hav-
ing professed faith in Christ, was seven times tor-
tured, a long while kept in prison, and at length
ended his martyrdom by decapitation. — In the city
of Heraclea, the holy martyrs Felix and Januarius. —
The same day, St. Julian, martyr. — In Denmark, St.
Canute, king and martyr. His feast is celebrated on
the 19th of this month. — At Pavia, St. Crispin,
bishop and confessor. — In Dacia, St. Nicetas, bishop,
who made fierce and barbarous nations humane and
meek by preaching the Gospel to them. — In Egypt,
St. Theodore, a saintly monk, who flourished in the
time of Constantine the Great. He is mentioned by
St. Athanasius, in his Life of St. Anthony. — At Bar-
celona, St. Kaymond of Pennafort, "of the Order of
Preachers, celebrated for sanctity and learning.
His festival is kept on the 23d of this month.

Cfie dBfgftti) Dap of 3fanuarp,

AT Beauvais, in France, the holy martyrs Lucian,
^ priest, Maximian and Julian. The last two were
killed with the sword by the persecutors ; but blessed

JANUARY. 9

Lueian, who had come to France with St. Denis, not
fearing, after the slaughter of his companions, to
confess the name of Christ openly, received the
same sentence of death. — Also, St. Eugenian, mar-
tyr.— In Lybia, the holy martyrs Theophilus, deacon,
and Helladius, who, after being lacerated and cut
with sharp pieces of earthenware, were cast into the
fire, and rendered their souls to God. — At Venice,
the demise of blessed Lawrence Justinian, confessor,
first patriarch of that city. Eminent for learning,
and abundantly filled with the heavenly gifts of
divine wisdom, he was ranked among the Saints by
Alexander VIII. He is again mentioned on the 5th
of September. — At Hierapolis, in Asia, St. Apolli-
naris, bishop, who was conspicuous for sanctity and
learning, under Marcus Antoninus Verus. — At
Naples, in Campania, the birthday of the bishop St.
Severin, brother to the blessed martyr Victorinus,
who, after working many miracles, went to rest, re-
plenished with virtues and merits. — At Pavia, St.
Maximus, bishop and confessor. — At Metz, St. Pa-
tiens, bishop. — The same day, among the inhabitants
of Noricum (now Austria), the abbot St. Severin,
who preached the Gospel in that country, and is
called its apostle. By divine power his body was
carried to Lucullanum, near Naples, and thence
transferred to the monastery of St. Severin.

10 JANUARY.

Cfie jQttttJ) Dap of 3[anuarg*

A T Antioch, in the reign of Diocletian and Max-
^* imian, the birthday of the Saints Julian, martyr,
and Basilissa, his virgin wife. Having lived in a
state of virginity with her husband, she reached the
end of her days in peace. But after the death by
fire of a multitude of priests and ministers of the
Church of Christ, who had taken refuge in his house
from the severity of the persecution, Julian was or-
dered by the president Marcian to be tormented in
many ways and executed. With him suffered An-
thony, a priest, and Anastasius, whom Julian raised
from the dead, and made partaker of the grace of
Christ; also, Celsus, a boy, with his mother Mar-
cionilla, seven brothers, and many others. — In Mau-
ritania Csesariensis (now Algeria), St. Marciana,
virgin, who consummated her martyrdom by bein^
condemned to the beasts. — At Smyrna, the holy mar-
tyrs Vitalis, Revocatus, and Fortunatus. — In Africa,
the holy martyrs Epictetus, Jucundus, Secundus,
Vitalis, Felix, and seven others. — At Sebaste, in
Armenia, St. Peter, bishop, brother of St. Basil the
Great. — At Ancona, St. Marcellinus, bishop, who,
according to St. Gregory, miraculously deliverer!
that city from destruction by fire.

JANUARY. 11

Cfte Centft Dap of 3fanuarp,

TN Cyprus, blessed Nicanor, one of the first seven
deacons, a man of admirable faith and virtue,
who was most gloriously crowned. — At Rome, pope
St. Agatho, who terminated a life remarkable for
sanctity and learning by a holy death. — At Bourges,
in Aquitaine, St. William, archbishop and confessor,
renowned for miracles and virtues. He was canon-
ized by Honorius III. — At Milan, St. John the Good,
bishop and confessor. — In Thebais, the birthday of
St. Paul, the first hermit, who lived alone in the
desert from the sixteenth to the one hundred and
thirteenth year of his age. His soul was seen by
St. Anthony carried by angels among the choirs of
apostles and prophets. His feast is celebrated on
the 15th of this month. — At Constantinople, St. Mar-
cian, priest. — In the monastery of Cusani, the birth-
day of St. Peter Urseolus (Orsini), confessor, previ-
ously Doge of Venice, and afterwards monk of the
Order of St. Benedict, renowned for piety and mir-
acles. His festival is kept on the 14th of this
month.

Cfte OEletoemi) Dap of 3faniiarp,

AT Borne, the birthday of St. Hyginus, pope, who
•"• suffered a glorious martyrdom in the persecution
of Antoninus. — In Africa, blessed Salvius, martyr,

12 JANUARY.

on whose birthday St. Augustine preached to the
people of Carthage. — At Alexandria, the holy mar-
tyrs Peter, Severus, and Leucius. — At Fermo, in the
Marches, St. Alexander, bishop and martyr. — At
Amiens, St. Salvius, bishop and martyr. — At Brin-
disi, St. Leucius, bishop and confessor. — In Cappa-
docia, in a village called Magariassum, St. Theodo-
sius, abbot, who, after great sufferings for the Cath-
olic faith, finally rested in peace. — In Thebais, St.
Palaemon, abbot, who was the teacher of St. Pach-
omius. — At Suppentonia, near Mount Soractes, the
holy monk Anastasius, and his companions, who
were called by a voice from heaven to enter the
kingdom of God. — At Pavia, St. Honorata, virgin.

C&e Ctoelftfi Dag of January

A T Rome, in the time of the emperor Alexander,
St. Tatiana, martyr, who was torn with iron
hooks and combs, thrown to the beasts and cast into
the fire, but, having received no injury, was be-
headed, and thus went to heaven. — In Achaia, St.
Satyrus, martyr. As he passed before an idol, and
breathed upon it, making the sign of the cross on
his forehead, the idol immediately fell to the ground ;
for this reason he was beheaded. — The same day, St.
Arcadius, martyr, illustrious by his noble birth and
miracles. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Zoticus,

JANUARY. 13

Rogatus, Modes tus, Castulus, and forty soldiers
gloriously crowned. — At Constantinople, the Saints
Tygrius, priest, and Eutropius, lector, who suffered
in the time of the emperor Arcadius. — At Tivoli, St.
Zoticus, martyr. — At Ephesus, under Constantine
Copronymus, the passion of forty-two holy monks,
who endured martyrdom after being most cruelly
tortured for the defense of sacred images. — At Ra-
venna, St. John, bishop and confessor. — At Verona,
St. Probus, bishop. — In England, St. Benedict, abbot
and confessor.

C6e Cttfrteentt) Dap of January

Octave of the Epiphany of Our Lord. — At
Rome, on the Lavican road, the crowning of forty
holy soldiers, — a reward they merited by confessing
the true faith, under the emperor Gallienus. — In
Sardinia, St. Potitus, martyr, who, having suffered
much under the emperor Antoninus and the gov-
ernor Gelasius, was at last put to death by the
sword. — At Singidonum (now Belgrade), in Upper
Moesia, of the holy martyrs Hermylus and Stratoni-
cus, who were severely tormented and drowned in
the river Danube, under the emperor Licinius. — At
Cordova, the holy martyrs Gumesindus, priest, and
Servideus, monk. — At Poitiers, in France, the birth-
day of St. Hilary, bishop and confessor of the Cath-

14 JANUARY.

olic faith, which he courageously defended, and for
which he was banished four years to Phrygia, where,
among other miracles, he raised a man from the
dead. Pius IX. declared him Doctor of the Church.
His festival is celebrated on the 14th of this month.—
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, St. Leontius, a bishop,
who strongly opposed the Gentiles, under Licinius,
and the Arians, under Constantine. — At Treves, St.
Agritius, bishop. — In the monastery of Verzy, St.
Viventius, confessor. — At Amasea, in Pontus, St.
Glaphyra, virgin. — At Milan, in the monastery of
St. Martha, blessed Veronica of Binasco, virgin of
the Order of St. Augustine.

Cfte jFourteentft Dap of 3famtarp,

OT. HILARY, bishop of Poitiers and confessor,
*J who entered heaven on the thirteenth day of this
month. — At Nola, in Campania, the birthday of St.
Felix, priest, who (as is related by bishop St. Pau
linus), after being subjected to torments by the
persecutors, was cast into prison and extended,
bound hand and foot, on (snail) shells and broken
earthenware. In the night, however, his bonds were
loosened and he was delivered by an angel. The
persecution over, he brought many to the faith of
Christ by his exemplary life and teaching, and,
renowned for miracles, rested in peace. — In Judaea,

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St. Malachy, prophet. — On Mount Sinai, thirty-eight
holy monks, killed by the Saracens for the faith of
Christ. — In Egypt, in the district of Raithy, forty-
three holy monks, who were put to death by the
Blemmians, for the Christian religion. — At Milan,
St. Datius, bishop and confessor, mentioned by pope
St. Gregory. — In Africa, St. Euphrasius, bishop.—
In Syria, in the time of the emperor Valens, St.
Julian Sabas, the Elder, who miraculously restored
at Antioch the Catholic faith, which was almost
destroyed in that city. — At Neoca3sarea, in Pontus,
St. Macrina, disciple of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus,
and grandmother of St. Basil, whom she brought up
in the Christian faith.

Cfte Jfifteenti) Dap of January

ST. PAUL, the first hermit, who was carried to the
home of the blessed on the tenth of this month. —
In the diocese of Angers, St. Maur, abbot and dis-
ciple of St. Benedict. He made great progress with
so able a master, for while he was still under the
Saint's instruction he miraculously walked upon the
water — a prodigy unheard of since the days of St.
Peter. Sent later to France by St. Benedict, he built
a famous monastery, which he governed for forty
years, and after performing striking miracles, he
rested in peace. — In Judaea, the holy prophets Haba-

16 JANUARY.

cue and Michaeas, whose bodies were found by divine
revelation in the days of Theodosius the Elder. — At
Anagni, St. Secundina, virgin and martyr, who suf-
fered under the emperor Decius. — At Cagliari, in
Sardinia, St. Ephisius, martyr, who, in the persecu-
tion of Diocletian and under the judge Flavian,
having, by the assistance of God, overcome many tor-
ments, was beheaded and ascended to heaven. — At
Nola, in Campania, St. Maximus, bishop. — At Cler-
mont, in Auvergne, St. Bonitus, bishop and confes-
sor.— In Egypt, St. Macarius, abbot, disciple of St.
Anthony, very celebrated for his life and miracles.—
Also, blessed Isidore, renowned for holiness of life,
faith and miracles. — At Rome, St. John Calybita.
For some time living unknown to his parents in a
corner of their house, and later in a hut on an island
in the Tiber, he was recognized by them only at his
death. Being renowned for miracles, he was buried
where he had died, and a church was subsequently
erected in his honor in the same place.

Cfie ^feteemj) Dap of 3fanuarp,

AT Rome, on the Salarian way, the birthday of
^ the pope St. Marcellus, a martyr, for the con-
fession of the Catholic faith. By command of the
tyrant Mexentius he was first beaten with clubs,
then sent to take care of animals, with a guard to

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watch him. In this servile office, dressed in hair-
cloth, he departed this life. — At Morocco, in Africa,
the martyrdom of the holy martyrs of the Order of
Minorites, Berard, Peter, Accursius, Adjutus, and
Otto. — At Aries, St. Honoratus, bishop and con-
fessor, whose life was renowned for learning and
miracles. — At Oderzo, St. Titian, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Khinocolura, in Egypt, in the reign of
the emperor Valens, the holy bishop Melas, who
rested in peace after suffering exile and other pain-
ful trials for the Catholic fa^ith. — At Fundi, in
Campania, St. Honoratus, abbot, mentioned by pope
St. Gregory. — In the monastery of Peronne, St.
Fursey, confessor. — At Home, St. Priscilla, who de-
voted herself and her goods to the service of the
martyrs.

Cfje Sefcenteentf) Dap of 3faniiarp,

TN Thebais, St. Anthony, abbot and spiritual guide
of many monks. He was most celebrated for
his life and miracles, of which St. Athanasius has
written a detailed account. His sacred body was
found by divine revelation, during the reign of the
emperor Justinian, and brought to Alexandria,
where it was buried in the church of St. John
the Baptist. — At Langres, in the time of Marcus
Aurelius, the saints Speusippus, Eleusippus, and
Meleusippus, born at one birth, who were crowned

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JANUARY.

with martyrdom, together with their grandmother
Leonilla. — At Borne, the finding of the holy mar-
tyrs Diodorus, priest, Marian, deacon, and their
companions. Whilst they were commemorating
the birthdays of the martyrs in a sand-pit, the en-
trance was closed by the persecutors, and the vault
over them broken down, and they thus obtained the
palm of martyrdom in the reign of pope St. Stephen.
—At Bourges, the demise of St. Sulpicius, surnamed
Pius, whose life and precious death are adorned
with glorious miracles. — At Rome, in the monastery
of St. Andrew, the blessed monks Anthony, Merulus,
and John, of whom pope St. Gregory speaks in his
writings.

C&e (ZBtgfiteemi) Dap of 3faniiarp*

mHE Chair of the apostle St. Peter. This festival
was instituted to commemorate the establish-
ment of the Holy See at Rome. — In the same place,
under the emperor Claudius, the passion of St.
Prisca, virgin ond martyr, who, after undergoing
many torments, was crowned with martyrdom. —
In Pontus, the birthday of the holy martyrs Mo-
seus and Ammonius, soldiers, who were first con-
demned to work in the metal mines, and then cast
into the fire. — In the same country, St. Atheno-
genes, an aged divine, who, on the point of endur-
ing martyrdom by fire, joyfully sang a hymn, which

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he left in writing to his disciples. — At Tours, in
France, St. Volusian, bishop, who was made captive
by the Goths, and in exile gave up his soul to God. —
In the same place, St. Leobardus, anchoret, a man
of wonderful abstinence and humility. — In Brittany,
St. Deicola, abbot, disciple of St. Columban. — At
Como, St. Liberata, virgin.

Cfte jQineteemt) Dap of 3fanuarp,

AT Eome, on the Cornelian road, the holy martyrs
•"• Marius and his wife Martha, with their sons
Audifax and Abachum, noble Persians, who came to
Home, through devotion, in the time of the Emperor
Claudius. After they had been beaten with rods,
tortured on the rack and with fire, lacerated with
iron hooks, and had endured the cutting off of their
hands, Martha was put to death in the place called
Nympha, The others were beheaded and cast into
the flames. — Also, St. Canute, king and martyr,
whose birthday is the 7th of this month. — At
Smyrna, under Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aure-
lius, the birthday of blessed Germanicus, martyr,
who, in the bloom of youth, being strengthened by
the grace of God, and freed from all fear, provoked
the beast which, by order of the judge, was to de-
vour him. Being ground by its teeth, he deserved to
be incorporated into the true bread of life, Christ
Jesus, for whom he died. — In Africa, the holy mar-

20 JANUARY.

tyrs Paul, Gerontius, Januarius, Saturninus, Suc-
cessus, Julius, Catus, Pia, and Germana. — At
Spoleto, in the days of the emperor Antoninus, the
passion of St. Pontian, martyr, who was barbarously
scourged for Christ by the command of the judge
Fabian, and then compelled to walk barefoot on
burning coals. As he was uninjured by the tire,
he was put on the rack, was torn with iron hooks,
and then thrown into a dungeon, where he was com-
forted by the visit of an angel. He was afterwards
exposed to the lions, had melted lead poured over
him and finally died by the sword. — At Lodi, St.
Bassian, bishop and confessor, who, in conjunction
with St. Ambrose, courageously combated the
heretics. — At Worcester, in England, St. Wulstan,
bishop and confessor, conspicuous for merits and
miracles. He was ranked among the Saints by
Innocent III.

Cfte Ctoemietft Dap of

AT Rome, the birthday of St. Fabian, pope, who
•^ suffered martyrdom in the time of Decius, and
was buried in the cemetery of Callistus. — In the
same place, in the catacombs, the martyr St. Se-
bastian. He was commander of the first cohort,
under the emperor Diocletian, but for professing
Christianity he was bound to a tree in the centre
of a vast field, shot with arrows by the soldiers, and

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beaten with clubs until he expired. — At Kicaea, in
Bithynia, St. Neophytus, martyr, who, in the
fifteenth year of his age, was scourged, cast into
a furnace, and exposed to wild beasts; as he re-
mained uninjured, and constantly confessed the
faith of Christ, he was at last killed with the sword.
— At Cesena, St. Maurus, bishop, renowned for vir-
tues and miracles. — In Palestine, in the time of the
emperor Marcian, the birthday of St. Euthymius,
abbot, who adorned the Church by his zeal for
Catholic discipline, and the gift of miracles.

Cfte Ctoentp*fir0t Dap of 3[anuarp,

AT Home, the passion of St. Agnes, virgin, who
^ under Symphronius, governor of the city, was
thrown into the fire, but as it was extinguished by
her prayers, she was struck with the sword. Of
her, St. Jerome writes: "Agnes is praised in the
writings and by the tongues of all nations, espe-
cially in the churches. She overcame the weakness
of her age, conquered the cruelty of the tyrant, and
consecrated her chastity by martyrdom." — At
Athens, the birthday of St. Publius, bishop, who,
as successor of St. Denis the Areopagite, nobly
governed the Church of Athens. No less celebrated
for the lustre of his virtues than for the brilliancy
of his learning, he was gloriously crowned for hav-

22 JANUARY.

ing borne testimony to Christ. — At Tarragona, in
Spain, during the reign of Gallienus, the holy mar-
tyrs Fructuosus, bishop, Augurius and Eulogius,
deacons, who, after being thrown into prison, were
cast into the fire, where their bonds being burnt, they
extended their arms in the form of a cross, and con-
summated their martyrdom in prayer. On their
anniversary, St. Augustine preached a sermon to
his people. — At Troyes, St. Patroclus, martyr, who
won the crown of martyrdom under the emperor
Aurelian. — In the monastery of Keichenau, St.
Meinrad, hermit, who was killed by brigands. — At
Pavia, St. Epiphanius, bishop and confessor.

Cfte Ctoentp*seconD Dag of January

AT Valencia, in Spain, while the wicked Dacian
•"• was governor, St. Vincent, deacon and martyr,
who, after suffering imprisonment, hunger, the tor-
ture, the disjointing of his limbs ; after being burned
with plates of heated metal and on the gridiron, and
tormented in other ways, took his flight to heaven,
there to receive the reward of martyrdom. His
noble triumph over his sufferings has been elegantly
set forth in verse by Prudentius, and highly eulo-
gized by St. Augustine and pope St. Leo. — At Rome,
at Aqua3 Salviae, St. Anastasius, a Persian monk,
who, after suffering much at Caesarea, in Palestine,

JANUARY. 23

from imprisonment, stripes and fetters, had to bear
many afflictions from Chosroes, king of Persia, who
caused him to be beheaded. He had sent before him
to martyrdom seventy of his companions, who were
precipitated into rivers. His head was brought to
Kome, together with his venerable likeness, by the
sight of which the demons are expelled, and dis-
eases cured, as is attested by the Acts of the second
council of Nicaea. — At Embrun, in France, the holy
martyrs Vincent, Orontius, and Victor, who were
crowned with martyrdom in the persecution of
Diocletian. — At Novara, St. Gaudentius, bishop and
confessor. — At Sora, the abbot St. Dominic, re-
nowned for miracles.

Cfte CtoentHfrirD Dap of 3fanuatp,

AT Barcelona, St. Eaymond of Pennafort. His
•"• birthday is the 7th of January. At Kome, the
holy virgin and martyr Emerentiana. Being yet
only a catechumen, she was stoned to death by the
Gentiles, whilst praying at the tomb of St. Agnes,
her foster-sister. — At Philippi, in Macedonia, St.
Parmenas, one of the first seven deacons, who by
the grace of God faithfully discharging the office of
preaching committed to him, obtained the glory of
martyrdom in the time of Trajan. — At Caesarea, in
Mauritania (Morocco), the holy martyrs Severian
and his wife Aquila, who were consumed by fire. —

24 JANUARY.

At Antinous, a city of Egypt, St. Asclas, martyr,
who, after various torments, was thrown into a river
and gave up his precious soul to God. — At Ancyra,
in Galatia, St. Clement, bishop. After having fre-
quently endured torments, he finally completed his
martyrdom under Diocletian. — In the same place,
St. Agathangelus, who suffered on the same day,
under the governor Lucius. — At Alexandria, St.
John the Almoner, bishop of that city, most cele-
brated for his charity towards the poor. — At Toledo,
St. Ildefonsus, bishop, who, on account of his great
purity of life, and his defense of the virginity of the
Mother of God against the heretics who impugned
it, received from her a brilliant white vestment, and
being renowned for sanctity, was called to heaven.—
In the Province of Valeria, St. Martyrius, monk,
mentioned by pope St. Gregory.

Cfte Ctoentp'fotmj) Dap of 3fanitarp,

fin HE birthday of St. Timothy, disciple of the apostle
-*• St. Paul, who ordained him bishop of Ephesus.
After many combats for Christ, he was stoned for
reprehending those who offered sacrifices to Diana,
and shortly after went peacefully to his rest in the
Lord. — At Antioch, in the persecution of Decius, the
bishop St. Babylas, who frequently glorified God by
his sufferings and torments, and ended his holy life

JANUARY. 25

in chains, with which he ordered his body to be
buried. Three boys whom he had instructed in the
faith of Christ, Urbanus, Philidian, Epolonius, are
said to have suffered with him. — At Neocaesarea, the
holy martyrs Mardonius, Musonius, Eugenius, and
Metellus, who were burned to death, their remains
being thrown into the river. — At Foligno, in the
time of Decius, St. Felician, consecrated bishop of
that city by pope Victor. After many labors, he
was crowned with martyrdom in extreme old age. —
Also, the holy martyrs Thyrsus and Projectus. — At
Bologna, St. Zamas, the first bishop of that city, who
was consecrated by pope St. Denis, and there won-
derfully propagated the Christian faith. — Also,
blessed Suranus, abbot, who lived in the time of the
Lombards.

CJje CtoentpsfiW) Dap of 3fanuarp,

rriHE conversion of St. Paul the Apostle, which
happened the second year after the Ascension of
our Lord. — At Damascus, the birthday of St. Ana-
nias, who baptized that apostle. After he had
preached the Gospel at Damascus, Eleutheropolis,
and elsewhere, he was scourged under the judge
Licinius, had his flesh torn, and lastly being over-
whelmed with stones, ended his martyrdom. — At
Antioch, in the time of Julian the Apostate, the
holy martyrs Juventinus and Maximus, who were

26 JANUARY.

crowned with martyrdom. On their birthday, St.
John Chrysostom preached a sermon to his people. —
At Clermont, in Auvergne, the Saints Projectus,
bishop, and Marinus, a man of God, who were mur-
dered by the leading men of that city. — Also, the
holy martyrs Donatus, Sabinus, and Agape. — At
Tomis, in Scythia, St. Bretannion, bishop, who by
his great sanctity, and his zeal for the Catholic
faith, shone in the Church, under the Arian emperor
Valens, whom he opposed with fortitude. — At Arras,
in France, St. Poppo, abbot, renowned for miracles.

Cfie Ctoentp^fetft Dap of Januarp,

A T Smyrna, the birthday of St. Polycarp, a disciple
•^ of the Apostle St. John, who consecrated him
bishop of that city and Primate of all Asia. After-
wards, under Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aure-
lius Commodus, whilst the proconsul was sitting in
judgment, and all the people in the amphitheatre
were clamoring against him, he was condemned to
the flames. But as he received no injury from them,
he was transpierced with a sword, and thus received
the crown of martyrdom. With him suffered in the
same city twelve others from Philadelphia. — At
Hippo Kegius, in Africa, the holy bishop Theogenes
and thirty-six others, who, despising temporal death,
obtained the crown of eternal life in the persecution

JANUARY. 27

of Valerian. — At Bethlehem of Juda, the demise of
St. Paula, widow, mother of St. Eustochium, virgin
of Christ, who abandoned her worldly prospects,
though she was descended from a noble line of sena-
tors, distributed her goods to the poor, and retired
to the manger of our Lord, where, adorned with
many virtues, and crowned with a long martyrdom,
she departed for the kingdom of heaven. Her ad-
mirable life was written by St. Jerome. — In the
diocese of Paris, the saintly queen Bathildis, illus-
trious by her sanctity and glorious miracles.

Cjbe Ctoemp*0etoentf) Dag of

A T Constantinople, St. John, bishop, who was sur-
^ named Chrysostom, on account of his golden flow
of eloquence. He greatly promoted the interests of
the Christian religion by his preaching and exem-
plary life, and after many toils, closed his life in
banishment. His sacred body was brought to Con-
stantinople on this day, in the reign of Theodosius
the younger; it was afterwards taken to Rome and
placed in the basilica of the Prince of the Apostles.
This illustrious preacher of the Word of God Pius X.
declared and appointed heavenly patron of sacred
orators. — At Sora, St. Julian, martyr, who, being
arrested in the persecution of Antoninus, was be-
headed, because a pagan temple had fallen to the

28 JANUARY.

ground whilst he was tortured. Thus did he win the
crown of martyrdom. — In Africa, St. Avitus, mar-
tyr.— In the same country, the holy martyrs, Datius,
Reatrus, and their companions, who suffered in the
persecution of the Vandals. — Also, the holy martyrs
Dativus, Julian, Vincent, and twenty-seven others. —
At Eome, St. Vitalian, pope. — At Le Mans, the de-
mise of St. Julian, the first bishop of that city, who
was sent thither by St. Peter to preach the Gospel.—
In the monastery of Bobacum, St. Maur, abbot. — At
Brixen, St. Angela Merici, virgin, foundress of the
Order of the Nuns of St. Ursula, whose principal
aim is to direct young girls in the ways of the
Lord. By an indult of Pius VII. her feast is cele-
brated on the 31st of May.

Cfte Ctoentp-eigfitf) Dap of January

A T Rome, the second feast of St. Agnes. — In the
^ same place, St. Flavian, martyr, who suffered
under Diocletian. — At Apollonia, the holy martyrs
Thyrsus, Leucius, and Callinicus, who were made
to undergo various torments in the time of the em-
peror Decius. Thyrsus and Callinicus consummated
their martyrdom by being beheaded; Leucius, being
called by a heavenly voice, yielded his soul to God. —
In Thebais, the holy martyrs Leonides and his com-
panions, who obtained the palm of martyrdom in

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the time of Diocletian.— At Alexandria, the com-
memoration of many holy martyrs, who, whilst they
were at Mass in the church on this day, were put to
death in various manners by the followers of Syrian,
an Arian general. — Also, St. Cyril, bishop of the
same city, a most celebrated defender of the Catholic
faith, who rested in peace with a great reputation
for learning and sanctity. — At Saragossa, St. Vale-
rius, bishop. — At Cuenca, in Spain, the birthday of
St. Julian, bishop, who went to his God with the
reputation of working miracles, after bestowing the
goods of the Church on the poor, and, like the
Apostles, supporting himself by the work of his
hands. — In the monastery of Kheims, the demise of
a holy priest named John, a man of God. — In Pales-
tine, St. James, a hermit, who hid himself a long
time in a sepulchre to do penance for a fault he had
committed, and being celebrated for miracles, de-
parted for heaven.

Cfte Ctoemp*nimj) Dap of 3fanuarg,

A T Lyons, in France, St. Francis of Sales, bishop
of Geneva, confessor and Doctor of the Church,
who is mentioned on the 28th of December. — At
Rome, on the Nomentan road, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Papius and Maurus, soldiers under the
emperor Diocletian. At their first confession of

30 JANUARY.

Christ their mouths were bruised with stones and
they were thrown into prison by order of Laodicius,
prefect of the city. Afterwards they were beaten
with rods and with leaded whips until they ex-
pired.— At Perugia, in the time of Marcus Aurelius,
St. Constantius, bishop and martyr, who together
with his companions, received the crown of martyr-
dom for the defense of the faith. — At Edessa, in
Syria, the holy martyrs Sarbelius and his sister
Barbea, who were baptized by the blessed bishop
Barsimseus, and crowned with martyrdom in the
persecution of Trajan, under the governor Lysias. —
In the territory of Troyes, St. Sabinian, martyr, who
was beheaded for the faith of Christ by the command
of the emperor Aurelian. — At Milan, St. Aquilinus,
priest, who was crowned with martyrdom by having
his throat pierced with a sword by the Arians. — At
Treves, the demise of the blessed bishop Valerius,
disciple of the apostle St. Peter. — At Bourges, St.
Sulpicius Severus, bishop, distinguished by his vir-
tues and erudition.

*

Cf)e C&irtiet!) Da? of 3fanuarp,

A T Rome, St. Martina, virgin and martyr, who is
^ commemorated on the first day of this month. —
At Antioch, the passion of the blessed priest Hippo-
lytus, who, for a short time deceived by the Nova-
tian schismatics, was converted by the grace of

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Christ and returned to the unity of the Church, for
which and in which he afterwards underwent a glo-
rious martyrdom. Being asked by the schismatics
which was the better side, he repudiated the doctrine
of Novatus, and affirming that the faith ought to be
professed which the Chair of Peter taught, he pre-
sented his neck to the executioners. — In Africa, the
passion of the holy martyrs Felician, Philappian,
and one hundred and twenty-four others. — At
Edessa, in Syria, in the reign of Trajan, St. Barsi-
ma3us, bishop, who converted many Gentiles to the
faith, sent them before him to be crowned, and fol-
lowed them with the palm of martyrdom. — In the
same place, St. Barsen, bishop, renowned for the
gift of curing diseases. For the Catholic faith, he
was banished by the Arian emperor Valens into the
remotest parts of that country, and there ended his
days. — Also, blessed Alexander, a man of venerable
aspect and advanced age, who was apprehended in
the persecution of Decius and after gloriously and
repeatedly confessing the faith, gave up his soul to
God in the midst of torments. — At Jerusalem, the
birthday of St. Matthias, bishop, of whom are re-
lated wonders and actions inspired by faith. After
having endured many trials for Christ under Adrian,
he passed away in peace. — At Rome, pope St. Felix,
who labored much for the Catholic faith. — At Pavia,
St. Armentarius, bishop and confessor. — In the mon-
astery of Maubeuge, in Hainaut, St. Aldegundes, a

32 JANUARY.

virgin, who lived in the time of king Dagobert. — At
Milan, St. Savina, a most religious woman, who
went to rest in the Lord whilst praying at the tomb
of the holy martyrs Nabor and Felix. — At Viterbo,
the holy virgin Hyacintha de Mariscotti, a nun of
the Third Order of St. Francis, distinguished for the
virtues of penance and charity. She was inscribed
among the Blessed by Benedict XIII., and among
the Saints by Pius VII.

Cfte CJnrtpsfirgt Dap of 3fantiarp,

A T Barcelona, in Spain, St. Peter Nolasco, confes-
•^ sor, who slept in the Lord on the 25th of Decem-
ber.— At Rome, on the road to Ostia, the holy mar-
tyrs Cyrus and John, who were beheaded after suf-
fering many torments for the name of Christ. — At
Alexandria, in the time of the emperor Decius, the
birthday of St. Metran, martyr, who, because he
refused to utter blasphemous words at the bidding
of the Pagans, was scourged until he was covered
with bruises, and pierced through the face and eyes
with sharp-pointed reeds. He was then driven out
of the city, overwhelmed with stones and killed. — In
the same place, the holy martyrs Saturninus, Thyr-
sus and Victor. — In the same city, the holy martyrs
Tharsicius, Zoticus, Cyriacus, and their compan-
ions.— At Cyzicum, in Hellespont, St. Triphenes,

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martyr, who overcame various torments, but was
finally killed by a bull, and thus merited the palm
of martyrdom. — At Modena, St. Geminian, bishop,
made illustrious by his miracles. — In the province
of Milan, St. Julius, priest and confessor, in the
reign of the emperor Theodosius. — At Borne, St.
Marcella, a widow, whose meritorious deeds are re-
lated by St. Jerome. — In the same place, blessed
Louisa Albert onia, a Roman widow, of the Third
Order of St. Francis, distinguished for her virtues.—
The same day, the translation of the evangelist St.
Mark, when his sacred body was brought from the
city of Alexandria, in Egypt, then occupied by bar-
barians, to Venice, and with the greatest honors
placed in the large church dedicated to his name.

FEBRUARY.

Cfte Jfftst Dap of jFe&ruarp,

| HE birthday of St. Ignatius, bishop and mar-
tyr, who governed the church of Antioch, the
third after the apostle St. Peter. Being con-
demned to the beasts in the persecution of
Trajan, he was by that emperor sent to Rome in
chains, where in the presence of the Senate he was
subjected to the most frightful torments, and deliv-
ered to the lions, which lacerated him with their
teeth, and made of him a sacrifice to Christ. — At
Smyrna, St. Pionius, priest and martyr. After writ-
ing in defense of the Catholic faith, after suffering
imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon, where by his
exhortations he encouraged even to martyrdom many
of his brethren, after enduring excruciating pains
from being pierced with nails and laid on a hot fire,
he ended his life happily for Christ. With him suf-
fered fifteen others. — At Ravenna, the holy bishop
Severus, whose great virtues deserved that he
should be raised to the episcopate by the sign of a
dove. — At Trois-Chateaux, in France, St. Paul,
bishop, whose life was eminent for virtues, and

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whose death was made precious by miracles. — The
same day, St. Ephrem, deacon of the church of
Edessa, in the time of the emperor Valens. After
suffering many trials for the faith of Christ and
gaining great renown for holiness and learning, he
went to rest in the Lord. — In Ireland, St. Bridget,
virgin. One day, at her touch, the wood of an altar
immediately sprouted into life, in testimony of her
virginity. — At Castel-Florentino, in Tuscany, the
blessed virgin Verdiana, a recluse of the Order of
Vallumbrosa.

Cfte SeconD Dap of jfe&ruarp.

mHE Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
• called by the Greeks Hypapante (meeting) of the
Lord. — At Rome, on the Salarian road, the passion
of St. Apronian, a notary. Whilst he was yet a Gen-
tile, and was leading St. Sisinius out of prison, to
present him before the governor Laodicius, he heard
a voice from heaven saying, "Come ye, the blessed of
my Father, possess the kingdom prepared for you
from the beginning of the world." At once he be-
lieved, was baptized, and after confessing our Lord,
received sentence of death. — Also, at Kome, the holy
martyrs Fortunatus, Felician, Firmus and Candidus.
— At Caesarea, in Palestine, St. Cornelius, a centu-
rion, whom the blessed apostle Peter baptized, and
raised to the episcopal dignity in that city. — At

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Orleans, the holy bishop Flosculus. — At Canterbury,
in England, the birthday of St. Lawrence, bishop,
who succeeded St. Augustine in the government of
that church, and converted the king himself to the
faith.

Cfte CftirD Dap of jfe&ruarp,

A T Sebaste, in Armenia, in the time of the governor
^ Agricolaus, the passion of St. Blasius, bishop and
martyr, who after working many miracles, was
scourged a long time, and suspended on a tree where
he was lacerated with iron combs. He was then
imprisoned in a dark dungeon, thrown into a lake
from which he came out safe, and finally, by order
of the same judge, he and two boys were beheaded.
Before him, seven women who were gathering the
drops of his blood during his torture, were recog-
nized as Christians, and after undergoing severe
torments, were put to death by the sword. — In
Africa, St. Celerinus, deacon, who was kept nineteen
days in prison loaded with fetters, and confessed
Christ gloriously in the midst of afflictions. By
overcoming the enemy with invincible constancy, he
showed to others the road to victory. — Also, the holy
martyrs, Laurentinus, and Ignatius, his uncles, and
Celerina, his grandmother, who had been previously
crowned with martyrdom. They are highly praised
in an epistle of St. Cyprian. — In the same country,

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the holy martyrs Felix, Symphronius, Hippolytus
and their companions. — In the town of Gap, the
holy bishops Tigides and Remedius. — At Lyons, the
Saints Lupicinus and Felix, also bishops. — The same
day, St. Anscharius, bishop of Bremen, who con-
verted the Swedes and the Danes to the faith of
Christ.

Cfte jfoim!) Dag of Jfe&ruatg,

A T Florence, St. Andrew Corsini, bishop of Fie-
•^ soli, whose birthday is the 6th of January. — At
Rome, St. Eutychius, who endured a glorious mar-
trydom, and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus.
Pope St. Damasus wrote an epitaph in verse for his
tomb. — At Fossombrone, the holy martyrs Aquilinus,
Geminus, Gelasius, Magnus and Donatus. — At
Thmuis, in Egypt, in the persecution of Diocletian,
the passion of blessed Philseas, bishop of that city,
and of Philoromus, military tribune, who rejected
the exhortations of their relations and friends to
save themselves, offered themselves to death, and so
merited immortal palms from God. With them was
crowned with martyrdom a numberless multitude
of the faithful of the same place, who followed the
example of their pastor. — The same day, St. Rem-
bert, bishop of Bremen. — At Troyes, St. Aventin,
confessor. — At Pelusium, in Egypt, St. Isidore, a
monk renowned for merit and learning. — The same

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day, St. Gilbert, confessor, — In the town of Ama
trice, in the diocese of Kieti, the decease of St. Jo-
seph of Leonissa, of the Order of Minorite Capu-
chins, who suffered many afflictions from the Mahom-
etans. As he was celebrated for his apostolic labors
and miracles, he was placed on the list of holy con-
fessors by the Sovereign Pontiff Benedict XIV.

C6e jfiWb Dap of jfe&ruarp,

4 T Catania, in Sicily, in the time of the emperor
**•*• Decius and the judge Quinctian, the birthday of
St. Agatha, virgin and martyr. After being buf-
feted, imprisoned, tortured, racked, dragged over
pieces of earthenware and burning coals, and hav-
ing her breasts cut off, she consummated her
sacrifice in prison while engaged in prayer. — In Pon-
tus, during the persecution of Maximian, the com-
memoration of many holy martyrs, some of whom
had molten lead poured over them, others had sharp-
pointed reeds thrust under their nails, and were
oftentimes horribly tormented in many other ways.
Thus, by their glorious passion, they deserved at the
hands of God palms of victory and unfading crowns.
— At Alexandria, during the persecution of Decius,
St. Isidore, martyr, who was beheaded for the faith
of Christ by Numerian, general of the army. — In
the kingdom of Japan, the passion of twenty-six

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martyrs, who, by being crucified for the Catholic
faith, and pierced with lances, gloriously died in
praising God and preaching that same faith. Pius
IX. canonized them in 1862. — At Vienne, blessed
Avitus, bishop and confessor, whose faith, labors
and admirable learning protected France against
the ravages of the Arian heresy. — At Brixen, the
holy bishpos Genuinus and Albinus, whose lives were
illustrious for miracles.

Cfte Sfetft Dap of

Festival of St. Titus, bishop and confessor.—
At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the birthday of St.
Dorothy, virgin and martyr, who was stretched on
the rack, then a long time scourged with boughs of
the palm-tree, and finally condemned to capital pun-
ishment, under Sapricius, governor of that province.
Her noble confession of Christ converted a lawyer
named Theophilus, who was also tortured in a bar-
barous manner, and finally put to death by the
sword. — The same day, the holy martyrs Saturninus,
Theophilus, and Revocata. — At Emesa, in Phrenicia,
in the time of the emperor Maximian, St. Silvanus,
bishop, who, after having governed that church forty
years, was delivered to the beasts with two other
Christians, and having his limbs all mangled, re-
ceived the palm of martyrdom. — At Clermont, in

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Auvergne, St. Antholiau, martyr. — The same day,
the holy bishops Vedastus and Amandus, who were
illustrious by many miracles, both in life and death.
The former governed the church of Arras, the latter
that of Maestricht. — At Bologna, St. Guarinus, bishop
of Palestrina and Cardinal, renowned for holiness
of life.

Cfie Setoentfi Dap of jfe&ruarp,

fTIHE holy abbot Komuald, founder of the monks of
-*- Camaldoli, whose birthday is the 19th of June.—
At London, in England, the birthday of the blessed
bishop Augulus, who terminated his career by mar-
tyrdom, and deserved to receive an eternal recom-
pense. — In Phrygia, St. Adaucus, martyr, an Italian
of noble birth, who was honored by the emperors
with almost every dignity. Whilst he was still dis-
charging the office of quaestor, he was judged worthy
of the crown of martyrdom for his defence of the
faith. — Also, many holy martyrs, inhabitants of the
same city, whose leader was Adaucus, just named.
As they were all Christians, and persisted in the
confession of the faith, they were burned to death
by the emperor Galerius Maximian. — At Heracles,
in the reign of Licinius, St. Theodore, a military
officer, who was beheaded, after undergoing many
torments, and went victoriously to heaven. — In
Egypt, St. Moses, a venerable bishop, who first led a

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solitary life in the desert, and being afterwards made
bishop, at the request of Mauvia, queen of the Sara-
cens, converted to the faith the greater part of that
barbarous people, and, rich in merits, passed peace-
fully to his reward. — At Lucca, in Tuscany, the de-
mise of St. Eichard, king of England. — At Bologna,
St. Juliana, widow.

Cfte (ZEigfitft Dap of jFe&tuarp,

OT. JOHN of Matha, confessor, founder of the
^ Order of the Most Holy Trinity, for the redemp-
tion of captives, who reposed in the Lord on the
17th of December. — Also, St. Jerome 2Emiliani, con-
fessor, founder of the Congregation of Somascha,
who slept in the Lord on the 8th of this month. He
was numbered among the Saints by Clement XIII.,
his feast being assigned to the 20th of July. — At
Rome, the holy martyrs Paul, Lucius, and Cyria-
cus. — In the Lesser Armenia, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Denis, ^Emilian and Sebastian. — At
Alexandria, under the emperor Decius, the martyr
St. Cointha, whom the Pagans seized, led to the
idols and urged to adore them. As she refused witli
horror, they put her feet in chains, and dragged her
through the streets of the city, mangling her body
in a barbarous manner. — At Constantinople, the
birthday of the holy martyrs, monks of the monas-

42 FEBRUARY.

tery of Dins, who, bringing the letter of pope St.
Felix against Acacius, were barbarously killed for
their defence of the Catholic faith. — In Persia, in
the time of king Cabades, the commemoration of the
holy martyrs, who were put to death by various
kinds of torments on account of their faith in
Christ. — At Pavia, the bishop St. Juventius, who
strenuously labored in preaching the Gospel. — At
Milan, the demise of St. Honoratus, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Verdun, in France, St. Paul, a bishop
renowned for miracles. — At Muret, near Limoges,
the birthday of the abboc St. Stephen, founder of the
Order of Grandmont, celebrated for his virtues and
miracles.— In the monastery of Vallumbrosa, blessed
Peter, cardinal and bishop of Albano, of the Congre-
gation of Vallumbrosa, of the Order of St. Benedict,
surnamed Igneus, because he passed through fire
uninjured.

H3intJ) Dap of jfe&ruatp,

A T Alexandria, St. Cyril, bishop and doctor of the
•"• church. He is mentioned on the 28th of Janu-
ary.— In the same city, in the reign of Decius, the
birthday of St. Apollonia, virgin, who had all her
teeth plucked out by the persecutors; then having
constructed and lighted a pyre, they threatened to
burn her alive, unless she repeated certain impious
words after them. Deliberating awhile with her-

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self, she suddenly slipped from their grasp, and
feeling an inspiration of the Holy Ghost, rushed
voluntarily into the fire which they had prepared.
The very authors of her death were struck with ter-
ror at the sight of a woman who was more willing
to die than they to condemn her. — At Rome, the
passion of the holy martyrs Alexander, and thirty-
eight others crowned with him. — At Solum, in Cy-
prus, the holy martyrs Ammonius and Alexander.
At Antioch, under the emperor Valerian, St. Niceph-
orus, martyr, who was beheaded and thus received
the crown of martyrdom. — In Africa, in a village
called Lemelis, the holy martyrs Primus and Dona-
tus, deacons, who were killed by the Donatists for
defending an altar in the church. — In the monastery
of St. Vandrille, St. Ansbert, bishop of Rouen. — At
Canossa, in Apulia, of St. Sabinus, bishop and con-
fessor.

Cfte Centf) Dap of JFe&ritarp,

AN Mount Cassino, St. Scholastica, a virgin, whose
^ soul her brother, St. Benedict, the abbot, saw
leaving her body in the form of a dove, and ascending
to heaven. — At Rome, the holy martyrs Zoticus,
Irenaeus, Hyacinthus, and Amantius. — In the same
place, on the Lavican road, ten holy soldiers, mar-
tyrs. — Also at Rome, on the Appian way, St. Soteres,
virgin and martyr, who was descended of a noble

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race, as St. Ambrose testifies, but for the love of
Christ set at naught the consular and other dignities
of her family. On her refusal to sacrifice to the
gods, she was for a long time cruelly buffeted. After
she had overcome various other torments, she was
struck with the sword, and joyfully went to her
heavenly spouse. — In Campania, St. Silvanus, bishop
and confessor. — At Maleval, in the diocese of Siena,
St. William, a hermit. — In the diocese of Roueu,
St. Austreberta, a virgin renowned for miracles.

Cfte (ZBIetoentft Dap of jFe&ruarp,

{ T Lourdes, in France, the apparition of the
^ Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate. — In Africa,
during the persecution of Diocletian, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Saturninus, a priest, Dativus,
Felix, Ampelius, and their companions. They had,
as was their custom, assembled for Mass, when they
were seized by the soldiers and put to death, under
the proconsul Anolinus. — In Numidia, in the same
persecution, the commemoration of many holy mar-
tyrs, who, refusing after their apprehension to de-
liver the holy Scriptures, conformably to the im-
perial edict, were given over to most painful tor-
ments and slain. — At Adrianople, the holy martyrs
Lucius, bishop, and his companions. Lucius suf-
fered much from the Arians under Constantius, and

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terminated his martyrdom in prison. The others,
who were among the principal citizens, refusing to
communicate with the Arians, just then anathema-
tized in the Council of Sardica, were condemned to
capital punishment by Count Philagrius. — At Lyons,
St. Desiderius, bishop of Vienne, and martyr. — At
Ravenna, St. Calocerus, bishop and confessor. — At
Milan, St. Lazarus, bishop. — At Capua, St. Castren-
sis, bishop. — At Chateau-Landon, St. Severin, abbot
of the monastery of Agaunum, by whose prayers the
Christian king Clovis was delivered from a long sick-
ness. — In Egypt, St. Jonas, a monk, eminent for
virtues.

Cfte Ctoelftft Dap of

TN Tuscany, on Mount Senario, the seven Holy
Founders of the Order of Servites of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. After a most austere kind of life, they
died a death precious in the Lord, with a reputation
for merits and prodigies. As one spirit of true
fraternal love united them in life, and as the people
joined them together in the same veneration after
death, Leo. XIII. placed them together in the cata-
logue of the Saints. — At Barcelona, in Spain, in the
time of the emperor Diocletian, St. Eulalia, virgin,
who, being racked, torn with iron hooks, cast into
the fire, and crucified, received the glorious crown
of martyrdom. — In Africa, St. Damian, soldier and

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martyr. — At Carthage, the holy martyrs Modestus
and Julian. — At Benevento, St. Modestus, deacon
and martyr. — At Alexandria, the holy children Mo-
destus and Ammonius. — At Antioch, St. Meletius,
a bishop, who often suffered exile for the Catholic
faith, and finally died at Constantinople and went
to his reward. His virtues have been highly extolled
by St. John Chrysostom and St. Gregory of Nyssa.
— At Constantinople, St. Anthony, a bishop in the
time of the emperor Leo VI. — At Verona, St. Gau-
dentius, bishop and confessor.

Cfie C&irteent!) Dap of Jfe&ruarp,

A T Antioch, the holy prophet Agabus, of whom
**• mention is made by St. Luke, in the Acts of the
Apostles. — At Ravenna, in the time of the emperor
Decius, and the governor Quinctian, the Saints
Fusca, virgin, and her nurse, Maura, who endured
many afflictions, were transpierced with a sword,
and thus ended their martyrdom. — At Meletine, in
Armenia, in the persecution of the same Decius, St.
Polyeuctus, martyr, who, after many sufferings, ob-
tained the crown of martyrdom. — At Lyons, St.
Julian, martyr. — At Todi, St. Benignus, martyr. —
At Rome, pope St. Gregory II., who strenuously
opposed the impiety of Leo the Isaurian, and sent
St. Boniface to preach the Gospel in Germany. — At

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Angers, the demise of the holy bishop Lucinius, a
man venerable for his sanctity. — At Lyons, St.
Stephen, bishop and confessor. — At Kieti, the abbot
St. Stephen, a man of wonderful patience, at whose
death, as is related by the blessed pope Gregory, the
holy angels were present and visible to all. — At
Prato, in Tuscany, St. Catharine de Ricci, a Floren-
tine virgin, of the Order of St. Dominic, replenished
with heavenly gifts, whom pope Benedict XIV. in-
scribed on the catalogue of holy virgins. She died
rich in virtues and merits on the 2d of this month,
but her festival is celebrated on this day.

Cfte jFoutteentfi Dap of

A T Rome, on the Flaminian road, in the time of
-"• the emperor Claudius, the birthday of blessed
Valentine, priest and martyr, who after having cured
and instructed many persons, was beaten with clubs
and beheaded. — Also, at Rome, the holy martyrs
Vitalis, Felicula, and Zeno.— At Teramo, St. Valen-
tine, bishop and martyr, who was scourged, com-
mitted to prison, and as he remained unshaken in
his faith, was taken out of his dungeon in the dead
of night and beheaded by order of Placidus, prefect
of the city. — In the same place, the holy martyrs
Proculus, Ephebus and Apollonius, who, whilst
watching by the body of St. Valentine, were arrested

48 FEBRUARY.

and put to the sword by the command of the exr
consul Leontius. — At Alexandria, the holy martyrs
Bassus, Anthony, and Protolicus, who were cast into
the sea. — Also, the holy martyrs Cyrion, priest, Bas-
sian, lector, Agatho, exorcist, and Moses, who per-
ished in the flames and took their flight to heaven. —
In the same city, the Saints Denis and Ammonius,
who were beheaded. — At Ravenna, St. Eleuchadius,
bishop and confessor. — In Bithynia, the abbot St.
Auxentius. — At Sorrento, St. Anthony, abbot, who,
when the monastery' of Monte Cassino was devas-
tated by the Lombards, withdrew into a solitude of
the neighborhood, where, celebrated for holiness, he
passed calmly to his repose in God. His body is
daily glorified by many miracles, and particularly
by the deliverance of possessed persons.

Cfte Jftfteentj) Dap of

A T Brescia, in the time of the emperor Adrian, the
^ birthday of the holy martyrs Faustinus and Jo-
vita, who received the triumphant crown of martyr-
dom after many glorious combats for the faith of
Christ. — At Rome, St. Craton, martyr. A short
time after being baptized wTith his wife and all his
household by the holy bishop Valentine, he was put
to death with them. — At Teramo, St. Agape, virgin
and martyr. — Also, the birthday of the holy martyrs

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Saturninus, Castulus, Magnus, and Lucius. — At Vai-
son, in France, St. Quinidius, bishop, whose death
was precious in the sight of God, as is shown by fre-
quent miracles. — At Capua, St. Decorosus, bishop
and confessor. — In the province of Valeria, St.
Severus, a priest, of whom St. Gregory says, that
by his tears he recalled a dead man to life. — At An-
tioch, St. Joseph, deacon. — At Clermont, in Au-
vergne, St. Georgia, virgin.

Cfte Sfeteemfi Dap of jFe&ruatg,

rrHE birthday of blessed Onesimus, concerning
whom the apostle St. Paul wrote to Philemon.
He made him bishop of Ephesus after St. Timothy,
and committed to him the office of preaching. Be-
ing led a prisoner to Kome, and stoned to death for
the faith of Christ, he was buried in that city; but
his body was afterwards carried to the place where
he had been bishop. — At Cumse, in Campania, the
Translation of St. Juliana, virgin and martyr.
Under the emperor Maximian, she was first severely
scourged by her own father, Africanus, then made
to suffer many torments by the prefect, Evilasius,
whom she had refused to marry. Later being thrown
into prison, she encountered the evil spirit in a
visible manner. Finally, as a fiery furnace and a
caldron of boiling oil could do her no injury, she
terminated her martyrdom by decapitation. — In

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Egypt, St. Julian, martyr, with five thousand other
Christians. — At Csesarea, in Palestine, the holy mar-
tyrs Elias, Jeremias, Isaias, Samuel, and Daniel,
Egyptians, who of their own accord served the con-
fessors of Christ condemned to labor in the mines
of Cilicia, but were arrested on their return, and
after being cruelly tortured by the governor Firmil-
ian, under the emperor Galerius Maximian, were put
to the sword. — After them, St. Porphyry, servant of
the martyr Pamphilus, and St. Seleucus, a Cappa-
docian, who had been victorious in several combats,
being again exposed to torments, won the crown of
martyrdom, the one by fire, the other by the sword. —
At Arezzo, in Tuscany, blessed Gregory X., a native
of Piacenza, who was elected Sovereign Pontiff while
he was archdeacon of Liege. He held the second
Council of Lyons, received the Greeks into the unity
of the Church, appeased discords among Christians,
made generous efforts for the recovery of the Holy
Land, and governed the Church in the most holy
manner. — At Brescia, St. Faustinus, bishop and
confessor.

Cfie Setoenteentf) Dag of

AT Kome, the passion of St. Faustinus, whom
•** forty-four others followed to receive the crown
of martyrdom. — In Persia, during the persecution
of Decius, the birthday of blessed Polychronius,

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bishop of Babylon, who, being struck in the mouth
with stones, stretched out his hands, lifted up his
eyes to heaven, and expired. — At Concordia, the holy
martyrs Donatus, Secundian, and Romulus, with
eighty-six others, partakers of the same crown. — At
Caesarea, in Palestine, St. Theodulus, an aged man,
in the service of the governor Firmilian. Moved by
the example of the martyrs, he confessed Christ with
constancy, was fastened to a cross, and thus by a
noble victory merited the palm of martyrdom. — In
the same place, St. Julian, a Cappadocian, who, be-
cause he had kissed the relics of the martyrs, was
denounced as a Christian, and led to the governor,
who had him consumed with a slow fire. — In the
territory of Terouanne, St. Silvinus, bishop of Tou-
louse. — In Ireland, St. Fintan, priest and confessor.
At Florence, blessed Alexius Falconieri, confessor,
one of the seven Founders of the Order of the Ser-
vites of the blessed Virgin Mary, who, in the one
hundred and tenth year of his age, terminated his
blessed career in the consoling presence of Jesus
Christ and the angels.

Cfte OBigftteentft Dap of jFe&ruarp.

A T Jerusalem, the birthday of St. Simeon, bishop
•"• and martyr, who is said to have been the son of
Cleophas, and a relative of the Saviour according to
the flesh. He was consecrated bishop of Jerusalem

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after St. James, the brother of our Lord, and in the
persecution of Trajan, after having endured many
torments, he consummated his martyrdom. All who
were present, even the judge himself, were astonished
that a man one hundred and twenty years of age
could bear the torment of crucifixion with such for-
titude and constancy. — At Ostia, the holy martyrs
Maximus and his brother Claudius, and Praepedigna,
the wife of Claudius, with her two sons Alexander
and Cutias, all of an illustrious family. By the order
of Diocletian, they were apprehended and sent into
exile. Afterwards being burned alive, they offered
to God the sweet-smelling sacrifice of martyrdom.
Their remains were cast into the river, but the
Christians found them and buried them near that
city. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Lucius, Sylvanus,
Rutulus, Classicus, Secundinus, Fructulus, and
Maximus. — At Constantinople, the holy bishop Fla-
vian, who for having defended the Catholic faith at
Ephesus, was buffeted and kicked by the partisans
of the impious Dioscorus, and being banished, ended
his life within three days. — At Toledo, St. Helladius,
bishop and confessor.

Cfte jQineteentf) Dap of jFe&ritarp,

I T Rome, the birthday of St. Gabinus, priest and
•"• martyr, brother of the blessed pope .Caius. Be-
ing loaded with chains and kept a long time in prison

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by Diocletian, he obtained the joys of heaven by a
precious death. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Pub-
lius, Julian, Marcellus, and others. — In Palestine,
the commemoration of the holy monks and other
martyrs, who were barbarously massacred for the
faith of Christ by the Saracens, under their leader
Almondhar. — At Jerusalem, St. Zambdas, bishop. —
At Soli, St. Auxibius, bishop. — At Benevento, St.
Barbatus, a bishop illustrious for sanctity, who con-
verted the Lombards and their chief to the faith of
Christ. — At Milan, St. Mansuetus, bishop and con-
fessor.

C&e Ctoentietft Dag of jFe&ruatg,

A T Tyre, in Phoenicia, the commemoration of many
^ blessed martyrs, whose number is known to God
alone. Under the emperor Diocletian, they were
put to death after a long and varied series of tor-
ments by the military commander Veturius. They
were first lacerated with whips, and then delivered
to several kinds of beasts. But, through the interpo-
sition of Providence, remaining unhurt, they con-
summated their martyrdom by the torment of fire
and by the sword. This glorious multitude were
incited to victory by the bishops Tyrannic, Silvanus,
Peleus, and Nilus, and the priest Zenobius, who,
together with them, won the palm of martyrdom by

54 FEBRUARY.

a successful combat. — In the island of Cyprus, the
holy martyrs Pothamius and Nemesius. — At Con-
stantinople, St. Eleutherius, bishop and martyr. —
In Persia, in the time of king Sapor, the birthday
of St. Sadoth, bishop, and one hundred and twenty-
eight others, who refused to adore the sun, and by
a cruel death purchased for themselves bright
crowns. — At Catania, in Sicily, St. Leo, bishop, illus-
trious for virtues and miracles. — The same day, St.
Eucherius, bishop of Orleans, whose miracles in-
creased in proportion to the slanders of the envious.
— At Tournai, in Belgium, St. Eleutherius, bishop
and confessor.

Cfie Ctoentp'fim Dap of JFe&ruarp,

T N Sicily, in the reign of Diocletian, the birthday
••- of seventy-nine holy martyrs, who deserved by
various torments to receive an immortal crown for
the confession of their faith. — At Adrumetum, in
Africa, during the persecution of the Vandals, the
holy martyrs Verulus, Secundinus, Syricius, Felix,
Servulus, Saturninus, Fortunatus, and sixteen oth-
ers, who were crowned with martyrdom for the
confession of the Catholic faith. — At Scythopolis, in
Palestine, St. Severian, bishop and martyr. — At
Damascus, St. Peter Mavimenus, who was killed by
some Arabs who visited him in his sickness, because

FEBRUARY. 55

he said to them: "Whoever does not embrace the
Christian and Catholic faith is lost, like your false
prophet Mahomet."— At Ravenna, St. Maximian,
bishop and confessor.— At Metz, St. Felix, bishop.—
At Brescia, St. Paterius, bishop.

Cf)e Ctoemg'SeconO Dap of

THE Chair of St. Peter at Antioch, where the dis-
ciples were first called Christians. — At Hierap-
olis, in Phrygia, blessed Papias, bishop of that city,
who had been, with St. Polycarp, a disciple of St.
John in his old age. — At Salamis, in Cyprus, St.
Aristion, who the same Papias says was one of the
seventy-two disciples of Christ. — In Arabia, the com-
memoration of many holy martyrs who were bar-
barously put to death under the emperor Galerius
Maximian. — At Alexandria, St. Abilius, bishop, who
was the second pastor of that city after St. Mark,
and administered his charge with eminent piety. —
At Vienna, St. Paschasius, bishop, celebrated for his
learning and holy life. — At Cortona, in Tuscany, St.
Margaret, of the Third Order of St. Francis, whose
body miraculously remained incorrupt for more
than four centuries, giving forth a sweet odor, and
producing frequent miracles. It is honored in that
place with great devotion.

56 FEBRUARY.

C&e CtoentH&irD Dap of jfe&ruatp*

(In leap-year, the Vigil of St. Matthias is not an-
nounced today, because it is transferred to the 2Ath.)

npELE vigil of the apostle St. Matthias. — At Faenza,
-*• St. Peter Dainian, Cardinal bishop of Ostia, and
Doctor of the Church, celebrated for learning and
sanctity. — At Sirmium, St. Sirenus, monk and mar-
tyr. By order of the emperor Maximian, he was
arrested and beheaded, for confessing that he was
a Christian. — In the same place, the birthday of
seventy-two holy martyrs, who ended the combat of
martyrdom in that city, and took possession of the
everlasting kingdom. — At Rome, St. Poly carp, priest,
who with blessed Sebastian converted many to the
faith of Christ, and by his exhortations led them to
the glory of martyrdom. — In the city of Astorga,
St. Martha, virgin and martyr, under the emperor
Decius, and the proconsul Paternus. — At Constan-
tinople, St. Lazarus, a monk whom the Iconoclast
emperor Theophilus ordered to be put to the tor-
ture for having painted holy images. His hand was
burned with ia hot iron, but being healed by the
power of God, he painted anew the holy pictures
that had been defaced, and finally rested in peace. —
At Berscia, St. Felix, bishop. — At Seville, in Spain,
St. Florentius, confessor. — At Todi, St. Romana,
virgin, who was baptized by pope St. Sylvester. She
led a heavenly life in caves and dens, and wrought

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glorious miracles. — In England, St. Milburga, virgin,
daughter of the king of Mercia.

(In leap-year, the 2Ath of February is announced
in this manner: "The twenty-fourth day of Febru-
ary.— The vigil of the apostle St. Matthias. — Also,
the commemoration of many holy martyrs, confes-
sors and virgins." On the 25th, read: ((The twenty-
fifth day of February," and then: "In Judea, etc."
as marked for the

C&e CtoetttHourt!) 3Dap of jFe&ruarp.

TN Judea, the birthday of the Apostle St. Matthias,
- who was chosen by lot by the apostles after the
Ascension of our Lord in the place of the traitor
Judas, and suffered martyrdom for preaching the
Gospel. — At Rome, St. Primitiva, martyr. — At
Caesarea, in Cappadocia, St. Sergius, martyr, of
whose life a beautiful account still exists. — In
Africa, the holy martyrs Montanus, Lucius, Julian,
Victoricus, Flavian, and their companions. They
were disciples of St. Cyprian, and suffered martyr-
dom under the emperor Valerian. — At Rouen, the
passion of St. Prsetextatus, bishop and martyr. —
At Treves, St. Modestus, bishop and confessor. — In
England, St. Ethelbert, king of Kent, converted to
the faith of Christ by St. Augustine, bishop of the

58 FEBRUARY.

English. — At Jerusalem, the first finding of the head
of our Lord's Precursor.

Cfte etoentgsftftf) Dap of Jfe&ruatg,

TN Egypt, in the time of the emperor Maximian,
the birthday of the holy martyrs Victorinus,
Victor, Nicephorus, Claudian, Dioscorus, Serapion,
and Papias, under the emperor Numerian. The first
two, having borne with constancy torments of refined
cruelty for the confession of the faith, were beheaded.
Nicephorus, after having been laid on a heated grid-
iron and on the fire, was hacked into small pieces.
Claudian and Dioscorus were burned alive; Serap-
ion and Papias were killed with the sword. — In
Africa, the holy martyrs Donatus, Justus, Herena,
and their companions. — At Rome, the birthday of
pope St. Felix III., great-grandfather of St. Gregory
the Great, who relates of him that he appeared to
St. Tharsilla, his niece, and called her to the king-
dom of heaven. — At Constantinople, St. Tharasius,
bishop, a man of great erudition and piety, to whom
is addressed an epistle of pope Adrian I., in defence
of holy images. — At Nazianzus, St. Caesarius, whom
his brother blessed Gregory the Theologian, says he
saw among the hosts of the Blessed.

FEBRUARY. 59

Cfte Ctoentp*0i*tf) Dap of jFe&rtiatp,

A T Pergen, in Pamphylia, during the persecution
of Decius, the birthday of the blessed bishop Nes-
tor, who, praying night and day for the preservation
of the flock of Christ, was put under arrest. As he
confessed the name of the Lord with great joy and
freedom, he was most cruelly tortured on the rack,
by order of the governor Pollio, and still courage-
ously proclaiming that he would ever remain faith-
ful to Christ, he was suspended on a cross ; and thus
triumphantly went to heaven. — In the same place,
the passion of Saints Papias, Diodorus, Conon, and
Claudian, who preceded St. Nestor to martyrdom. —
Also, the holy martyrs Fortunatus, Felix, and
twenty-seven others. — At Alexandria, the bishop St.
Alexander, an aged man held in great honor, who
succeeded blessed Peter as bishop of that city. He
expelled from the Church Arius, one of his priests,
tainted with heretical impiety, and convicted by
divine truth, and subsequently was one of the three
hundred and eighteen Fathers who condemned him
in the Council of Nicaea. — At Bologna, the bishop St.
Faustinian, whose preaching strengthened and mul-
tiplied the faithful of that Church, which had been
much afflicted during the persecution of Diocletian.
— At Gaza, in Palestine, in the time of the emperor
Arcadius, St. Porphyry, bishop, who overthrew the
idol Marnas and its temple, and after many suffer-
ings, went to rest in the Lord. — At Florence, St.

60 FEBRUARY.

Andrew, bishop and confessor. — In the territory of
Arcis, St. Victor, confessor, whose enlogy was writ-
ten by St. Bernard.

Cfie Ctoemp*0etoent6 Dap of jFe&tuatp,

A T Home, the birthday of the holy martyrs Alex-
^ ander, Abundius, Antigonus, and Fortunatus. —
At Alexandria, the passion of St. Julian, mar-
tyr.— Although he was so afflicted with the gout
that he could neither walk, not stand, he was taken
before the judge with two servants, who carried him
in a chair. One of these denied his faith, but the
other, named Eunus, persevered with Julian in con-
fessing Christ. Both were set on camels, led
through the whole city, scourged, and burned alive
in the presence of the people. — In the same city, St.
Besas, a soldier, who was denounced to the judge,
because he had reproved those who insulted the
martyrs just mentioned. As he continued to pro-
claim his attachment to the faith, he was beheaded*
— At Seville, in Spain, the birthday of St. Leander,
bishop of that city, by whose preaching and labors,
with the assistance of King Recared, the nation of
the Visigoths was converted from the Arian impiety
to the Catholic faith. — At Constantinople, in the
time of the emperor Leo, the holy confessors Basil
and Procopius, who fought courageously for the

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worship of holy images. — At Lyons, St. Baldomer.
a man of God, whose tomb is made illustrious by
frequent miracles.

Cfte Ctoetttg*eig!)tJ) Dap of jfe&ruarp,

A T Rome, the birthday of the holy martyrs Maca
^ rius, Rufinus, Justus, and Theophilus. — At Alex
andria, the passion of the Saints Cserealis, Pupulus,
Caius, and Serapion. — In the same city, in the reign
of the emperor Valerian, the commemoration of the
holy priests, deacons, and other Christians in great
number, who encountered death most willingly by
nursing the victims of a most deadly pestilence then
raging. They have been generally revered as mar-
tyrs by the pious faithful. — In the territory of Lyons,
on Mount Jura, the demise of St. Romanus, abbot,
who was the first to lead the eremitical life there.
His reputation for virtues and miracles brought
under his guidance numerous monks. — At Pavia, the
translation, from the island of Sardinia, of the bod^
of St. Augustine, bishop, by Luitprand, king of the
Lombards.

MARCH.

Cfte JFim Dap of

|T ROME, two hundred and sixty holy mar-
tyrs, condemned for the name of Christ.
Claudius ordered them to dig sand beyond
the Salarian gate, and then to be shot dead
with arrows by soldiers in the amphitheatre. — Also,
the birthday of the holy martyrs Leo,Donatus, Abun
dantius, Nicephorus, and nine others. — At Mar-
seilles, the holy martyrs Hermes and Adrian. — At
Heliopolis, in the persecution of Trajan, St. Eudoxia,
martyr, -who, being baptized by bishop Theodotus
and fortified for the combat, was put to the sword
by the command of the governor Vincent, and thus
received the crown of martyrdom. — The same day,
St. Antonina, martyr. For deriding the gods of the
Gentiles, in the persecution of Diocletian, she was,
after various torments, shut up in a cask and
drowned in a marsh near the city of Cea. — At
Kaiserswerth, the bishop St. Swidbert, who, in the
time of pope Sergius, preached the Gospel to the
inhabitants of Friesland, Holland, and to other Ger-
manic peoples. — At Angers, St. Albinus, bishop and

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confessor, a man of most eminent virtue and piety.—
At Le Mans, St. Siviard, abbot. — At Perugia, the
translation of St. Herculanus, bishop and martyr,
who was beheaded by order of Totila, king of the
Goths. Forty days after his decapitation his body,
as pope St. Gregory relates, was found as sound and
as firmly joined to the head as if it had never been
touched by the sword.

Cfte Second Dap of

A T Home, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs
•^ Jpvinus and Basileus, who suffered under the
emperors Valerian and Gallienus. — Also at Rome,
under the emperor Alexander, and the prefect Ul-
pian, many holy martyrs, who were a long time
tortured, and then condemned to capital punishment.
— At Porto, the holy martyrs Paul, Heraclius, Se-
cundilla, and Januaria. — At Csesarea, in Cappadocia,
the holy martyrs Lucius, bishop, Absalon, and Lor-
gius. — In Campania, the commemoration of eighty
holy martyrs, who were barbarously killed by the
Lombards, because they would not eat meat which
had been offered to 4:he idols, nor adore a goat's
head. — At Rome, St. Simplicius, pope and confes
sor. — In England, St. Chad, bishop of Mercia and
Lindisfarne, whose brilliant virtues are mentioned
by Bede.

64 MARCH.

Cf)e C&irD Dap of

I T Caesarea, in Palestine, during the persecution
•"• of Valerian, the holy martyrs Marinus, soldier,
and Asterius, senator. The former was examined
by the judge on the charge laid against him by his
fellow-soldiers of being a Christian, and as he ad-
mitted the accusation in no uncertain tone, he was
beheaded and thus received the crown of martyrdom.
His mutilated body was taken up by Asterius on his
shoulders, and wrapped in the garment which he
himself wore. This service gained for Asterius im-
mediately the palm of martyrdom as a reward foi*
the honors which he had given to a matryr. — In
Spain, the birthday of the holy martyrs Hermiterius
and Cheledonius, soldiers in the army at Leon, a city
of Galicia. On the approach of a persecution they
went to Calahorra, in order to confess the name of
Christ, and after enduring many torments there,
they were crowned with martyrdom. — The same day,
the passion of the Saints Felix, Luciolus, Fortu-
natus, Marcia, and their companions. — Also, the holy
soldiers Cleonicus, Eutropius, and Basiliscus, who
gloriously triumphed by the death of the cross under
the governor Asclepiades during the persecution of
Maximian. — At Brescia, St. Titian, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Bamberg, the empress St. Cunegundes,
who preserved her virginity with the consent of her
husband, the emperor Henry I. She terminated a

MARCH.

65

life rich in meritorius good deeds with a holy death
and worked many miracles afterward.

Cfte Jfourtfi Dag of Sgarcfi,

AT Wilna, in Lithuania, blessed Casimir, son of
•"• king Casimir, whom the Roman Pontiff, Leo X.,
placed in the number of the Saints. — At Home, on
the Appian way, during the persecution of Valerian,
the birthday of St. Lucius, pope and martyr, who
was first exiled for the faith of Christ; but being
permitted by divine Providence to return to his
church, he suffered martyrdom by decapitation, after
having combated the Novatians. His praises have
been published by St. Cyprian. — Also, at Rome, on
the Appian road, nine hundred holy martyrs, who
were buried in the same cemetery as St. Cecilia. —
The same day, St. Caius, a member of the imperial
household, who was drowned in the sea with twenty-
seven others. — At Nicomedia, in the reign of the
emperor Diocletian, the holy martyr Adrian and
twenty-three others, who endured martyrdom by
having their limbs crushed. St. Adrian is especially
commemorated on the 8th of September, when his
body was conveyed to Rome. — Also, the matryrdom
of the Saints Archelaus, Cyril, and Photius. — In
Chersonesus, the passion of the saintly bishops Basil,
Eugenius, Agathodorus, Elpidius, JEtherius, Capito,
Ephrem, Nestor, and Arcadius.

66 MARCH.

C6e JFiftJ) Dap of

A T Antioch, the birthday of the martyr St. Phocas,
^ who triumphed over the old serpent after many
injuries which he suffered for the name of the Re-
deemer. That triumph is still manifested to the
people in our days ; for if any one stung by a serpent,
touches with faith the door of the martyr's basilica,
the power of the venom disappears, and he is imme-
diately cured. — At Csesarea, in Palestine, in the per-
secution of Diocletian, St. Adrian, martyr, who,
being first exposed to a lion for the faith of Christ
and then killed with the sword by order of the gov-
ernor Firmilian, received the crown of martyrdom. —
The same day, the passion of the holy martyrs Euse-
bius, officer of the imperial palace, and nine others. —
At Ca3sarea, in Palestine, in the time of the emperor
Severus, St. Theophilus, bishop, who was conspicu-
ous by his wisdom and the purity of his life. — Also
in Palestine, on the banks of the Jordan, the an-
choret St. Gerasimus, who lived in the time of the
emperor Zeno. — At Naples, the decease of St. John
Joseph of the Cross, Promoter and first Provincial
of the Italian branch of the Order of Discalced
Minorites of St. Peter of Alcantara, who, by emulat-
ing the virtues of St. Francis of Assisi and St. Peter
of Alcantara, became a new ornament of the Sera-
phic Order. He was canonized by pope Gregory
XVI.

MARCH. 67

Cfte Stetft Dap of

fTIHE feast of the holy martyrs Perpetua and
Felicitas, who received the glorious crown of mar-
tyrdom on the 7th of this month. — At Nicomedia,
the birthday of the holy martyrs Victor and Vic-
torinus, who were, with Claudian and his wife Bassa,
subjected to many torments during three years and
were then thrust into prison, where they ended the
pilgrimage of life. — At Tortona, St. Marcian, bishop
and martyr, who received the crown of immortality
by being killed under Trajan for the glory of Christ.
—At Constantinople, St. Evagrius, who was elected
bishop by the Catholics in the reign of Valens, and
being exiled by that emperor, departed for heaven. —
In Cyprus, in the time of the emperor Decius, St.
Conon, martyr, who, being compelled to run before
a chariot with his feet pierced with nails, fell on
his knees, and breathing a prayer expired. — Also,
the passion of forty-two holy martyrs, who were
arrested in Amorium, and taken to Syria, where they
received the palm of martyrdom after a valiant
combat.— At Bologna, St. Basil, bishop, who was
consecrated by pope St. Sylvester, and by word and
example governed with great holiness the church
entrusted to his care. — At Barcelona, in Spain,
blessed Ollegarius, who was first a canon, and after-
wards bishop of Barcelona and archbishop of Tarra-
gona.— At Ghent, in Flanders, St. Colette, virgin,

68 MARCH.

who at first professed the rule of the Third Order
of St. Francis, and afterwards, by the inspiration
of the Holy Spirit, restored the primitive discipline
in a great number of monasteries of Nuns of the
Second Order. As she was adorned with heavenly
virtues, and performed innumerable miracles, she
was inscribed on the list of the Saints by the Sov-
ereign Pontiff, Pius VII.

Cfte Setoenti) Dap of

TN the monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina,
•*• St. Thomas of Aquin, confessor and doctor, of
the Order of Preachers, illustrious by the nobility
of his birth, the sanctity of his life, and his knowl-
edge of theology. Leo XIII. declared him heavenly
patron of all Catholic schools. — At Tuburbum, in
Mauritania (Barbary), in the reign of the emperor
Severus, the birthday of the Saints Perpetua and
Felicitas, whose festival is kept on the 6th of this
month. St. Augustine relates that Felicitas, being
with child, her execution was deferred, according to
the laws, until after her delivery, and whilst she was
in labor she mourned, and when exposed to the
beasts, she rejoiced. With them suffered Revocatus,
Saturninus, and Secundulus. This last died in
prison ; all the others were delivered to the beasts. —
At Caesarea, in Palestine, the passion of St. Eubulus,

MARCH. 59

the companion of St. Adrian. Two days after the
latter, being mangled by the lions, and killed with
the sword, he was the last of all those who received
the crown of martyrdom in that city. — At Nicomedia,
St. Theophilus, bishop, who was driven into exile
for the worship of holy images, and there closed his
life. — At Pelusium, in Egypt, St. Paul, bishop, who
for the same cause also died an exile. — At Brescia,
St. Gaudiosus, bishop and confessor. — In Thebais,
St. Paul, surnamed the Simple.

Cfte (Eigfttf) Dap of

A T Granada, in Spain, St. John of God, founder
•^ of the Order of the Brothers Hospitallers, cele-
brated for his mercy to the poor, and his contempt
of self. Pope Leo XIII. declared him heavenly
patron of hospitals and the infirm. — At Antinous, a
city of Egypt, the birthday of the holy martyr Phile-
mon, and the deacon Apollonius. As they firmly
refused to sacrifice to the idols when they were ap-
prehended and brought before the judge, they had
their heels transpierced, were barbarously dragged
through the city, and finally consummated their
martyrdom by the edge of the sword. — Also, in the
same place, the passion of the Saints Arian, gov-
ernor, Theoticus and three others, who were sub-
merged in the sea by order of the judge. Their

70 MARCH.

bodies were brought to the short by dolphins. — At
Nicomedia, St. Quinctilis, bishop and martyr.— At
Carthage, St. Pontius, deacon of bishop St. Cyprian,
who remained in banishment with him until his
death, and composed an excellent history of his life
and martyrdom. By ever glorifying God in his own
sufferings, he merited the crown of life. — Also in
Africa, the Saints Cyril, bishop, Rogatus, Felix,
another Kogatus, Beata, Herenia, Felicitas, Urbanus,
Sylvanus, and Mamillus. — At Toledo, in Spain, the
demise of blessed Julian, bishop and confessor, most
celebrated for his sanctity and learning. — In Eng-
land, St. Felix, bishop, who converted the East-
Angles to the faith.

Cfte Ji3imj) Dap of

A T Rome, St. Frances, a widow, renowned for her
•"• noble extraction, holiness of life, and the gift of
miracles. — At Sebaste, in Armenia, under the gov-
ernor Agricolaus, in the time of the emperor Licin-
ius, the birthday of forty holy soldiers of Cappa-
docia. After being loaded with chains and confined
in foul dungeons, after having their faces bruised
with stones, and being condemned to spend the night
naked, during the coldest part of winter, on a frozen
lake, where their bodies were benumbed and laid
open by the frost, they ended their martyrdom by
having their limbs crushed. The noblest of them

MARCH. 71

were Cyrion and Candidus. Their glorious triumph
has been celebrated by St. Basil and other Fathers
in their writings. Their feast is kept on the tenth
of this month. — At Nyssa, the demise of St. Gregory,
bishop, brother of blessed Basil the Great, whose
life and erudition have rendered him illustrious.
He was expelled from his own city for having de-
fended the Catholic faith during the reign of the
Arian emperor Valens. — At Barcelona, in Spain, the
bishop St. Pacian, distinguished by his life and
preaching. He ended his career in extreme old age,
in the time of the emperor Theodosius. — In Moravia,
the saintly bishops Cyril and Methodius,who brought
to the faith of Christ many nations in those regions
with their kings. Leo XIII. prescribed that their
feast should be celebrated on the seventh of July. —
At Bologna, St. Catherine, virgin, of the Order of
St. Clare, illustrious by the holiness of her life. Her
body is greatly honored in that city.

Dap of

A T Sebaste, in Armenia, forty holy martyrs. — At
•"• Apamea, in Phrygia, during the persecution of
Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Caius and Alexander, who were
crowned with a glorious martyrdom, as is related
by Apollinaris, bishop of Hierapolis, in his book

78

holy martyrs Codratns, Denis, Cyprian,
Panl, and Crescens, who were slain with the

the governor Jason.— In Africa, the martyr St. Vic-
tor, on whose festival St Angnstine delivered a dm-
to his people.— At Jerusalem, St.

r, at whose request the holy

of Bobio, the abbot St. Attalaa,

C£v ::

A T Carthage, the holy martyrs Hera
^ mus.— At Alexandria, the passion of the
Candidas Piperion. and twenty others— At Lao-

the holy martyrs

tained crowns of glory, after
onnents.— At Antioeh, the
holy martyrs, some of whom by
MVrimiaii were laid on

net to be burned to death, but to suffer a

73

time; others were subjected to different horrible tor-
ments, and won the palm of martyrdom. — Also, the
Saints Gorgonras and Firmos.— At Cordova, St.
Eulogius, a priest, who deserved to be associated
with the martyrs of that city, far the persecution of
the Saracens, because in writing of their combats
for the faith, he had envied their happiness.— At
Sardis, the bishop St. Euthjmins, who was banished
by the Iconoclast emperor Michael for the worship
of holy images. He consummated his martyrdom
dnring the reign of Theophilns.— At Jerusalem, the
bishop St. Sophronius.— At Milan, St. Benedict
bishop.— In the diocese of Amiens, the abbot St
Finnin. — At Carthage, St. Constantine. confessor. —
At Babncnm, in Campania, St. Peter, confessor, re-
nowned for miracles.

Cftr Ctoelftfi Dap of

A T Rome, St Gregory, pope and eminent doctor of
^ the Chnrch, who on account of his illustrious
deeds, and the conversion of the English to the faith
of Christ was snrnamed the Great, and called the
Apostle of England.— Also at Borne, St Mamflian.
martyr.— At Xicomedia, the passion of the blessed
martyr Peter, chamberlain of the emperor Diocle-
tian. For complaining openly of the atrocious tor-
inflicted on the martyrs, he was, by order of

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the emperor, first suspended and a long time
scourged, then, salt and vinegar being rubbed into
his wounds, he was burned on a grate over a slow
fire. Thus did he become truly the heir of St.
Peter's name and faith. — In the same city, St. Eg-
dunus, priest, and seven others, who were strangled
one by one, on successive days, to terrify those who
remained. — At Constantinople, St. Theophanes, who
gave up great wealth to embrace poverty in the mo-
nastic state. By Leo the Armenian he was kept
in prison two years for the worship of holy images,
then exiled in Samothracia, where, overwhelmed
with afflictions, he breathed his last and wrought
many miracles. — At Capua, St. Bernard, bishop and
confessor.

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A T Nicomedia, the birthday of the holy martyrs
^ Macedonius, his wife Patritia, and their daughter
Modest a. — At Mcsea, the holy martyrs Theuseta,
and Horres, his son, Theodora, Nimphodora, Marcus,
and Arabia, who were burned to death for Christ. —
At Hermopolis, in Egypt, the martyr St. Sabinus,
who after many sufferings, terminated his martyr-
dom by being precipitated into a river. — In Persia,
St. Christina, virgin and martyr. — At Cordova, the
holy martyrs Rudericus, priest, and Solomon. — At

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Constantinople, the bishop St. Nicephorus. In de-
fense of the traditions of his forefathers and of the
worship of sacred images, he opposed firmly the
Iconoclast emperor Leo the Armenian, by whom he
was sent into exile, where he underwent a long mar-
tyrdom of fourteen years, and departed for the king-
dom of God. — At Camerino, St. Ansovinus, bishop
and confessor. — In Thebais, St. Euphrasia, virgin.

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A T Rome, the birthday of forty-seven holy martyrs,
•"• who were baptized by the apostle St. Peter, whilst
he was kept in the Mamertine prison with his fellow-
apostle St. Paul. After a detention of nine months
they all fell by the sword of Nero, after most gen-
erously confessing the faith. Also, at Rome, St.
Leo, bishop and martyr. — In Africa, the holy mar-
tyrs Peter and Aphrodisius, who obtained the crown
of martyrdom in the persecution of the Vandals. —
At Carrha3, in Mesopotamia, the patrician St. Euty-
chius and his companions, who were killed by Evelid,
king of Arabia, for the confession of the faith. — In
the province of Valeria, two saintly monks, who were
hanged on a tree by the Lombards, and though dead,
were heard singing psalms even by their enemies. —
In the same persecution, a deacon of the church of
Marsico was beheaded for the confession of the faith.

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— At Halberstadt, in Germany, the demise of the
blessed queen Matilda, mother of the emperor Otho
I., celebrated for her humility and patience.

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A T Csesarea, in Cappadocia, the martyrdom of St.
•^ Longinus, the soldier who is said to have pierced
our Lord's side with a lance. — The same day, the
birthday of St. Aristobulus, a disciple of the Apos-
tles, who terminated by matryrdom a life spent in
preaching the Gospel. — At Thessalonica, St. Ma-
trona, servant of a Jewess, who, worshipping Christ
secretly, and stealing away daily to the church to
pray, was detected by her mistress, and subjected
to many trials. Being at last beaten to death with
heavy clubs, she gave up her pure soul to God in
confessing Christ. — The same day, St. Menignus, a
dyer, who suffered under Decius. — In Egypt, St.
Meander, who, seeking diligently for the remains of
the holy martyrs, merited to be made a martyr him-
self, under the emperor Diocletian. — At Cordova, St.
Leocritia, virgin and martyr. — At Rome, the birth-
day of pope St. Zachary, who governed the Church
of God with great vigilance, and renowned for
merits, rested in peace. — At Bieti, the bishop St.
Probus, at whose death the martyrs Juvenal and
Eleutherius were present. — At Borne, St. Speciosus,

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a monk, whose soul his brother saw carried up to
heaven. — At Vienna, in Austria, St. Clement Mary
Hofbauer, a professed priest of the Congregation of
the Most Holy Redeemer, remarkable for his energy
in promoting the glory of God and the salvation of
souls. As he became illustrious by his virtues and
miracles, the Sovereign Pontiff Pius X. placed him
in the catalogue of Saints.

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A T Rome, the martyrdom of the deacon St. Cyria-
•"" cus, who, after a long imprisonment, was covered
with melted pitch and stretched on the rack, to have
his limbs distended with ropes, was beaten with
clubs, and finally beheaded with Largus, Smaragdus,
and twenty others, by order of Maximian. Their
feast, however, is kept on the 8th of August, the day
on which their bodies were taken up by the blessed
pope Marcellus and reverently entombed. — At Aqui-
leia, in the time of the emperor Numerian and the
governor Beronius, the birthday of the holy bishop
Hilary, and the deacon Tatian, who terminated their
martyrdom with Felix, Largus, and Denis, after
being subjected to the rack and other tortures. — In
Lycaonia, the holy martyr Papas, who was scourged
for the Christian faith, torn with iron hooks, then
compelled to walk with shoes pierced with nails,

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and finally bound to a barren tree. In leaving this
world to go to God, he rendered the tree fruitful. —
At Anazarbum, in Cilicia, under the governor Mar-
cian, the martyr St. Julian, who was a long time
tortured, then put into a sack with serpents, and
cast into the sea. — At Ravenna, St. Agapitus, bishop
and confessor. — At Cologne, St. Heribert, a bishop,
celebrated for sanctity. — At Clermont, in Auvergne,
the demise of St. Patrick, bishop. — In Syria, St.
Abraham, hermit, whose life has been written by the
blessed deacon Ephrem.

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TN Ireland, the birthday of St. Patrick, bishop and
•*• confessor, who was the first to preach Christ in
that country, and became illustrious by great mir-
acles and virtues. — At Jerusalem, St. Joseph of
Arimathea, noble senator and disciple of our Lord,
who took his body down from the cross, and buried
it in his own new sepulchre. — At Rome, the Saints
Alexander and Theodore, martyrs. — At Alexandria,
the commemoration of many holy martyrs, who being
seized by the worshippers of Serapis, and refusing
constantly to adore that idol, were cruelly murdered,
in the reign of the emperor Theodosius, who after-
wards issued orders that the temple of Serapis
should be destroyed. — At Constantinople, St. Paul,

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martyr, who was burned alive under Constantine
Copronymus, for defending the worship of holy
images. — At Chalons, in France, St. Agricola, bishop.
— At Mvelle, in Brabant, St. Gertrude, a virgin of
noble birth. Because she despised the world, and
during her whole life practised all kinds of good
works, she deserved to have Christ for her spouse in
heaven.

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A T Jerusalem, St. Cyril, bishop and doctor, who
^ suffered many injuries from the Arians for the
faith. Often exiled from his church, he at length
rested in peace with a great reputation for sanctity.
A magnificent testimony of the purity of his faith is
given by a general Council, in a letter to pope Dama-
sus. — At Caesarea, in Palestine, the birthday of the
blessed bishop Alexander, who from his own city,
in Cappadocia, where he was bishop, coming to Jeru-
salem to visit the holy places, took upon himself, by
divine revelation, the government of that Church, in
the place of the aged Narcissus, its bishop. Some
time afterwards, when he had become venerable by
his age and grey hairs, he was led to Csesarea and
shut up in prison, where he ended his martyrdom
for the confession of Christ during the persecution
of Decius. — At Augsburg, St. Narcissus, bishop, who

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was the first to preach the Gospel in the Tyrol.
Afterwards, setting out for Spain, he converted many
to the faith of Christ at Gerona, where, with the
deacon Felix, he received the palm of martyrdom
during the persecution of Diocletian. — At Mcome-
dia, ten thousand holy martyrs, who were put to the
sword for the confession of Christ. — Also, the holy
martyrs Trophimus and Eucarpius. — In England,
the holy king Edward, who was assassinated by
order of his treacherous stepmother, and became
celebrated for many miracles. — At Lucca, in Tus-
cany, the birthday of the holy bishop Frigdian, who
was illustrious by the power of working miracles.
His feast is more especially celebrated on the 18th
of November, when his body was translated. — At
Mantua, St. Anselm, bishop and confessor.

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TN Judea, the birthday of St. Joseph, spouse of the
-*- Most Blessed Virgin Mary. Pius IX., yielding
to the desires and prayers of the whole Catholic
world, declared him Patron of the Universal Church.
— At Sorrento, the holy martyrs Quinctus, Quinc-
tilla, Quartilla, and Mark, with nine others. — At
Mcomedia, St. Pancharius, a Roman, who was be-
headed under Diocletian, and thus received the crown
of martyrdom. — The same day, the holy bishops

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Apollouius and Leontius. — At Ghent the Saints Lan-
doaldus, a Roman priest, and the deacon Amantius,
who were sent to preach the Gospel by pope St.
Martin, and after their death became illustrious by
many miracles. — At Civita-di-Penna, the birthday of
blessed John, a man of great holiness, who came
from Syria into Italy, where he constructed a mon-
astery, and, after having been the spiritual guide of
many servants of God for forty-four years, rested in
peace, renowned for great virtue.

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TN Judea, St. Joachim, father of the Most Blessed
Virgin Mary, Mother of God, whose festival is
kept on the 16th of August. — In Asia, the birthday
of St. Archippus, fellow-laborer of the blessed apostle
Paul, who mentions him in his epistles to Philemon,
and to the Colossians.— In Syria, the holy martyrs
Paul, Cyril, Eugenius, and four others. — The same
day, the Saints Photina, a Samaritan, and her sons
Joseph and Victor; also, Sebastian, military officer,
Anatolius, and Photius; Photides, Parasceves and
Cyriaca, sisters, who were all martyred for confessing
Christ. — At Amisus, in Paphlagonia, seven holy
women, Alexandra, Claudia, Euphrasia, Matrona,
Juliana, Euphemia, and Theodosia, who were put
to death for the confession of the faith. They were

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followed by Derphuta and her sister. — At Apollonia,
the bishop St. Mcetas, who breathed his last in exile,
where he had been sent for upholding the worship
of holy images. — In the monastery of Fontanelle, St.
Wulfran, bishop of Sens, who after having resigned
his bishopric and performed miracles, departed out
of this life.— In England, the demise of St. Cuthbert,
bishop of Lindisfarne, who from his childhood to his
death was renowned for good works and miracles. —
At Siena, in Tuscany, blessed Ambrose of the Order
of Preachers, celebrated for sanctity, eloquence, and
miracles.

Dap of

A"N Mount Cassino, the birthday of the holy abbot
^ Benedict, who restored and wonderfully extended
in the West the monastic discipline, which was al-
most destroyed. His life, brilliant in virtues and
miracles, was written by pope St. Gregory. — At
Alexandria, under the emperor Constantine and the
governor Philagrius, the commemoration of the holy
martyrs who were attacked and murdered by the
Arians and the Gentiles whilst they were in the
church on Good Friday. — The same day, the holy
martyrs Philemon and Domninus. — At Catania, St.
Birillus, who was consecrated bishop by St. Peter.
After converting many Gentiles to the faith, in ex-

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treme old age he rested in peace. — At Alexandria,
blessed Serapion, anchoret and bishop of Thmuis, a
man of great virtue, who being forced into exile by
the enraged Arians, went to heaven. — In the terri-
tory of Lyons, the abbot St. Lupicinus, whose life
was resplendent with the lustre of holiness and
miracles.

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T Narbonne, in France, the birthday of the bishop
St. Paul, a disciple of the Apostles. He is said
to have been the proconsul Sergius Paulus, who was
baptized by the blessed apostle Paul, and left at
Narbonne, where he was raised to the episcopal
dignity when the apostle went to Spain. Having
zealously discharged the office of preaching and per-
formed miracles, he departed for heaven. — At Terra-
cina, St. Epaphroditus, a disciple of the Apostles,
who was consecrated bishop of that city by the
blessed apostle Peter. — In Africa, the holy martyrs
Saturninus and nine others. — The same day, the
birthday of the Saints Callinica and Basilissa, mar-
tyrs.— An Ancyra, under Julian the Apostate, St.
Basil, priest and martyr, who gave up his soul to God
after having endured grievous torments. — At Carth-
age, St. Octavian, archdeacon, and many thousands
of martyrs, who were slain by the Vandals for the

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Catholic faith. — In the same place, St. Deogratias,
bishop of Carthage, who ransomed many captives
taken from that city by the Vandals, and performed
other good works, after which he went to rest in the
Lord. — At Osimo, in the March of Ancona, St. Ben-
venutus, bishop. — In Sweden, St. Catharine, virgin,
daughter of St. Bridget. — At Rome, St. Lea, a
widow, whose virtues and happy death are related
by St. Jerome. — At Genoa, St. Catharine, a widow,
celebrated for her contempt of the world and her
love of God.

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TN Africa, the holy martyrs Victorian, proconsul
•*• of Carthage, and two brothers, of Aquaregia.
Also two merchants, named Frementius, who, bishop
Victor Africanus tells us, were subjected to most
atrocious torments for their coureageous confession
of the Catholic faith, and gloriously crowned under
the Arian king Hunneric, during the persecution of
the Vandals. Also in Africa, St. Fidelis, martyr. —
In the same country, St. Felix, and twenty others. —
At Csesarea, in Palestine, the holy martyrs Nicon,
and twenty-nine others. — Also, the crowning of the
holy martyrs Domitius, Pelagia, Aquila, Eparchius,
and Theodosia. — At Lima, in Peru, the archbishop
St. Turibius, through whose labors faith and ecclesi-

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astical discipline were diffused through America. —
At Antioch, St. Theodulus, priest. — At Csesarea, St.
Julian, confessor. — In Campania, St. Benedict, a
monk, who was shut up by the Goths in a burning
furnace, but was the next day found uninjured.—
At Barcelona, in Spain, St. Joseph Oriol, priest and
beneficiary of the church of St. Mary of the Kings.
He was remarkable for his love of poverty and his
charity towards the needy and the infirm. Distin-
guished both in life and after death by the working
of miracles, he was placed in the number of the
Saints by Pius X.

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A T Rome, the holy martyrs Mark and Timothy, who
•"• were crowned with martyrdom under the empe-
ror Antoninus. — In the same city, St. Epigmenius,
priest, who consummated his martyrdom by the
sword, in the persecution of Diocletian, under the
judge Turpius. — Also, at Eome, in the time of Julian
the Apostate, the passion of blessed Pigmenius, a
priest, who was killed for the faith of Christ, by
being precipitated into the Tiber. — At Csesarea, in
Palestine, the birthday of the holy martyrs Timo-
laus, Denis, Pausides, Romulus, Alexander, another
Alexander, Agapius, and another Denis, who mer-
ited the crown of life by being beheaded in the per-

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secution of Diocletian, under the governor Urban. —
In Mauritania (Barbary), the birthday of the saintly
brothers Romulus and Secundus, who suffered for
the faith of Christ. — At Trent, the martyrdom of
the holy child Simeon, who was barbarously mur-
dered by the Jews. He became celebrated for many
miracles. — At Synnadas, in Phrygia, St. Agapitus,
bishop. — At Brescia, St. Latinus, bishop. — In Syria,
St. Seleucus, confessor.

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fTlHE Annunciation of the most Blessed Virgin
•*• Mary, Mother of God. — At Rome, St. Quirinus,
martyr, who after losing his goods, suffering impris-
onment in a dark dungeon, and being severely
scourged, was put to death with the sword, and
thrown into the Tiber. The Christians found his
body in the island of St. Bartholomew and buried
it in the Pontian cemetery. — In the same city, two
hundred and sixty-two holy martyrs. — At Sirmium,
the martyrdom of St. Irenaeus, bishop. In the time
of the emperor Maximian, under the governor Pro-
bus, after undergoing bitter torments, and a painful
imprisonment for many days, he was beheaded. — At
Nicomedia, St. Dula, the servant of a soldier, who
was killed for the preservation of her chastity, and
deserved the crown of martyrdom. — At Jerusalem,

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the commemoration of the good Thief, who confessed
Christ on the cross, and deserved to hear from Him
these words: "This day thou shalt be with Me in
paradise." — At Laodicea, St. Pelagius, bishop, who
having endured exile and other afflictions for the
Catholic faith under Valens, rested in the Lord. — At
Pistoja, the* holy confessors Barontius and Desid-
erius. — In Indre, an island of the Loire, the abbot
St. Hermelandus, whose glorious life is attested by
signal miracles.

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A T Eome, on the Lavican road, St. Castulus, mar-
•"• tyr, chamberlain in the palace of the emperor.
For harboring the Christians, he was three times
suspended by the hands, three times cited before the
tribunals, and as he persevered in the confession of
the Lord, he was thrown into a pit, overwhelmed
with a mass of sand, and thus obtained the crown of
martyrdom. — In the same city, the crowning of the
holy martyrs Peter, Marcian, Jovinus, Thee! a, Cas-
sian, and others. — At Pentapolis, in Lybia, the birth-
day of the holy martyrs Theodore, bishop, Irenaeus,
deacon, Serapion and Ammonius, lectors. — At Sir-
mium, the holy martyrs Montanus, priest, and Max-
ima, who were cast into a river for the faith of
Christ. — Also, the holy martyrs Quadratus, Theodo-

88 MARCH.

sius, Emmanuel, and forty others. — At Alexandria,
the holy martyrs Eutychius and others, who died
by the sword for the Catholic faith, in the time of
Constantine, under the Arian bishop George. — The
same day, St. Ludger, bishop of Munster, who
preached the Gospel to the Saxons. — At Saragossa,
in Spain, St. Braulio, bishop and confessor. — At
Treves, St. Felix, bishop.

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rilHE festival of St. John Damascene, confessor and
-^ doctor of the Church. He is mentioned on the
6th of May. — At Drizipara, in Pannonia, St. Alex-
ander, a soldier, in the time of emperor Maximian.
Having overcome many tribulations for Christ, and
wrought many miracles, he completed his martyr-
dom by decapitation. — The same day, the Saints
Philetus, senator, his wife Lydia, and their sons
Macedon and Theoprepides ; also Amphilochius, an
officer in the army, and Chronidas, a notary, who
were put to death for the confession of Christ. — In
Persia, in the reign of King Sapor, the holy martyrs
Zanitas, Lazarus, Marotas, Narses, and five others,
who merited the palm of martyrdom by being bar-
barously murdered. — At Salzburg, St. Rupert, bishop
and confessor, who spread the Gospel extensively in
Bavaria and Austria. — In Egypt, the hermit St.

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John, a man of great holiness, who among other
virtues, was replenished with the spirit of prophecy,
and predicted to the emperor Theodosius that he
would gain the victory over the tyrants Maximus
and Eugenius.

T. JOHN of Capistran, confessor, who is men-
tioned on the 23d of October. — At Caesarea, in
Palestine, the birthday of the holy martyrs Priscus,
Malchus, and Alexander. In the persecution of
Valerian, they were dwelling in the suburbs of Caes-
area, but knowing that in the city the heavenly
crown of martyrdom was to be gained, and burning
with the divine ardor of faith, they go to the judge
of their own accord, rebuke him for shedding the
blood of the faithful in torrents, and are forthwith
condemned to be devoured by beasts for the name
of Christ. — At Tarsus, in Cilicia, the holy martyrs
Castor and Dorotheus. — In Africa, the holy martyrs
Rogatus, Successus, and sixteen others. — At Rome,
St. Xystus III., pope and confessor. — At Norcia, the
abbot St. Speus, a man of extraordinary patience,
whose soul at its departure from this life was seen
by all his brethren to ascend to heaven in the shape
of a dove. — At Chalons, in France, the demise of St.
Gontram, king, who devoted himself to exercises of
piety, renounced the pomps of the world, and be-
stowed his treasures on churches and the poor.

90 MARCH.

Cfte Ctoemg*nmti) Dag of Qparcft,

TN Persia, the holy martyrs Jonas and Barachisius,
•*• under Sapor, king of Persia. Jonas, being pressed
in a vice till his bones were broken, was cut in twain ;
Barachisius was suffocated by burning pitch poured
into his throat. — At Heliopolis, near Mount Leba-
non, under Julian the Apostate, St. Cyril, deacon
and martyr, whose body was opened and his liver
plucked out by the Gentiles, who devoured it like
wild beasts. — At Nicomedia, the martyrdom of the
holy martyrs Pastor, Victorinus and their compan-
ions.— In Africa, under the Arian king Genseric,
during the persecution of the Vandals, the holy con-
fessors Armogastes, count, Mascula, Archimimus,
and Saturus, master of the king's household. Hav-
ing endured many severe torments, as well as re-
proaches, for the confession of the truth, they
reached the end of their glorious combats. — At Asti,
St. Secundus, martyr. — In the monastery of Luxeuil,
the decease of the abbot St. Eustasius, a disciple of
St. Columbau, who had under his guidance nearly
six hundred monks. Eminent in sanctity, he was
also renowned for miracles.

C&e Cfiittietfi Dag of

AT Rome, on the Appian way, the martyrdom of
^ blessed Quirinus, tribune, baptized with all his
household, by pope St. Alexander, who was impris-

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oned in his house. Under the emperor Adrian, he
was delivered to the judge Aurelian, and, as he per-
severed in the confession of the faith, his tongue
was plucked out, he was stretched on the rack, his
hands and feet were cut off, and the sword termi-
nated the course of his martyrdom. — At Thessa-
lonica, the birthday of the holy martyrs Domninus,
Victor, and their companions. — At Constantinople,
the commemoration of many holy martyrs of the
Catholic communion, whom the heresiarch Mace-
donius, in the time of Constantius, put to death by
unheard-of kinds of torments. For among other
tortures, he cut off the breasts of Christian women
by pressing them between the lids of chests, and
seared the wounds with hot iron. — At Senlis, the
demise of St. Regulus, bishop of Aries. — At Orleans,
in France, St. Pastor, bishop. — At Syracuse, St.
Zosimus, bishop and confessor. — On Mount Sinai,
St. John Climacus, abbot. — At Aquino, St. Clinius,
confessor.

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A T Thecua, in Palestine, the holy prophet Amos,
**• whom the priest Amasias frequently scourged,
and whose temples Ozias, that priest's son, pierced
with an iron spike. Being carried half dead to his
native place, he expired there and was buried with

92 MARCH.

his forefathers. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Theo-
dulus, Anesius, Felix, Cornelia, and their compan-
ions.— In Persia, during the reign of king Isdegerdes,
St. Benjamin, deacon. Because he would not cease
to preach the word of God, sharp-pointed reeds were
forced under his nails, a thorny stake driven through
his entrails; and thus he consummated his martyr-
dom.—At Rome, the holy virgin Balbina, daughter
of the blessed martyr Quirinus, who was baptized
by pope St. Alexander, and after overcoming the
world, was buried on the Appian road at her father's
side.

APRIL.

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T Rome, the passion of St. Theodora, sister
of the illustrious martyr Hermes, who un-
derwent martyrdom in the time of the
emperor Adrian, under the judge Aurelian,
and was buried by the side of her brother, on the
Salarian road, a short distance from the city. — The
same day, St. Venantius, bishop and martyr. — In
Egypt, the holy martyrs Victor and Stephen. — In
Armenia, the holy martyrs Quinctian and Irenaeus. —
At Constantinople, under the emperor Leo, St. Ma-
carius, confessor, who ended his life in exile for the
defence of the honor paid to sacred images. — At
Grenoble, the bishop St. Hugh, who spent many
years of his life in solitude, and departed for heaven,
with a reputation for miracles. — At Amiens, the
abbot St. Valery, whose tomb is made illustrious by
frequent miracles.

94 APRIL.

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T. FRANCIS of Paula, founder of the Order of
Minims. As he was renowned for virtues and
miracles, he was inscribed among the Saints by
Leo X. — At Caesarea, in Palestine, during the per-
secution of Galerius Maximian, the birthday of the
martyr St. Amphian, who, because he reproved the
governor Urban for sacrificing to idols, was cruelly
lacerated and, with his feet wrapped in a cloth sat-
urated with oil, was set on fire. After these painful
tortures, he was plunged into the sea. Thus
through fire and water, he reached everlasting re-
pose.— In the same city, the passion of St. Theodo-
sia, a virgin of Tyre, who, in the same persecution,
for having publicly saluted the holy confessors as
they stood before the tribunal, and begged of them
to remember her when they should be with God, was
arrested and led to the governor Urban. By his
order, her sides and breasts were lacerated to the
very vitals, and she was thrown into the sea. — At
Lyons, St. Nizier, bishop of that city, renowned for
his saintly life and miracles. — At Como, St. Abun-
dius, bishop and confessor. — At Langres, St. Urban,
bishop. — In Palestine, the decease of St. Mary of
Egypt, surnamed the Sinner.

APRIL. 95

Cfte CftirD Dap of

A T Taormina, in Sicily, the bishop St. Pancratius,
•"• who sealed, with a martyr's blood, the gospel of
Christ which the apostle St. Peter had sent him
thither to preach. — At Tomis, in Scythia, the birth-
day of the holy martyrs Evagrius and Benignus. —
At Thessalonica, the martyrdom of the holy virgins
Agape and Chionia, under the emperor Diocletian.
As they would not deny Christ, they were first de-
tained in prison, then cast into the fire, but being
untouched by the flames, they gave up their souls to
their Creator whilst praying to Him. — At Tyre, the
martyr St. Vulpian, who was sewed up in a sack
with a serpent and a dog, and drowned in the sea,
during the persecution of Maximian Galerius. — In
the monastery of Medicion, in the East, the abbot
St. Nicetas, who suffered much for the worship of
holy images, in the time of Leo the Armenian. — In
England, St. Richard, bishop of Chichester, cele-
brated for holiness and glorious miracles. — In the
same country, St. Burgundofora, abbess and vir-
gin.—At Palermo, St. Benedict, of St. Philadelphus,
confessor, surnamed the Black, on account of his
color. He was of the Order of Minorites, and rested
in the Lord on the third of April, with a reputation
for miracles. The Sovereign Pontiff, Pius VII.,
placed him in the number of the Saints.

96 APRIL.

Cfie Jfotmf) Dap of

A T Seville, in Spain, St. Isidore, a bishop eminent
** for sanctity and learning, who shed lustre on his
country by his zeal for the Catholic faith, and the
observance .of ecclesiastical discipline. — At Thessa-
lonica, in the time of the emperor Maximian and the
governor Faustinus, the holy martyrs Agathopodes,
a deacon, and Theodulus, a lector, who, for the con-
fession of the Christian faith, were thrown into the
sea with stones tied to their necks. — At Milan, the
demise of St. Ambrose, bishop and confessor, through
whose labors, learning and miracles, almost all Italy
returned to the Catholic faith, at the time when the
perfidious Arian heresy was widely diffused. — At
Constantinople, St. Plato, a monk, who for many
years combated with invincible courage the heretics
that were breaking sacred images.— In Palestine, the
anchoret St. Zozimus, who buried the remains of St.
Mary of Egypt.

Cfte JFift!) Dap of

A T Vannes, in Brittany, St. Vincent Ferrer, con-

fessor, of the Order of Preachers, who was mighty

in word and deed, and converted many thousands

of infidels to Christ. — At Thessalonica, St. Irene,

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virgin, who was imprisoned for having concealed
the sacred books, contrary to the edict of Diocletian,
was pierced with an arrow, and consumed by fire,
by order of the governor Dulcetius, under whom her
sisters Agape and Chionia had previously suffered. —
In the island of Lesbos, the sufferings of five holy
martyrs. — The same day, St. Zeno, martyr, who was
flayed alive, besmeared with pitch, and then cast
into the fire. — In Africa, the holy martyrs, who, in
the persecution of the Arian king Genseric, were
murdered in the church on Easter day. The lector,
whilst singing Alleluia at the stand, was pierced
through the throat with an arrow.

Cfte Stafc Dap of 3pril,

A T Rome, the birthday of blessed Sixtus, pope and
•^ martyr, who governed the Church in the time of
the emperor Adrian. Under Antoninus Pius, he
joyfully endured a corporal death in order to gain
Christ. — In Macedonia, the holy martyrs Timothy
and Diogenes. — In Persia, one hundred and twenty
holy martyrs. — At Ascalon, the holy martyrs Plato-
nides and two others. — At Carthage, St. Marcellin,
who was slain by the heretics for defending the
Catholic faith. — At Rome, pope St. Celestin, who
condemned Nestorius, bishop of Constantinople, and
put Pelagius to flight. It was also by his authority,

98 APRIL.

that the holy ecumenical Synod of Ephesus was con-
voked against Nestorius. — In Ireland, the holy
bishop Celsus, who preceded blessed Malachy in the
episcopate. — In Denmark, St. William, an abbot re-
nowned for his saintly life and miracles.

Cfie Setoemj) Dap of

TN Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs Epiph-
anius, bishop, Donatus, Rufinus, and thirteen
others. — At Sinope, in Pontus, two hundred holy
martyrs. — In Cilicia, under the prefect Maximian,
St. Calliopius, martyr. After undergoing other tor-
ments, he was fastened to a cross with his head
downward, and gained the noble crown of martyr-
dom.— At Nicomedia, St. Cyriacus and ten other
martyrs. — At Alexandria, St. Peleusius, priest and
martyr. — At Eome, St. Hegesippus, who lived near
the time of the Apostles. He came to Home whilst
Anicetus was Sovereign Pontiff, and remained till
the accession of Eleutherius. He wrote the history
of the Church in a simple style, from the Passion of
our Lord to his own time, and delineated in his nar-
rative the character of those whose lives he imitated.
— At Verona, St. Saturninus, bishop and confes-
sor.— In Syria, in the time of Yalens, St. Aphraates,
an anchoret, who defended the Catholic faith against
the Arians by the power of miracles.

APRIL.

C6e (JBfgfttf) Dap of

A T Alexandria, in the time of the emperor Max-
•"• imian Galerius, the martyr St. .ZEdesius, brother
of the blessed Apphian. Because he reproved the
wicked judge publicly for delivering to corruptors
virgins consecrated to God, he was arrested by the
soldiers, exposed to the most severe torments, and
thrown into the sea for Christ our Lord. — In Africa,
the holy martyrs Januarius, Maxima, and Macaria. —
At Carthage, St. Concessa, martyr. — The same day,
the commemoration of the Saints Herodion, Asyn-
critus and Phlegon, who are mentioned by the blessed
apostle Paul in his epistle to the Romans. — At Cor-
inth, the bishop St. Denis, who instructed not only
the people of his own city and province by the learn-
ing and unction with which he preached the word of
God, but also the bishops of other cities and prov-
inces by the letters which he wrote to them. His
veneration for the Roman Pontiffs was such that he
used to read their epistles publicly in the church on
Sundays. He lived in the time of Marcus Antoninus
Verus and Lucius Aurelius Commodus. — At Tours,
the holy bishop Perpetuus, a man of wonderful sanc-
tity.— At Ferentino, in Campania, St. Redemptus,
bishop, mentioned by pope St. Gregory. — At Como,
St. Amantius, bishop and confessor.

100 APRIL.

Cfie jQtnti) Dap of

A T Antioch, St. Prochorus, who was one of the first
seven deacons. Renowned for faith and miracles,
he was crowned with martyrdom. — At Rome the
birthday of the holy martyrs Demetrius, Concessus,
Hilary and their companions. — At Sirmium, seven
holy virgins and martyrs, who purchased eternal life
together, at the price of their own blood. — At Caes-
area, in Cappadocia, St. Eupsychius, martyr, who
suffered martyrdom under Julian the Apostate, for
having overthrown the temple of Fortune. — In Af-
rica, the holy Massy litan martyrs, on whose birthday
St. Augustine delivered a discourse. — At Amida, in
Mesopotamia, St. Acatius, bishop, who melted and
sold even the sacred vessels in order to ransom cap-
tives.— At Rouen, St. Hugh, bishop and confessor.—
At Die, St. Marcellus, bishop, celebrated for mir-
acles.— In Judea, St. Mary Cleophas, sister of the
most Blessed Mary, Mother of God. — At Rome, the
translation of the body of St. Monica, mother of the
blessed bishop Augustine, which was brought from
Ostia to Rome, under the Sovereign Pontiff, Martin
V., and with due honors buried in the Church of St.
Augustine. — At Mons, in Hainaut, blessed Waltrude,
renowned for holiness of life and miracles.

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APRIL. 101

Cent!) Dap of

HPHE prophet Ezechiel, who was put to death in
• Babylon by the Judge of the people of Israel,
because he reproved him for worshipping idols. He
was buried in the sepulchre of Sem and Arphaxad,
Abraham's ancestors. To his tomb many were wont
to resort for the purpose of prayer. — At Rome, the
birthday of many holy martyrs, whom pope St. Alex-
ander baptized whilst he was detained in prison.
The prefect Aurelian had them all put in an old ship,
taken to the deep sea, and plunged into it with
stones tied to their necks. — At Alexandria, the holy
martyrs Apollonius, priest, and five others, who, in
the persecution of Maximian, were drowned in the
sea. — In Africa, under the emperor Decius and the
prefect Fortunian, the holy martyrs Terentius, Afri-
can, Pompey, and their companions, who were
scourged, racked, and subjected to other torments.
Their martyrdom ended by decapitation. — The same
day, St. Macarius, bishop of Antioch, celebrated for
virtues and miracles. — At Valladolid, in Spain, St.
Michael of the Saints, confessor, of the Order of
Discalced Trinitarians for the Redemption of Cap-
tives, a man remarkable for integrity of life, for the
penitential spirit, and for great love of God. Pius
IX. solemnly canonized him on Whitsunday, 1862,
and ordered his festival to be kept on the 5th of
July.

102 APRIL.

Cfie OElefcenti) Dap of

A T Rome, St. Leo, pope and confessor, who was sur-
•**• named the Great on account of his extraordinary
merits. He gave the seal of his authority to the
holy council of Chalcedon, which was held in his
time and which condemned Eutyches through his
legates. After having merited the gratitude of the
Church of God and the whole flock of Christ by the
many decrees which he issued and the many excel-
lent treatises which he wrote, this good and zealous
shepherd rested in peace. — At Pergamus, in Asia,
St. Antipas, a faithful witness, of whom St. John
speaks in the Apocalypse. Under the emperor Do-
mitian, he was shut up in a red-hot brazen ox, and
thus consummated his martyrdom. — At Salona, in
Dalmatia, the holy martyrs Ddmnion, a bishop, and
eight soldiers. — At Gortina, in Crete, in the time of
Marcus Antoninus Yerus and Lucius Aurelius Corn-
modus, St. Philip, a bishop most renowned for merit
and doctrine, who defended the church entrusted to
his care against the fury of the Gentiles, and the
wiles of the heretics.--At Nicomedia, St. Eustorgius,
a priest. — At Spoleto, St. Isaac, monk and confessor,
whose virtues are recorded by pope St. Gregory. — At
Gaza, in Paletsine, St. Barsanuphius, an anchoret,
in the time of the emperor Justinian.

APRIL. 103

Cfte Ctoelftft Dap of

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1 T Verona, the matryrdom of the bishop St. Zeno,
""• who governed that Church with great fortitude
amidst the storms of persecution, and was crowned
with martyrdom in the days of Gallienus. — In Cap-
padocia, in the reign of the emperor Valens, in the
persecution raised against Christians by Athanaric?
king of the Goths, St. Sabas, a Goth, who was cast
into a river after undergoing cruel torments. Ac-
cording to St. Augustine, many other Christian
Goths were at that time adorned with the crown of
martyrdom. — At Braga, in Portugal, St. Victor, mar-
tyr, who although only a catechumen, refused to
adore an idol, and confessed Jesus Christ with great
constancy. After suffering many tortures, he was
beheaded, and thus merited to be baptized in his
own blood. — At Fermo, in the Marches, St. Vissia,
virgin and martyr. — At Rome, on the Aurelian road,
the birthday of pope St. Julius, who combated vig-
orously for the Catholic faith against the Arians.
After a life of brilliant deeds and great sanctity, he
rested in peace. — At Gap, St. Constantine, bishop
and confessor. — At Pavia, St. Damian, bishop.

104 APRIL.

C&e Cintteentft Dap of

I T Seville, in Spain, St. Hermenegild, son of Leovi-
""• gild, Arian king of the Visigoths, who was in-
carcerated for the confession of the Catholic faith.
By order of his wicked father he was beheaded be-
cause he had refused to receive communion from an
Arian bishop, on the Paschal solemnity, and thus
exchanging an earthly for a heavenly kingdom, he
entered the abode of the blessed, both as a king and
as a martyr. — At Pergamus, in Asia, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Carpus, bishop of Thyatira,
Papylus, deacon, and his sister Agathonica, an excel-
lent woman, Agathadorus, their servant, and many
others, who after various torments, were, for their
blessed confession, crowned with martyrdom in the
persecution of Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius
Aurelius Commodus. — In this same persecution,
there suffered at Rome that remarkable man, Justin
the Philosopher, who had addressed to the emperors
his second Apology in defence of our religion, and
upheld it by strong arguments. Being accused of
professing Chirstianity by the intrigues of the Cynic
Crescens, whose conduct and immorality he had re-
proved, he obtained the reward of a martyr, as a
remuneration for his faithful confession. — The same
day, the martyrdom of the Saints Maximus, Quinc-
tillian, and Dadas, during the persecution of Dio-

APRIL. 105

cletian. — At Ravenna, St. Ursus, bishop and con-
fessor.

Cfie Jfourteentft Dap of 3priL

feast of St. Justin, martyr, who is mentioned
on the 13th of this month. — At Rome, on the
Appian way, the birthday of the holy martyrs Tibur-
tius, Valerian, and Maximus, who suffered in the
time of the emperor Alexander and the prefect Al-
machius. The first two being converted to Christ
by the exhortations of blessed Cecilia, and baptized
by pope St. Urban, were beaten with rods, and de-
capitated for the true faith. But Maximus, cham-
berlain of the prefect, moved by their constancy, and
encouraged by the vision of an angel, believed in
Christ, and was scourged with leaded whips until he
expired. — At Teramo, St. Proculus, bishop and mar-
tyr.— Also, St. Domnina, virgin and martyr, crowned
with other virgins, her companions. — At Alexandria,
St. Thomaides, martyr. — The same day, St. Ardalion,
an actor. One day, in the theatre, while mocking
the holy rites of the Christian religion, he was sud-
denly converted, and bore testimony to it, not only
by his words, but also with his blood. — At Lyons,
St. Lambert, bishop and confessor. — At Alexandria,
St. Fronto, an abbot, whose life was adorned with
sanctity and miracles. — At Rome, St. Abundius, resi-
dent sacristan of the church of St. Peter.

106 APRIL.

Cfie jftfteewft Dap of

A T Rome, the Saints Basilissa and Anastasia. Of
•^ noble family, they were disciples of the Apostles,
and as they persevered courageously in the profes-
sion of their faith in the time of the emperor Nero,
they had their tongues and feet cut off, were put to
the sword, and thus obtained the crown of martyr-
dom. — The same day, the holy martyrs Maro, Euty-
ches, and Victorinus, who, with blessed Flavia Domi-
tilla, were banished to the island of Pontia for the
confession of Christ. Being recalled in the reign
of Nerva, and having converted many to the faith,
they were put to death in different manners by the
judge Valerian during the persecution of Trajan.—
In Persia, in the reign of the emperor Decius, the
holy martyrs Maxinius and OJympiades, who were
beaten with rods and whips, and struck on their
heads with clubs until they breathed their last. — At
Perentino, in Campania, St. Eutychius, martyr.—
At Myra, in Lycia, St. Crescens, who consummated
his martyrdom by fire. — Also the holy martyrs Theo-
dorus and Pausilippus, who suffered under the em-
peror Adrian.

Ci)e @>i*teemi) Dap of

I T Corinth, the birthday of the holy martyrs Callis-
•"• tus and Charisius, with seven others, who were
cast into the sea. — At Saragossa, in Spain, the birth-

APRIL. 107

day of eighteen holy martyrs, Optatus, Lupercus,
Successus, Martial, Urbanus, Julia, Quinctilian, Pub-
ilus, Fronto, Felix, Caecilian, Eventius, Primitivus,
Apodemius, and four others, who, it is said, bore the
name of Saturninus. Under Dacian, governor of
Spain, they were all together subjected to torments
and slain. The glory of their martyrdom has been
celebrated in verse by Prudentius. — In the same
place, St. Encratis, a virgin and martyr who had
her body lacerated, her breasts cut off, and her liver
plucked out. As she survived these torments, she
was confined in a prison until her ulcerated flesh
putrefied. — In the same city, the Saints Caius and
Crementius, who twice confessed the faith of Christ,
and persevering in it, drank of the chalice of mar-
tyrdom.— Again in the same place, the martyr St.
Lambert. — At Palencia, St. Turibius, bishop of As-
torga, who with the aid of pope St. Leo, drove the
heresy of Priscillian entirely out of Spain, and went
to rest in the Lord with a great renown for miracles.
— At Braga, in Portugal, the bishop St. Fructuo-
sus. — The same day, St. Paternus, bishop of Av-
rauches. — In Belgium, near Valenciennes, St. Drogo,
confessor. — At Siena, in Tuscany, blessed Joachim,
of the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin
Mary. — At Rome, the birthday of St. Benedict Jo-
seph Labre, confessor, who was renowned for his
contempt of self and his great voluntary poverty.

108 APEIL.

Cfie Setoemeemj) Dap of

IT Kome, St. Anicetus, pope and martyr, who ob-
tained the palm of martyrdom in the persecution
of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. — In Africa, the birth-
day of blessed Mappalicus, and many others who
were crowned with martyrdom, as is related by St.
Cyprian in his epistle to the Martyrs and Confessors.
— In the same country, the holy martyrs Fortunatus
and Marcian. — At Antioch, the holy martyrs Peter,
a deacon, and Hermogenes, his servant. — At Cordova,
the holy martyrs Elias, a priest, Paul and Isidore,
monks. — At Vienne, St. Pantagathus, bishop. — At
Tortona, St. Innocent, bishop and confessor. — At
Citeaux, in France, the abbot St. Stephen, who was
the first to live in the desert of Citeaux, and who
joyfully welcomed St. Bernard and his com-
panions when they came thither. — In the monastery
of Chaise-Dieu, in the diocese of Clermont, St. Rob-
ert, confessor, founder and first abbot of that mon-
astery.

Cfie OEig&teentf) Dap of

A T Kome, St. Apollonius, a senator under the empe

ror Commodus and the prefect Perennius. Hav-

ing been denounced as a Christian by one of his

slaves, and being commanded to give an account of

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his faith, he composed an able work which he read
in the Senate. He was nevertheless decapitated for
Christ by the sentence of that body. — At Messina,
the birthday of the holy martyrs, Eleutherius,
bishop of Illyricum, and Anthia, his mother. Illus-
trious by his holiness of life and his power of
working miracles, he was, in the reign of Adrian,
laid on a bed of red-hot iron, on a gridiron, in a pan
filled with boiling oil, pitch and rosin; he was cast
to the lions, but, remaining unhurt, he finally had
his throat pierced with a sword. His mother suf-
fered a similar punishment. — In the same place, St.
Corebus, prefect, who was converted to the faith by
St. Eleutherius, and died by the sword. — At Brescia,
St. Calocerus, a martyr, who was converted to Christ
by Saints Faustinus and Jovita, and under the same
Adrian terminated his glorious combat for the con-
fession of the faith. — At Cordova, St. Perfect, priest
and martyr, killed by the Moors for inveighing
against the followers of Mahomet. — At Milan, St.
Galdini, cardinal and bishop of that city, who, at
the conclusion of a discourse against heretics, gave
up his soul to God. — In Tuscany, on Mount Senario,
blessed Amideus, one of the seven Founders of the
Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
very celebrated for an ardent love of God.

110 APRIL.

J!2ineteettt!) Dap of

fTlHE birthday of St. Timon, one of the first seven
•*• deacons, who taught first at Berea. Afterwards
while preaching the word of the Lord at Corinth,
he was delivered to the flames by the Jews and the
Greeks ; but remaining uninjured, he ended his mar-
tyrdom by crucifixion. — At Melitine, in Armenia, the
holy martyrs Hermogenes, Caius, Expeditus, Aris-
tonicus, Rufus and Galatas, crowned on the same
day. — At Collioure, in Spain, the holy martyr Vin-
cent.— The same day, the holy martyrs Socrates and
Denis, who were tarnspierced with lances. — At Jeru-
salem, St. Paphnutius, martyr. — At Canterbury, in
England, St. Elphege, bishop and martyr. — At Anti-
och, in Pisidia, St. George, a bishop, who died in
exile for the worship of sacred images. — At Rome,
pope St. Leo IX., illustrious for his virtues and
miracles. — In the monastery of Lobbes, St. Ursmar,
bishop. — At Florence, St. Crescent, confessor, dis-
ciple of the blessed bishop Zenobius.

Cfie Ctoentietfi Dap of 3prtU

A T Rome, the holy martyrs Sulpicius and Servilian,
•"• who were converted to the faith of Christ by the
discourses and the miracles of the holy virgin Domi-
tilla. Having refused to sacrifice to the idols, they

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were beheaded by Anian, prefect of the city, in the
persecution of Trajan. — The same day, the holy
martyrs Victor, Zoticus, Zeno, Acindinus, Csesareus,
Severian, Chrysophorus, Theonas, and Antoninus,
who suffered martyrdom after undergoing various
trials. — At Tomis, in Scy thia, St. Theotimus, bishop,
whose great sanctity and miracles procured him the
veneration of unbelieving barbarians. — At Embrun,
in France, St. Marcellin, first bishop of that city,
who by divine inspiration came from Africa with his
holy companions Vincent and Domninus, and con-
verted to the faith of Christ the greatest portion of
the inhabitants of the maritime Alps, by his preach-
ing and the wonderful prodigies, which he still con-
tinues to work. — At Auxerre, St. Marcian, a priest.
—The same day, St. Theodore, confessor, surnamed
Trichinas, from the rough hair garment which he
wore. He was renowned for many miracles, but
especially for his power over the demons. From his
body issues a liquid which imparts health to the
sick. — At Monte-Pulciano, St. Agnes, a virgin, of the
Order of St. Dominic, celebrated for miracles.

Cfte €toemp*fir$t Dap of

A T Canterbury, in England, St. Anselm, bishop and
•"• Doctor of the Church, who was renowned for
sanctity and learning. — In Persia, the birthday of

112 APRIL.

St. Simeon, bishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon. He
was arrested by order of Sapor, king of Persia, load-
ed with irons, and presented to the iniquitous tri-
bunals. As he refused to adore the sun, and openly
and courageously bore testimony to Jesus Christ,
he was confined a long time in a dungeon with one
hundred other confessors, among whom were bish-
ops, priests, and clerics of various ranks. After-
wards Usthazanes, the king's foster-father, who had
been converted from apostasy by Simeon, endured
martyrdom with great constancy. The day after,
which was the anniversary of our Lord's Passion,
the companions of Simeon whom he had feelingly
exhorted, were beheaded before his eyes, after which
he met the same fate. With him suffered also several
distinguished men: Abdechalas and Ananias, his
priests, with Pusicius, the chief of the royal artificers.
This last having encouraged Ananias, who seemed
to falter, died a cruel death, having his tongue drawn
out through a perforation made in his neck. After
him, his daughter, who was a consecrated virgin,
was put to death. — At Alexandria, the holy martyrs
Arator, priest, Fortunatus, Felix, Silvius, and Vi-
talis, who died in prison. — Also, the Saints Apollo,
Isacius, and Crotates, who suffered under Diocle-
tian.— At Antioch, St. Anastasius Sinaita, bishop.

APRIL. 113

Cfie Ctoentp-0econD Dap of aprfl.

4 T Rome, on the Appian way, the birthday of St.
^ Soter, pope and martyr. — In the same city, pope
St. Caius, who was crowned with martyrdom, under
the emperor Diocletian. — At Smyrna, the Saints
Apelles and Lucius, who were among the first dis-
ciples of Christ. — -The same day, many holy martyrs
who, the year following the death of St. Simeon, and
on the anniversary of the Passion of our Lord, were
put to the sword for the name of Christ throughout
Persia, under king Sapor. Among those who then
suffered for the faith were the eunuch Azades, a
favorite of the king; Milles, a bishop renowned for
sanctity and miracles; the bishop Acepsimas, with
one of his priests named James ; also Aithalas and
Joseph, priests; Azadan and Abdiesus, deacons, and
many other clerics ; Mareas and Bicor, bishops, with
twenty other bishops, and nearly two hundred and
fifty clerics; many monks and consecrated virgins,
among whom was the sister of St. Simeon, called
Tarbula, with her maid-servant, who were both killed
in a most cruel manner by being tied to stakes and
sawed in twain. — Also in Persia, the Saints Par-
menius, Helimenas and Chrysotelus, priests, Lucas
and Mucius, deacons, whose triumph is related in the
Acts of Saints Abdon and Sennen. — At Alexandria,
the birthday of the martyr St. Leonides, who suf-
fered under Severus. — At Lyons, in the persecution

114 APRIL.

of Antoninus Verus, St. Epipodius, who was arrested
with Alexander, his companion, and after undergo-
ing severe torments, consummated his martyrdom,
bj decapitation. — At Sens, St. Leo, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Anastasiopolis, St. Theodore, a bishop
renowned for miracles.

Cfte CtoentH&irD Dap of

fll HE birthday of St. George, whose illustrious mar-
tyrdom is honored by the Church of God among
the combats of other crowned martyrs. — At Valence,
in France, the holy martyrs Felix, priest, Fortunatus
and Achilleus, deacons, who were sent there to
preach the word of God by blessed Irenseus, bishop
of Lyons, and converted the greater portion of that
city to the faith of Christ. These martyrs were cast
into prison by the commander Cornelius, were a long
time scourged, had their legs crushed, were bound
to wheels in motion, and stifled with smoke whilst
stretched on the rack, and finally died by the sword.
— In Prussia, the birthday of St. Adalbert, bishop of
Prague, and martyr, who preached the Gospel to the
Poles and Hungarians. — At Milan, St. Marolus,
bishop and confessor. — At Toul, in France, St. Ge-
rard, bishop of that city.

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AT Sevis, in Switzerland, St. Fidelis of Sigmarin-
•"• gen, of the Order of Capuchin Minorites, who was
sent thither to preach the Catholic faith. He was
put to death by the heretics, and was placed among
the holy martyrs by the Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict
XIV. — At Rome, St. Sabas, a military officer, who
bravely confessed Christ before the judge when he
was accused of visiting the Christians in prison.
For this he was burned with torches and thrown
into a caldron of boiling pitch, out of which he came
uninjured. Seventy men were converted to Christ
at the sight of this miracle, and as they all remained
unshaken in the confession of the faith, they were
put to the sword. Sabas, however, terminated his
martyrdom by being cast into the river. — At Lyons,
in France, during the persecution of Verus, the
birthday of St. Alexander, martyr. After being im-
prisoned, he was so lacerated by the cruelty of those
who scourged him, that his ribs and the interior of
his body were exposed to view. Then he was fas-
tened to the gibbet of the cross, on which he yielded
up his blessed soul. Thirty-four others who suf-
fered with him are commemorated on other days. —
The same day, during the persecution of Diocletian,
the holy martyrs Eusebius, Neon, Leontius, Lon-
ginus, and four others, were slain with the sword
after enduring great torments. — In England, the

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demise of St. Mellitus, bishop. Being sent thither
by St. Gregory, he converted to the faith the East-
Saxons and their king. — At Elvira, in Spain, St.
Gregory, bishop and confessor.— At Brescia, St.
Honorius, bishop.— In Ireland, St. Egbert, priest
and monk, a man of admirable humility and conti-
nency. — At Kheims, the holy virgins Bona and Doda.

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AT Alexandria, the birthday of blessed Mark,
evangelist, disciple and interpreter of the apostle
St. Peter. He wrote his gospel at the request of the
faithful of Rome, and taking it with him, proceeded
to Egypt and founded a church at Alexandria, where
he was the first to announce Christ. Afterwards,
being arrested for the faith, he was bound, dragged
over stones and endured great afflictions. Finally
he was confined to prison, where, being comforted
by the visit of an angel, and even by an apparition
of our Lord himself, he was called to the heavenly
kingdom in the eighth year of the reign of Nero.— •
At Rome, the great Litanies in the church of St.
Peter. — At Syracuse, the holy martyrs Evodius, Her-
mogenes, and Callistus. — At Antioch, St. Stephen,
bishop and martyr, who suffered much from the
heretics opposed to the Council of Chalcedon, and
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of the emperor Zeno. — In the same city, the Saints
Philo and Agathopodes, deacons. — At Alexandria,
the bishop St. Anian, disciple of blessed Mark, and
his successor in the episcopate. With a great re-
nown for virtue, he rested in the Lord. — At Lobbes,
the birthday of St. ErmiDus, bishop and confessor.

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A T Rome, the birthday of blessed Cletns, pope who
•"• governed the Church the second after the apostle
St. Peter, and was crowned with martyrdom in the
persecution of Domitian. — In the same city, in the
time of Maximian, St. Marcellinus, pope and martyr,
who was beheaded for the faith of Christ, with
Claudius, Cyrinus, and Antoninus. So great was
the persecution at this time that within a month
seventeen thousand Christians were crowned with
martyrdom. — At Amasea, in Pontus, St. Basileus,
bishop and martyr, whose illustrious martyrdom
occurred under the emperor Licinius. His body was
thrown into the sea; but being found by Elpidipho-
rus, through the revelation of an angel, it was hon-
orably entombed. — At Braga, in Portugal, St. Peter,
martyr, the first bishop of that city. — At Venice, St.
Clarence, bishop and confessor. — At Verona, St.
Lucidius, bishop. — In the monastery of Centula, St.
Richarius, priest and confessor. — At Troyes, St. Ex-
uperantia, virgin.

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A T Nicomedia, during the persecution of Diocle-
•"• tian, the birthday of St. Anthimus, bishop and
martyr, who obtained the glory of martyrdom for
the faith by decapitation. Nearly all his numerous
flock followed him; the judge ordered some to be
beheaded, some to be buried alive, and others to be
put in boats and sunk in the sea. — At Tarsus, in
Cilicia, the Saints Castor and Stephen, martyrs. —
At Rome, the demise of the blessed pope Anastatius,
a man most rich in his poverty, and filled with apos-
tolic zeal, whom Rome, says St. Jerome, did not de-
serve to possess long, lest the capital of the world
should be devastated under such a bishop; for
shortly after his death Rome was taken and sacked
by the Goths. — At Bologna, St. Tertullian, bishop
and confessor. — At Brescia, the bishop St. Theoph-
ilus. — At Constantinople, the abbot St. John, who
combated vigorously for the worship of holy images,
under Leo the Isaurian. — At Tarragona, the blessed
Peter Armengaudius, of the Order of Blessed Mary
of Mercy for the Redemption of Captives, who en-
dured many tribulations in Africa in ransoming the
faithful, and finally closed his career peacefully in
the convent of St. Mary of the Meadows. — At Lucca
in Italy, blessed Zita, a virgin renowned for virtues
and miracles, whose festival is celebrated on this
day, conformably to the decree of the Sovereign Pon-
tiff, Leo X.

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T. PAUL of the Cross, a man remarkable for inno-
cence of life and for the spirit of penance, and
Founder of the Congregation of the Cross and Pas-
sion of our Lord Jesus Christ. Consumed with a
burning love for Christ crucified, illustrious by his
heavenly gifts and the working of miracles, and
blessed with a perfect and finished virtue, he went
to his repose in the Lord. — At Ravenna, the birth-
day of St. Vitalis, martyr, father of the saints Ger-
vasius and Protasius. When he had taken up and
reverently buried the body of blessed Ursicinus, he
was arrested by the ex-consul Paulinus, and after be-
ing racked, and thrown into a deep pit, was over-
whelmed with earth and stones, and by this kind of
martyrdom went to Christ. — At Milan, the martyr St.
Valeria, who was the wife of St. Vitalis. — At Atinor
St. Mark, who being made biship by the blessed apos
tie Peter, was the first to preach the Gospel to the in-
habitants of that region, and received the crown of
martyrdom in the persecution of Domitian, under
the governor Maximus. — At Alexandria, the martyr-
dom of the virgin St. Theodora. For refusing to
sacrifice to idols, she was led to a place of debauch;
but. a Christian, named Didymus, through the ad-
mirable providence of God, delivered her by quickly
exchanging garments with her. He was afterwards
decapitated, and crowned with her in the persecution

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of Diocletian, under the governor Eustratius. — The
same day, the saints Aphrodisius, Caralippus,
Agapius, and Eusebius, martyrs. — In Pannonia, St.
Pollio, martyr, under the emperor Diocletian. — At
Prusa, in Bithynia, the holy martyrs Patritius,
bishop, Acatius, Menander, and Polyenus. — At Tar-
razona, in Spain, St. Prudentius, bishop and mar-
tyr.— At Pelino, in Abruzzo, St. Pamphilus, bishop
of Valva, illustrious by his charity towards the poor,
and the gift of miracles. His body was buried at
Solmona.

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AT Milan, St. Peter, martyr, of the Order of
•"• Preachers, slain by the heretics for the Catholic
faith. — At Paphos, in Cyprus, St. Tychicus, a dis-
ciple of the blessed apostle Paul, who called him in
his epistles most dear brother, faithful minister, and
fellow-servant in the Lord. — At Cirtha, in Numidia,
the birthday of the holy martyrs Agapius and Secun-
dinus, bishops, who, after a long exile in that city,
added to the glory of their priesthood the crown of
martyrdom. They suffered in the persecution of Va-
lerian, during which the enraged Gentiles made
every effort to shake the faith of the just. In their
company, suffered JSmilian, soldier, Tertulla and
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twin children. — The same day, seven robbers, who,
being converted to Christ by St. Jason, attained to
eternal life by martyrdom. — At Brescia, St. Pau-
linus, bishop and confessor. — In the monastery of
Cluny, the abbot St. Hugh. — In the monastery of
Molesmes, St. Kobert, first abbot of the Cistercians.

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AT Rome, St. Catherine of Siena, virgin, of the
•"• Order of St. Dominic, renowned for her life and
miracles. She was inscribed among the canonized
virgins by Pius II. — At Lambesa, in Numidia, the
birthday of the holy martyrs Marian, lector, and
James, deacon. The former, after having success-
fully endured vexations for the confession of Christ,
in the persecution of Decius, was again arrested
with his illustrious companion, and both being sub-
jected to severe and cruel torments, during which
they were twice miraculously comforted from heaven,
finally fell by the sword with many others. — At
Saintes, blessed Eutropius, bishop and martyr, who
was consecrated bishop and sent to Gaul by St.
Clement. After preaching for many years, he had
his skull crushed for bearing testimony to Christ,
and thus gained a victory by his death. — At Cor-
dova, the holy martyrs Amator, priest, Peter, monk,

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and Lewis. — At Novara, the martyrdom of the holy
priest Lawrence, and some boys, whom he was edu-
cating.— At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Aphro-
disius, priest, and thirty others. — At Ephesus, St.
Maximus, martyr, who was crowned in the perse-
cution of Decius. — At Fermo, in the Marches, St.
Sophia, virgin and martyr. — At Naples, in Cam-
pania, St. Severus, bishop, who, among other prodi-
gies, raised for a short time a dead man from the
grave, in order to convict of falsehood the lying
creditor of a widow and her children. — At Evorea,
in Epirus, St. Donatus, a bishop, who was eminent
for sanctity in the time of the emperor Theodosius. —
At London, in England, St. Erconwald, a bishop cele-
brated for many miracles.

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(HE birthday of the blessed apostles Philip
and James. Philip, after having converted
nearly all Scythia to the faith of Christ,
went to Hierapolis, in Asia, where he was
fastened to a cross, overwhelmed with stones, and
thus terminated his life gloriously. James, who is
also called the brother of our Lord, was the first
bishop of Jerusalem. Being hurled down from a
pinnacle of the temple, he had his legs broken, and
being then struck on the head with a dyer's staff, he
expired, and was buried near the temple. — In Egypt,
St. Jeremias, prophet, wTho was stoned to death by
the people at. Taphnas, where he was interred. St.
Epiphanius relates that the faithful were wont to
pray at his grave, and to take away from it dust to
heal those who were stung by serpents. — In France,
in the province of Vivarais, blessed Andeol, sub-
deacon, who was sent from the East into Gaul with
others by St. Polycarp to preach the word of God.
Under the emperor Severus he was scourged with
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124 MAY.

wooden sword into four parts, in the shape of a
cross, terminated his martyrdom. — At Huesca, in
Spain, the holy martyrs Orentius and Patience. — At
Sion, in Switzerland, St. Sigismund, king of the Bur-
gundians, who was drowned in a well, and after-
wards became renowned for miracles. — At Auxerre,
St. Amator, bishop and confessor. — At Auch, St.
Orientius, bishop. — In England, the Saints Asaph,
bishop, and Walburge, virgin. — At Bergamo, St.
Grata, widow. — At Forli, St. Peregrinus, of the
Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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AT Alexandria, the birthday of St. Athauasius,
**• bishop of that city and Doctor of the Church,
most celebrated for sanctity and learning. Although
almost all the world had formed a conspiracy to
persecute him, he courageously defended the Catholic
faith, from the reign of Constantine t.o that of Va-
lens, against emperors, governors, and a multitude
of Arian bishops, whose perfidious attacks forced
him to wander as an exile over the whole earth with-
out finding a place of security. At length, however,
he was restored to his church, and after fighting
many combats, and winning many crowns by his
patience, he departed for heaven in the forty-sixth
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Valentinian and Valens. — At Rome, the holy mar-
tyrs Saturninus, Neopolus, Germanus, and Celestine,
who after much suffering were thrown into prison,
where they rested in the Lord. — Also the holy mar-
tyrs Exuperius and Zoe, his wife, with their sons,
Cyriacus and Theodulus, who suffered under the
emperor Adrian. — At Seville, St. Felix, deacon and
martyr. — The^same day, St. Vindemial, bishop and
martyr, who with the holy bishops Eugenius and
Longinus, combated the Arians by his teaching and
miracles, and was decapitated by order of king
Hunneric. — At Avila, in Spain, St. Secundus, bishop,
who is also mentioned with others on the 15th of
this month. — At Florence, the bishop St. Antoninus,
of the Order of Preachers, renowned for holiness
and learning. His feast is kept on the 10th of this
month.

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A T Jerusalem, the finding of the holy cross of our
•**• Lord, in the time of the emperor Constantine. —
At Rome, on the Nomentan road, the holy martyrs
Alexander, pope, Eventius and Theodulus, priests.
Alexander was bound, imprisoned, racked, lacerated
with hooks, burned, pierced in all his limbs with
pointed instruments, and finally put to death, under
the emperor Adrian and the judge Aurelian. Even-

126 MAY.

tins and Theodulus, after a long imprisonment were
exposed to the flames, and then beheaded. — At Xarni,
St. Juvenal, bishop and confessor. — At Constanti-
nople, the holy martyrs Alexander, soldier, and An-
tonina, virgin. In the persecution of Maximian, un-
der the governor Festus, Antonina, having been con-
demned to remain in a honse of debanch? was deliv-
ered by Alexander, who secretly exchanging garments
with her, took her place. They were, tortnred to-
gether, and both having their hands cnt off, and
being cast into the fire, were crowned at the end of
their noble combat for the faith. — In Thebais,-the
holy martyrs Timothy and his wife Manra. The
Arian prefect caused them to be tortured, and then
fastened to a cross, on which remaining suspended
and alive for nine days, and encouraging each oth^r
to persevere in the faith, they consummated their
martyrdom. — At Aphrodisia, in Caria, the holy mar-
tyrs Diodorus and Rodopian, who were stoned to
death by their fellow-citizens, in the persecution of
Diocletian. — On Mount Senario, near Florence, the
blessed Sostenaeus and Uguccio, confessors, who
responding to a voice from heaven, departed this
life on the same day and at the same hour, while
reciting the angelical saluation.

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AT Ostia, the birthday of St. Monica, mother of
•"• blessed Augustine, who has left us in the ninth
book of his Confessions a beautiful sketch of her
life. — At the metal mines of Phennes, in Palestine,
the birthday of the blessed Silvanus, bishop of Gaza,
who was crowned with martyrdom with many of his
clerics by the command of Ctesar Galerius Maxini-
ian, in the persecution of Diocletian. — Also, thirty-
nine holy martyrs, who were beheaded together after
having been condemned to work in the same mines,
to be branded with a hot iron, and to undergo other
torments. — At Jerusalem, in the reign of Julian the
Apostate, St. Cyriacus, bishop, who was murdered
as he was visiting the holy places. — In Umbria, St.
Porphyry, martyr. — At Xicomedia, the birthday of
St. Antonia, martyr, who, for the confession of
Christ, was cruelly tortured, subjected to diverse
torments, suspended by one arm for three days, kept
two years in prison, and finally delivered to the
flames by the governor Priscillian. — At Lorch, in
Austria, under the emperor Diocletian and the gov-
ernor Aquilinus, the martyr St. Florian, who was
precipitated into the river Enns, with a stone tied
to his neck. — At Tarsus, St. Pelagia, virgin, who en-
dured martyrdom under Diocletian by being shut up
within a red-hot brazen ox. — At Cologne, St. Pau-
linus, martyr. — At Milan, St. Venerius, bishop,

128 MAY.

whose virtues are attested by St. John Chrysostom
in the epistle which he wrote to him. — In the prov-
ince of Perigord, St. Sacerdos, bishop of Limoges. —
At Hildesheim, in Saxony, St. Godard, bishop and
confessor, ranked among the Saints by Innocent II.
— At Auxerre, St. Curcodomus, deacon.

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A T Rome, pope St. Pius V., of the Order of Preach-
ers, who labored zealously and successfully for
the re-establishment of ecclesiastical discipline, the
extirpation of heresies, the destruction of the ene-
mies of the Christian name, and governed the Cath-
olic Church by holy laws and the example of a
saintly life. — Also at Home, St. Crescentiana, mar-
tyr.— In the same city, St. Sylvanus, martyr. — At
Alexandria, St. Euthymius, deacon, who died in
prison for Christ. — At Thessalonica, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Irenseus, Peregrinus and Irenes,
who were burned alive. — At Auxerre, the martyrdom
of St. Jovinian, lector. — At Leocata, in Sicily, St.
Angelus, a priest of the Order of Carmelites, who
was murdered by the heretics for defending the
Catholic faith. — At Jerusalem, St. Maximus, bishop
and confessor, whom the Ca3sar Maximian Galerius
condemned to work in the mines, after having
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foot with hot iron. — At Edessa, in Syria, St. Eulo-
gius, bishop and confessor. — At Aries, in France, St.
Hilary, bishop, noted for his learning and holiness. —
At Vienne, the bishop St. N icetus, a man venerable
for his sanctity. — At Bologna, St. Theodore, a bishop
who was eminent for merits. — The same day, St.
Sacerdos, bishop of Saguntum. — At Milan, St. Ge-
runtius, bishop. — In the same city, the conversion
of St. Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church,
whom the blessed bishop Ambrose instructed in the
Catholic faith, and baptized on this day.

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AT Rome, the feast of St. John before the Latin
^ Gate. Being bound and brought to Rome from
Ephesus by the order of Domitian, he was condemned
by the Senate to be cast, near the said gate, into a
vessel of boiling oil, from which he came out more
healthy and vigorous than before. — At Antioch, St.
Evodius, who, as the blessed Ignatius wrote to the
people of Antioch, was consecrated first bishop of
that city by the apostle St. Peter, and ended his life
by a glorious martyrdom. — At Cyrene, St. Lucius,
bishop, who is mentioned by St. Luke, in the Acts
of the Apostles. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Heli-
odorus and Venustus, with seventy-five others. — In
Cyprus, St. Theodotus, bishop of Cyrinia, who hav-

130 MAY.

ing undergone grievous afflictions under the emperor
Licinius, at length yielded his soul to God, when
peace was restored to the Church. — At Damascus,
the birthday of the blessed John Damescene, re-
nowned for sanctity and learning, who, by both the
written and the spoken word, courageously resisted
Leo the Isaurian, in defending the worship paid to
sacred images. By order of this emperor his right
hand was cut off, but commending himself to an
image of the blessed Virgin Mary, which he had de:
fended, his hand was immediately restored to him
entire and sound. — At Carrhae, in Mesopotamia, St.
Protogenes, bishop. — In England, St. Eadbert, bishop
of Lindisfarne, eminent for doctrine and piety. — At
Rome, St. Benedicta, virgin. — At Salerno, the Trans-
lation of St. Matthew, apostle. His sacred body
previously transferred from Ethiopia to various
countries, was finally taken to Salerno, and there
with great pomp placed in a church dedicated under
his invocation.

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AT Cracow, in Poland, the birthday of St. Stanis-
•"• laus, bishop and martyr, who was murdered by
the wicked king Boleslas. — At Terracina, in Cam-
pania, the birthday of blessed Flavia Domitilla, vir-
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She received the religious veil at the hands of St.
Clement, and in the persecution of Domitian was
exiled with many others to the island of Pontia,
where she endured a long martyrdom for Christ.
Taken afterwards to Terracina, she converted many
to the faith of Christ by her teaching and miracles.
The judge ordered the chamber in which she was
with the virgins Euphrosina and Theodora, to be set
on fire, and she thus consummated her glorious mar-
tyrdom. She is also mentioned with the holy mar-
tyrs Nereus ad Achilleus, on the 12th of this month.
—The same day, St. Juvenal, martyr. — At Nico-
media, the holy martyrs Flavius, Augustus,
and Augustine, brothers. — In the same city, St.
Quadratus, martyr, who was frequently tortured in
the persecution of Decius, and at last decapitated. —
At Rome, St. Benedict, pope and confessor. — At
York, in England, St. John, bishop renowned for
his saintly life and miracles. — At Pavia, the bishop
St. Peter. — At Rome, the translation of the body of
St. Stephen, the first martyr, which was brought
from Constantinople to Rome, and laid in the sepul-
chre of the martyr St. Lawrence in the field of Ve-
rano, where it is honored with great devotion by the
pious faithful.

132 MAY.

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AN Mount Gargano, the apparition of the Arch-
" angel St. Michael. — At Milan, the birthday of the
holy martyr Victor, a Moor. He became a Christian
in his youth, and served as soldier in the imperial
army. When Maximian wished to force him to offer
sacrifice to idols, he persevered with the greatest
fortitude in the confession of the Lord. Being first
beaten with rods, but without experiencing any pain,
through the protection of God, and then having
melted lead poured over him, which did him no
injury whatever, he at length terminated the career
of his glorious martyrdom by being beheaded. — At
Constantinople, in the persecution of Diocletian and
Maximian, St. Acathius, a centurion, 'who, being de-
nounced as a Christian by the tribune Firmus, and
cruelly tortured at Perinthus by the judge Bibian,
was finally condemned to death at Byzantium by the
proconsul Flaccinus. His body was afterwards
miraculously brought to the shore of Syllacium,
where it is preserved with due honor. — At Vienne,
St. Denis, bishop and confessor. — At Auxerre, St.
Helladius, bishop. — In the diocese of Besancon, St.
Peter, bishop. — In Ireland, St. Wiro, bishop.

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A T Nazianzus, the birthday of St. Gregory, bishop
and doctor of the church, surnamed the Theolo-
gian, because of his remarkable knowledge of divin-
ity. At Constantinople, he restored the Catholic
faith, which was fast waning, and repressed the ris-
ing heresies. — At Rome, St. Hennas, mentioned by
the apostle St. Paul in the epistle to the Romans.
Generously sacrificing himself, he became an offering
acceptable to God, and adorned with virtues took
his departure for the heavenly kingdom. — In Persia,
three hundred and ten holy martyrs. — At Caglio, on
the Flaminian road, the passion of St. Gerontius,
bishop of Cervia. — In the castle of Windisch, the
decease of St. Beatus, confessor. — At Constantinople,
the translation of the apostle St. Andrew and the
evangelist St. Luke, out of Achaia, and of Timothy,
disciple of the blessed apostle Paul, from Ephesus.
The body of St. Andrew, long after, was conveyed
to Amalfi, where it is honored by the pious concourse
of the faithful. From his tomb continually issues a
liquid which heals diseases. — At Rome, also, the
translation of St. Jerome, priest and doctor of the
Church, from Bethlehem of Juda, to the basilica of
St. Mary of the manger. — At Bari, in Apulia, the
translation likewise of the holy bishop Nicholas,
from Myra, a town of Lycia.

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T. . ANTONINUS, confessor and archbishop of
Florence, whose birthday is the 2d of May. — At
Rome, on the Latin road, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Gordian and Epimachus. In the time of
Julian the Apostate, the former was a long time
scourged and finally decapitated for confessing the
name of Christ. He was buried at nigth by the
Christians, in a crypt to which, shortly before, the
remains of the blessed martyr Epimachus had been
translated from Alexandria, where he had been mar-
tyred for the faith of Christ. — In the land of Hus,
the holy prophet Job, a man of wonderful patience.
— At Rome, the blessed priest and martyr Calepo-
dius, who was killed with the sword, by order of the
emperor Alexander. His body was dragged through
the city and thrown into the Tiber. It was after-
wards found and buried by Pope Callistus. The
consul Palmatius was also beheaded with his wife,
his sons, and forty-two of both sexes belonging to
his household; likewise, the senator Simplicius with
his wife, and sixty-eight of his house; Felix also
with his wife Blanda. The heads of all these mar-
tyrs were exposed over different gates of the city,
to terrify the Christians. — Also, at Kome, on the
Latin way, the birthday of the holy martyrs Quartus
and Quinctus, whose bodies were translated to
Capua. — At Lentini, in Sicily, the holy martyrs

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Alphius, Philadelpus, and Cyrinus. — At Smyrna,
St. Dioscorides, martyr. — At Bologna, blessed Nich-
olas Albergati, a Carthusian monk, bishop of that
city, and Cardinal of the holy Eoman Church, cele-
brated for his holiness and Legations Apostolic.
His body was buried at Florence, in the monastery
of the Carthusians. — At Taranto, St. Cataldus, a
bishop renowned for miracles. — At Milan, the finding
of the bodies of the holy martyrs Nazarius and Cel-
sus. The blessed bishop Ambrose found the body of
St. Nazarius covered with blood still fresh, which
he translated to the basilica of the Apostles, to-
gether with the body of the blessed boy Celsus, whom
Nazarius had brought up, and whom Anolinus, in
the persecution of Nero, had ordered to be struck
with the sword on the 28th of July, the day when
their martyrdom is commemorated. — At Madrid, St.
Isidore, a laborer. Being renowned for miracles,
pope Gregory XV. placed him in the number of the
Saints at the same time with St. Ignatius, St. Fran-
cis, St. Theresa, and St. Philip.

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AT Rome, on the Salarian road, the birthday of
^ blessed Anthimus, priest, who, after having dis-
tinguished himself by his virtues and preaching, was
precipitated into the Tiber, in the persecution of

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Diocletian. He was rescued by an angel, and re-
stored to his oratory. Being afterwards decapitated,
he went victoriously to heaven. — The same day, St.
Evelius, martyr, who belonged to the household of
Nero. On seeing the martyrdom of St. Torpes, he
believed in Christ, and for Him was beheaded. — Also,
at Eome, the holy martyrs Maximus, Bassus, and
Fabius, who were put to death on the Salarian way,
in the time of Diocletian. — At Camerino, the holy
martyrs Anastasius and his companions, who were
killed in the persecution of Decius, under the gov-
ernor Antiochus. — At Osimo,in the March of Ancona,
the holy martyrs Sisinus, a deacon, Diocletius and
Florentius, disciples of the priest St. Anthimus, who
consummated their martyrdom under Diocletian by
being overwhelmed with stones. — At Varennes, St.
Gangulpus, martyr. — At Vienne, St. Mamertus,
bishop, who, to avert an impending calamity, insti-
tuted in that city the three days' Litanies immedi-
ately before the Ascension of our Lord. This rite
was afterwards received and approved by the uni-
versal Church. — At Souvigny, the decease of St.
Maieul, abbot of Cluny, whose life was distinguished
for merits and holiness. — At San Severino, in the
March of Ancona, St. Illuminatus, confessor. — At
Grottaglia, in the diocese of Taranto, St. Francis
Girolamo, confessor, of the Society of Jesus, re-
nowned for his zeal for the salvation of souls, and
for his patience. He was canonized by pope Gregory
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solemnity in the church of the professed house, at
Naples, where his body rests.

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4 T Home, on the Ardeatine road, the holy martyrs
^ Nereus and Achilleus, brothers, who first under-
went a long exile for Christ in the island of Pontia
with Flavia Domitilla, whose chamberlains they
were. Afterwards they endured a most severe
scourging. Finally, as the ex-consul Minutius Ru-
fus endeavored by using the rack and fire to force
them to offer sacrifices, they said, that having been
baptized by the blessed Apostle Peter, they could by
no means sacrifice to idols. They were beheaded,
and their sacred relics, with those of Flavia Domi-
tilla, were, by order of pope Clement VIII., solemnly
transferred the day before this, from the sacristy of
St. Adrian to their ancient church now repaired, in
which they were formerly preserved. — In the same
place, on the Aurelian road, the holy martyr Pancra-
tius, who, at fourteen years of age, endured martyr-
dom by decapitation under Diocletian. — Also, at
Rome, St. Denis, uncle of the same blessed Pancra-
tius. — In Sicily, St. Philip Argyrio, who was sent to
that island by the Roman Pontiff, and converted to
Christ a great portion of it. His sanctity is par-
ticularly manifested by the deliverance of possessed

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persons. — At Salamis, in Cyprus, St. Epiphanius, a
bishop of great erudition and profound knowledge
of the holy Scriptures. He was also admirable for
the sanctity of his life, his zeal for the Catholic faith,
his charity to the poor, and the gift of miracles.—
At Constantinople, St. Germanus, a bishop distin-
guished by virtues and learning, who with great
courage reprehended Leo the Isaurian for promul-
gating an edict against holy images. — At Treves,
St. Modoaldus, bishop. — At Calzada, St. Dominic,
confessor.

Cfie Cinrteenti) Dap of

T Rome, in the time of the emperor Phocas, the
dedication of the church of St. Mary of the Mar-
tyrs, formerly a temple of all the gods, called Pan-
theon, which was purified and dedicated by the
blessed pope Boniface IV. to the honor of the blessed
Mary ever Virgin, and of all the martyrs. — At Con-
stantinople, under the emperor Diocletian and the
proconsul Laudicius, the blessed Lucius, a priest
and martyr, who first at Amphipolis endured many
tribulations and torments for the confession of
Christ, and then being led to Byzantium, suffered
capital punishment. — At Heraclea, the martyr St.
Glyceria, a native of Rome, who suffered under the
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Alexandria, the commemoration of many holy mar-
tyrs, who were killed by the Arians for the Catholic
faith in the church of St. Theonas. — At Maestricht,
St. Servatius, bishop of Tongres, whose grave, as a
public sign of his merit, was free from snow during
winter (though everything around was covered with
it), until the inhabitants built a church over it. — In
Palestine, St. John the Silent— At Valladolid, St.
Peter Regalati, confessor, of the Order of Minorites,
restorer of regular discipline in the monasteries of
Spain. He was numbered among the Saints by the
Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV.

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fFHE birthday of the holy martyr Boniface, who
- suffered at Tarsus, in Cilicia, under Diocletian
and Maximian. His body was subsequently carried
to Home, and buried on the Latin road. — In France,
St. Pontius, martyr. Having by his preaching and
his zeal converted to the faith of Christ the two
Caesars Philip, he obtained the palm of martyrdom
under the emperors Valerian and Gallienus. — In
Syria, the holy martyrs Victor and Corona, under
the emperor Antoninus. Victor was subjected to
various horrible torments by the judge Sebastian.
As Corona, the wife of a certain soldier, was pro-
claiming him happy for his fortitude in his suffer-

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ings, she saw two crowns falling from heaven, one for
Victor, the other for herself. She related this to all
present, and was torn to pieces between two trees;
Victor was beheaded. — In Sardinia, the holy mar-
tyrs Justa, Justina, and Henedina. — At Rome, pope
St. Paschal, who took up from the crypts many
bodies of the holy martyrs, and placed them honor-
ably in various churches. — At Ferentino, in Tuscany,
the holy bishop Boniface, who was renowned from
his childhood for holiness and miracles, as is related
by the blessed pope Gregory. — At Naples, in Cam-
pania, St. Pomponius, bishop. — In Egypt, St. Pacho-
mius, an abbot, who erected many monasteries in
that country, and wrote a monastic rule, which was
dictated to him by an angel.

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A T Rouen, St. John Baptist de la Salle, confessor,
-"• who deserved well both of religion and society
by his labors for the education of youth, especially
of the poor, and by the founding of the Society of the
Brothers of the Christian Schools. — In Spain, the
Saints Torquatus, Ctesiphon, Secundus, Indaletius,
Caecilius, Hesychius, and Euphrasius, who were con-
secrated bishops at Rome by the holy apostles, and
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they had evangelized various cities, and brought in-
numerable multitudes under the yoke of Christ, they
rested in peace in various parts of that country:
Torquatus at Cadiz, Ctesiphon at Vierco, Secundus
at Avila, Indaletius at Portilla, Caecilius at Elvira,
Hesychius at Gibraltar, and Euphrasius at Anduxar.
—At Evora, in Portugal, St. Mancius, martyr. — In
the island of Chio, the birthday of blessed Isidore,
martyr, in whose church is a well into which he is
said to have been thrown. By drinking of the water
from this well, the sick are frequently cured. — At
Lampsacum, in Hellespont, the martyrdom of the
Saints Peter, Andrew, Paul, 'and Dionysja. — At
Fausina, in Sardinia, in the time of Diocletian and
the governor Barbarus, St. Simplicius, a bishop,
who consummated his martyrdom by being t^ans-
pierced with a lance. — At Clermont, in Auvergne,
the holy martyrs Cassius, Victorinus, Maximus, and
their companions. — In Brabant, St. Dympna, virgin
and martyr, daughter of an Irish king. By order
of her father, she was beheaded for the faith of
Christ and the preservation of her virginity.

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AT Gubbio, St. Ubaldus, a bishop renowned for
•"• miracles. — In Isauria, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Aquillinus and Victorian. — At Auxerre, the

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passion of St. Peregrinus, first bishop of that city.
He was sent into Gaul with other clerics by the
blessed pope Xystus, and having accomplished his
work of preaching the Gospel, he merited an ever
lasting crown by being condemned to capital punish-
ment.— At Uzalis, in Africa, the holy martyrs Felix
and Gennadius. — In Palestine, the martyrdom of
the holy monks massacred by the Saracens in the
monastery of St. Sabas. — In Persia, the holy martyrs
Audas, a bishop, seven priests, nine deacons and
seven virgins, who endured various kinds of tormen ts
under king Isdegerdes, and thus gloriously consum-
mated their martyrdom. — At Prague, in Bohemia,
St. John Nepomucen, a canon of the metropolitan
church, who, being tempted in vain to betray the
secret of confession, was cast into the river Moldau,
and thus won the palm of martyrdom. — At Amiens,
in France, the bishop St. Honoratus. — At Le Mans,
St. Domnolus, bishop. — At Mirandola, in ^Emilia,
St. Possidius, bishop of Calamae, discple of St. Au-
gustine, and the writer of his glorious life. — At
Troyes, St. Fidolus, confessor. — In Ireland, St.
Brendan, abbot. — At Frejus, St. Maxima, virgin,
who rested in peace with a reputation for many
virtues.

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A T Villareal, in the kingdom of Valencia, St. Pas-
•"• cal, of the Order of Minorites, a man remarkable
for innocence of life and the spirit of penance. Pope
Leo XIII. declared him heavenly patron of Euchar-
istic Congresses and Societies formed in honor of the
Most Blessed Sacrament. — At Pisa, in Tuscany, the
holy martyr Torpes, who filled a high office in the
court of Nero, and was one of those of whom the
apostle St. Paul wrote from Rome to the Philip-
pians: "All the saints salute you, especially those
that are of the house of Caesar." For the faith of
Christ, he was, by order of Satellicus, buffeted, cru-
elly scourged and delivered to the beasts to be de-
voured, but being uninjured, he at last terminated
his martyrdom by decapitation on the 29th of April.
His feast, however, is kept on this day, on account
of the translation of his body. — The same day, St.
Eestituta, virgin and martyr, who was subjected to
various kinds of tortures in Africa by the judge
Proculus, in the reign of Valerian, and then put in a
boat filled with pitch and tow, to be burnt to death
on the sea. But the flame turned on those who had
kindled it, and the saint yielded her spirit to God
in prayer. Her body was, by divine providence, car-
ried in the boat to the island of Ischia, near Naples,
where it was received by the Christians with great
veneration. A church was afterwards erected in

144 MAY.

her honor in that city by Constantine the Great. —
At Noyon, the holy martyrs Heradius, Paul, and
Aquilinus, with two others. — At Chalcedon, the holy
martyrs Solochanus and his companions, soldiers
under the emperor Maximian. — At Alexandria, the
holy martyrs Adrio, Victor and Basilla. — At Wurz-
burg, St. Bruno, bishop and confessor.

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A T Camerino, the holy martyr Venantius, who at
-"• fifteen years of age, with ten others, ended a
glorious combat by being beheaded under the em-
peror Decius and the governor Antiochus. — In
Egypt, St. Dioscorus, a lector, who was subjected by
the governor to many various torments, such as the
tearing off of his nails and the burning of his sides
with torches; but a light from heaven having pros-
trated the executioners, the saint finally consum-
mated his martyrdom by having red-hot metal ap-
plied to his body. — At Spoleto, St. Felix, a bishop,
who obtained the palm of martyrdom under the em-
peror Maximian. — In Egypt, St. Potamon, bishop, a
confessor under Maximian Galerius, and afterwards
a martyr under the emperor Constantius, and the
Arian governor Philagrius. — At Ancyra, in Galatia,
the martyrs St. Theodotus, and the saintly virgins
Thecusa, his aunt, Alexandra, Claudia, Faina, Eu-

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phrasia, Matrona, and Julitta. They were at first
taken to a place of debauch, but the power of God
having preserved them from evil, they had stones tied
to their necks, and were plunged into a lake. For
gathering their remains and burying them honor-
ably, Theodotus was arrested by the governor, and
after being horribly lacerated, was put to the sword,
and thus received the crown of martyrdom. — At
Upsal, in Sweden, St. Eric, king and martyr. — At
Rome, St. Felix, confessor, of the Order of Capuchin
Minorites, celebrated for his evangelical simplicity
and charity. He was inscribed on the roll of Saints
by the Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XI.

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birthday of St. Peter of Moroni, who, while
leading the life of an anchoret, was created Sov-
ereign Pontiff and called Celestin V. Having abdi-
cated the pontificate, he led a religious life in soli-
tude, where, renowned for virtues and miracles, he
went to God. — At Rome, the saintly virgin Puden-
tiana, who, after numberless tribulations, after bury-
ing with great respect many martyrs, and distribut-
ing all her goods to the poor for Christ's sake, de-
parted from this world to go to heaven. — In the
same city, St. Pudens, senator, father of the virgin
just mentioned, who, being clothed with Christ in

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baptism by the apostles, preserved unspotted the
robe of innocence until he received the crown of
life. — Also, at Rome, on the Appian road, the birth-
day of the Saints Calocerus and Parthenius, eunuchs.
The former was chamberlain to the wife of the em-
peror Decius, and the latter chief officer in another
department. For refusing to offer sacrifice to idols,
they were put to death. — At Mcomedia, the martyr
St. Philoterus, son of the proconsul Pacian, who
after much suffering under the emperor Diocletian,
received the crown of martyrdom. — In the same city
six holy virgins and martyrs. The principal one,
named Cyriaca, having freely reproved Maximian
for his impiety, was most severely scourged and lac-
erated, and then consumed with fire. — At Canter-
bury, St. Dunstan, bishop. — In Bretagne, St. Ives,
priest and confessor, who, for the love of Christ,
defended the interests of orphans, widows, and the
poor.

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A T Aquila, in Abruzzo, St. Bernardine of Siena, of
**• the Order of Minorites, who ennobled Italy by
his preaching and example.— At Rome, on the Sala-
rian road, the birthday of St. Basilla, virgin, who
was of royal race and betrothed to an illustrious
personage. As she refused to marry him, he accused
her of being a Christian. The emperor Gallienus

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gave orders that she should accept him or die by the
sword. Answering that she had for her spouse the
King of kings, she was transpierced with a sword. —
At Mmes, in France, St. Baudelius, martyr. Being
arrested, but refusing to sacrifice to idols, and re-
maining immovable in the faith of Christ, notwith-
standing blows and tortures, he gained the palm of
martyrdom by a precious death. — At Edessa, in
Syria, the holy martyrs Thalalaeus, Asterius, Alex-
ander, and their companions, who suffered under the
emperor Numerian. — In Thebais, St. Aquila, martyr
to the faith, whose body was torn with iron combs. —
At Bourges, in France, St. Austregisil, bishop and
confessor. — At Brescia, St. Anastasius, bishop. — At
Pavia, St. Theodore, bishop.— At Rome, St. Plautilla,
wife of an ex-consul and mother of the blessed Fla-
via Domitilla. She was baptized by the apostle St.
Peter, and after giving the example of all virtues,
rested in peace.

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TN Mauritania (Morocco), the birthday of the holy
martyrs Timothy, Polius, and Eutychius, dea-
cons, who merited to be crowned together for dis-
pensing the word of God in that region. — At Caes-
area, in Cappadocia, the birthday of the holy martyrs
Polieuctus, Victorius, and Donatus. — At Cordova,

148 MAY.

St. Secundinus, martyr.— The same day, the holy
martyrs Synesius and Theopompus.— At Csesarea
Philippi, the holy martyrs Nicostratus and Anti-
ochus, tribunes, with other soldiers. — The same day
St. Valens, bishop, who was put to death with three
boys. — At Alexandria, the commemoration of the
holy martyrs Secundus, a priest, and others, whom
the Arian bishop George caused to be barbarously
killed during the holy days of Pentecost, under the
emperor Constantius. — Also, the saintly bishops and
priests, who, being banished by the Arians, merited
to be associated with holy confessors. — At Nice, in
France, St. Hospitius, confessor, distinguished by
the virtue of abstinence and the spirit of prophecy.

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AT Rome, the holy martyrs Faustinus, Timothy,
^ and Venustus. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Cas-
tus and 2Emilius, who consummated their martyr-
dom by fire. St. Cyprian says that they were over-
come in the first combat, but in the second God made
them victorious, so that, though at first yielding to
the fire, they became finally stronger than the fire.—
In Corsica, St. Julia, virgin, who won her crown by
being crucified. — At Comana, in Pontus, under the
emperor Maximian and the governor Agrippa, the
holy martyr Basiliscus, who was forced to wear iron

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shoes pierced with heated nails, and endured many
other trials. Being at last decapitated and thrown
into a river, he obtained the glory of martyrdom. —
In Spain, St. Quiteria, virgin and martyr. — At Ra-
venna, St. Marcian, bishop and confessor. — In the
diocese of Auxerre, the abbot St. Romanus, who min-
istered to St. Benedict in his cave. Going later to
France, he built a monastery there, and leaving many
disciples and imitators of his sanctity, went to rest
in the Lord. — At Aquino, St. Fulk, confessor. — At
Pistoja, in Tuscany, the blessed Attho, of the Val-
lumbrosan Order. — At Auxerre, St. Helena, virgin.
— At Cassia, in Umbria, blessed Rita, a widow, and
nun of the Order of Augustinians, who after being
disengaged from her earthly marriage, loved only
Christ, her eternal spouse.

Cfie CtoentHlnrO Dap of

A T Langres, in France, the martyrdom of the holy
^ bishop Desiderius, who visited the king as a sup-
pliant in behalf of his people who were maltreated
by the Vandal army. Being forthwith condemned to
decapitation, he readily presented his neck, and be-
ing struck with the sword, died for the sheep com-
mitted to his charge and departed for heaven. With
him suffered many of his flock, who are buried in the
same city. — In Spain, the holy martyrs Epitacius,

150 MAY.

bishop, and Basileus. — In Africa, the holy martyrs
Quintian, Lucius, and Julian, who merited eternal
crowns by their sufferings, during the persecution of
the Vandals. — In Cappadocia, the commemoration
of the holy martyrs who died by having their legs
crushed, in the persecution of Maximian Galerius.
Also, in Mesopotamia, those martyrs who, at the
same time, were suspended in the air with their
heads downward. Being suffocated with smoke, and
consumed with a slow fire, they consummated their
martyrdom. — In the territory of Lyons, St. Desid-
erius, bishop of Vienne, who was crowned with mar-
tyrdom by being overwhelmed with stones by order
of king Theodoric. — At Synnada, in Phrygia, St.
Michael, bishop. — The same day, St. Mercurialis,
bishop. — At Naples, in Campania, St. Euphebius,
bishop. — At Norcia, the Saints Eutychius and Flor-
entius, monks, mentioned by the blessed pope Greg-
ory.— At Borne, the birthday of St. John Baptist de
Rossi, confessor, a man illustrious for his patience
and his zeal in preaching the Gospel to the poor.

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AT Antioch, the birthday of St. Manahen, foster-
*"• brother of Herod the Tetrarch. He was a doctor
and prophet under the grace of the New Testament,
and his remains now repose in the city of Antioch. —

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Also, blessed Joanna, wife of Chuza, Herod's stew-
ard, mentioned by the evangelist St. Luke. — At Por-
to, the birthday of St. Vincent, martyr. — At Brescia,
St. Afra, martyr, who suffered under the emperor
Adrian. — At Nantes, in Bretagne, in the time of the
emperor Diocletian, the blessed martyrs Donatian
and Rogatian, brothers, who, because of their con-
stancy in the faith, were sent to prison, stretched
on the rack, and lacerated. Finally, they were trans-
pierced with a soldier's lance and beheaded. — In
Istria, the holy martyrs Zoellus, Servilius, Felix,
Silvanus, and Diocles. — The same day, the holy mar-
tyrs Meletius, military officer, and two hundred and
fifty-two of his companions, who achieved their mar-
tyrdom by various kinds of deaths. — Also, the holy
martyrs Susanna, Marciana, and Pallada, wives of
the soldiers just mentioned, who were put to death
with their young children. — At Milan, St. Kobustian,
martyr. — At Morocco, in Africa, the passion of
blessed John de Prado, of the Order of the Discalced
Minorites of the Strict Observance, who, whilst
preaching the Gospel, was bound, imprisoned and
scourged; and after enduring with fortitude many
other torments for Christ, terminated his martyr-
dom by fire. — In the monastery of Lerins, St. Vin-
cent, a priest eminent for learning and sanctity. —
At Bologna, the translation of St. Dominic, confes-
sor, in the time of pope Gregory IX.

152 MAY.

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A T Salerno, the demise of the blessed pope Gregory
^ VII., a most zealous protector and champion of
ecclesiastical liberty. — At Florence, St. Mary Mag-
dalen, virgin, of the Order of the Carmelites, illus-
trious by the holiness of her life. Her feast is kept
on the 27th of May. — At Borne, on the Nomentan
road, the birthday of blessed Urban, pope and mar-
tyr, by whose exhortation and teaching many, among
whom were Tiburtius and Valerian, received the
faith of Christ and suffered martyrdom for it. He
himself endured many afflictions for the Church of
God, and was crowned with martyrdom by being
beheaded in the persecution of Alexander Severus. —
At Dorostorum, in Mysia, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Pasicrates, Valentio, and two others,
crowned with them. — At Milan, the holy bishop
Denis, who for the Catholic faith was, by the Arian
emperor Constantius, banished to Cappadocia, where
he yielded his soul to God in a manner almost like
that of the martyrs. His sacred body was sent to
the blessed bishop Ambrose, at Milan, by bishop
Aurelius, with the assistance, it is said, of St. Basil
the Great. — At Borne, pope St. Boniface IV., who
dedicated the Pantheon to the honor of blessed Mary
of the Martyrs. — At Florence, the birthday of St.
Zenobius, bishop of that city, renowned for holiness
of life and glorious miracles. — In England, St. Aid

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helm, bishop of Sherburn. — In the territory of
Troyes, St. Leo, confessor. — At Assisi, in Umbria,
the translation of St. Francis, confessor, in the time
of Pope Gregory IX. — At Veroli, in Campania, the
translation of St. Mary, mother of James, whose
sacred body is rendered illustrious by many miracles.

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A T Home, St. Philip Neri, founder of the Congre-
^ gation of the Oratory, celebrated for his virginal
purity, the gift of prophecy, and miracles. — Also, at
Rome, St. Eleutherius, pope and martyr, who con-
verted many noble Romans to the Christian faith.
He sent the saints Damian and Fugatius to England,
who baptized king Lucius with his wife and almost
all his people. — In the same city, the holy martyrs
Simitrius, priest, and twenty-two others, who suf-
fered under Antoninus Pius. — At Athens, during the
persecution of Adrian, the birthday of blessed Quad-
ratus, a disciple of the Apostles, who collected
through his zealous exertions the faithful dispersed
by terror, and presented to the emperor an excellent
apology of the Christian religion, worthy of an apos-
tle.— At Vienne, St. Zachary, bishop and martyr,
who suffered under Trajan. — In Africa, St. Quadra-
tus, martyr, on whose festival St. Augustine preached
a sermon. — At Todi, the birthday of the holy mar-

154 MAY.

tyrs Felicissimus, Heraclius, and Paulinus. — In the
territory of Auxerre, the passion of St. Priscus, mar-
tyr, with a great multitude of Christians. — At Can-
terbury, in England, St. Augustine, bishop, who was
sent thither with others by the blessed pope Gregory
and preached the Gospel of Christ to the English
nation. Celebrated for virtues and miracles, he
went peacefully to his rest in the Lord.

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HPHE demise of the Venerable Bebe, priest, confes-
•*• sor and doctor, renowned for sanctity and learn-
ing.— The birthday of St. John, pope and martyr,
who was called to Kavenna by the Arian king of
Italy, Theodoric, and after languishing a long time
in prison for the orthodox faith, terminated his life.
— At Dorostorum, in Mysia, in the time of the em-
peror Alexander, the martyrdom of blessed Julius,
a veteran soldier in retirement, who was arrested by
the officials and presented to the governor Maximus.
Having in his presence execrated the idols, and con-
fessed the name of Christ with the utmost constancy,
he was condemned to capital punishment. — At Sora,
in the time of the emperor Aurelian and the procon-
sul Agathius, St. Restituta, virgin and martyr, who
overcame in a combat for the faith the violence of
the demons, the caresses of her family, and the

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cruelty of the executioners. Being finally beheaded
with other Christians, she obtained the honor of
martyrdom. — In the territory of Arras, St. Kanulph,
martyr. — At Orange, in France, St. Eutropius, a
bishop, illustrious for virtues and miracles.

Dap of

A T Canterbury, in England, St. Augustine, bishop,
•"• mentioned on the 26th of this month. — In Sar-
dinia, the holy martyrs ^Emilius, Felix, Priam, and
Lucian, who were crowned after having combated
for Chirst. — At Chartres, in France, under the em-
peror Domitian, St. Caraunus, martyr, who was be-
headed, and thus acquired the glory of martyrdom.
—At Corinth, St. Helconides, martyr, who was first
subjected to torments in the reign of the emperor
Gordian, under the governor Perennius, and then
again tortured under his successor Justin. But be-
ing liberated by an angel, she had her breasts cut
off, was exposed to wild beasts and to fire, and at
length terminated her martyrdom by decapitation. —
Also, the martyrdom of the Saints Crescens, Diosco-
rides, Paul, and Helladius. — At Thecua, in Palestine,
the saintly monks who became martyrs by being
killed by the Saracens, in the time of Theodosius
the Younger. Their sacred remains were gathered
by the inhabitants of the place and preserved with

156 MAY.

the greatest veneration. — At Paris, St. Germanus,
bishop and confessor, whose celebrity for holiness,
merit, and miracles, has been transmitted to us by
the writings of bishop Fortunatus. — At Milan, St.
Senator, bishop, very renowned for virtues and
learning. — At Urgel, in Spain, St. Justus, bishop.—
At Florence, St. Podius, bishop and confessor.

C6e Ctoentp*nfnt& Dag of

FT! HE feast of St. Mary Magdalen, Carmelite nun,
•*• whose birthday is on the 25th of this month. —
At Rome, on the Aurelian road, the birthday of St.
Restitutus, martyr. — At Iconium, a town of Isauria,
in the time of the emperor Aurelian, the martyrdom
of the Saints Conon and his son, a child twelve years
of age, who were laid on a grate over burning coals
sprinkled with oil, were racked and exposed to the
fire; and finally, having their hands crushed with a
mallet, they breathed their last. — The same day, in
the time of the emperor Honorius, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Sisinius, Martyrius, and Alexan-
der, who were persecuted by the Gentiles of Anaunia,
and obtained the crown of martyrdom, as is related
by Paulinus in the Life of St. Ambrose. — At Csesarea
Philippi, the holy martyrs Theodosia, mother of the
martyr St. Procopius, and twelve other noble ma-
trons, who ended their life by decapitation, in the

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persecution of Diocletian. — In Umbria, the passion
of fifteen hundred and twenty-five holy martyrs. —
At Treves, blessed Maximus, bishop and confessor,
who received with honor the patriarch St. Athana-
sius, banished by the Arian persecutors. — At Verona,
St. Maximus, bishop. — At Arcanum, in Campania,
St. Eleutherius, confessor.

Cfte Cfttrtietft Dap of

A T Rome, on the Aurelian road, the birthday of St.
^ Felix, pope and martyr, who was crowned with
martyrdom under the emperor Aurelian. — At Torres,
in Sardinia, the holy martyrs Gabinus and Crispu-
lus. — At Antioch, the Saints Sycus and Palatinus,
who endured many torments for the name of Christ.
— At Ravenna, St. Exuperantius, bishop and confes-
sor.— At Pavia, St. Anastasius, bishop. — At Csesa-
rea, in Cappadocia, the Saints Basil and his wife
Emmelia, parents of St. Basil the Great, who lived
in exile in the fastnesses of Pontus during the reign
of Galerius Maximian, and after the persecution
rested in peace, leaving their children the heirs of
their virtues. — At Seville, in Spain, St. Ferdinand
III., King of Castile and Leon, surnamed the Saint,
on account of his eminent virtues, and celebrated
for his zeal in propagating the faith. Having con-

158 MAY.

quered the Moors, he quitted his kingdom on earth
to pass happily to that of heaven.

Cfie €fnrtp*first Dap of

AT Brescia, St. Angela Merici, virgin, foundress of
-^ the nuns of St. Ursula. She is mentioned on the
27th of January. — At Borne, St. Petronilla, virgin,
daughter of the blessed apostle Peter, who refused to
marry the nobleman Flaccus. Being granted three
days to deliberate, she gave herself up to fasting
and prayer, and on the third day, after having re-
ceived the sacrament of the body of Christ, she
yielded up her soul. — At Aquileia, the holy martyrs
Cantius, Cantian, and Cantianilla. For their at-
tachment to the Christian faith, they were con-
demned to capital punishment with their tutor Pro-
tus, in the time of the emperors Diocletian and
Maximian. — At Torres, in Sardinia, St. Crescentian,
martyr. — At Comana, in Pontus, in the time of the
emperor Antoninus, St. Hermias, a soldier. Being
miraculously delivered from many horrible tor-
ments, he converted his executioner to Christ, and
made him partaker of the crown which he himself
obtained first by having his head struck off with the
sword. — At Verona, St. Lupicinus, bishop. — At
Rome, St. Paschasius, deacon and confessor, who is
mentioned by the blessed pope Gregory.

JUNE.

C6e Jftt0t Dap of 3fime,

T KOME, St. Juventius, martyr. — At Csesa-
rea, in Palestine, blessed Pamphilus, priest
and martyr, a man of remarkable sanctity
and learning, and great charity to the poor.
In the persecution of Galerius Maximian, he was
tortured for the faith of Christ, under the governor
Urbanus, and thrown into prison ; then, being again
subjected to torments under Firmilian, he consum-
mated his martyrdom with others. With them suf-
fered also Valens, deacon, and Paul, and nine others,
whose commemoration occurs on other days. — At
Autun, the Saints Reverian, bishop, and Paul, priest,
with ten others, who were crowned with martyrdom
under the emperor Aurelian. — In Cappadocia, in
the time of the emperor Alexander and the prefect
Simplicius, the holy martyr Thespesius, who, after
undergoing many torments, was beheaded. — In
Egypt, under the emperor Diocletian, the holy mar-
tyrs Ischyrion, military officer, and five other sol-
diers, who were put to death in different manners

160 JUNE.

for the faith of Christ. — Also, St. Firmus, martyr,
who was scourged most severely, struck with stones,
and finally decapitated during the persecution of
Maximian. — At Perugia, the holy martyrs Felinus
and Gratinian, soldiers under Decius, who were
variously tortured, and thus by a glorious death
won the palm of martyrdom. — At Bologna, St. Proc-
ulus, martyr, who suffered under the emperor Max-
imian.— At Amelia, in the reign of Diocletian, St.
Secundus, martyr, who consummated his martyrdom
by being thrown into the Tiber. — At Citta-di-Cas-
tello, in Umbria, St. Crescentian, a Eoman soldier,
crowned with martyrdom under the same emperor. —
In Umbria, St. Fortunatus, a priest renowned for
virtues and miracles. — In the monastery of Lerins,
the abbot St. Caprasius. — At Treves, St. Simeon,
monk, who was added to the number of the Saints
by pope Benedict IX. — At Burgos, in Spain, in the
monastery of Onia, St. Eneco, Benedictine abbot,
illustrious by his sanctity and miracles.

Cfie SeconD Dap of 3fune,

A T Rome, the birthday of the holy martyr Marcel-
linus, priest, and Peter, exorcist, who instructed
in the faith many persons detained in prison. Un-
der Diocletian, they were loaded with chains, and,
after enduring many torments, were beheaded by the

JUNE. 161

judge Serenus, in a place which was then called the
Black Forest, but which was in their honor after-
wards known as the White Forest. Their bodies
were buried in a crypt near St. Tiburtius, and pope
St. Damasus composed for their tomb an epitaph in
verse. — In Campania, during the reign of Decius, St.
Erasmus, bishop and martyr, who was first scourged
with leaded whips and then severely beaten with
rods; he had also rosin, brimstone, lead, pitch, wax,
and oil poured over him, without receiving any in-
jury. Afterwards, under Maximian, he was again
subjected to various most horrible tortures at Mola,
but was still preserved from death by the power of
God for the strengthening of others in the faith.
Finally, celebrated for his sufferings, and called by
God, he closed his life by a peaceful and holy end.
His body was afterwards transferred to Gaeta. — At
Lyons, many holy martyrs (Photinus, bishop, Sanc-
tus, deacon, Vetius, Epagathus, Maturus, Ponticus,
Biblis, Attalus, Alexander and Blandina, with many
others), whose many valiant combats, in the time
of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus and Lucius Verus,
are recorded in a letter from the church at Lyons to
the churches of Asia and Phrygia. St. Blandina,
one of these martyrs, though weaker on account of
her sex and frame, and of her lower condition in
life, encountered longer and more terrible trials.
But remaining unshaken, she was put to the sword,
and followed those whom she had exhorted to win
the palm of martyrdom. — At Rome, St. Eugenius,

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pope and confessor. — At Tarni, in Terra-di-Bari, St.
Nicholas Peregrinus, confessor, whose miracles were
related in the Roman Council, under Urban II.

Cf)e Ci)itD Dap of 3fime,

AT Arezzo, in Tuscany, during the persecution of
•"• Decius, under the governor Tiburtius, the holy
martyrs Pergentinus and Laurentinus, brothers,
who, while yet children, were put to the sword, after
they had endured cruel torments and performed
many miracles. — At Constantinople, the holy mar-
tyrs Lucillian and four boys, Claudius, Hypatius,
Paul, and Denis. Lucillian, formerly a pagan priest,
but now a Christian, was cast into a furnace with
them, after undergoing many torments; but the
flames being extinguished by the rain, all escaped
uninjured. Finally, under the governor Silvanus,
they terminated their career; Lucillian, by cruci-
fixion, the children, by decapitation. — In the same
city, St. Paula, virgin and martyr, who was arrested
whilst gathering the blood of the martyrs just men-
tioned, beaten with rods, and thrown into the fire,
from which she was delivered. Finally, when St.
Lucillian had been crucified, she was decapitated. —
At Cordova, in Spain, blessed Isaac, a monk, who
died by the sword for the faith of Christ. — At Carth-
age, St. Caecilius, the priest who converted St. Cyp-

JUNE. 163

rian to the faith of Christ. — In the diocese of Or-
leans, St. Lifard, priest and confessor. — At Lucca,
in Tuscany, St. Davinus, confessor. — At Paris, St.
Clo tilde, queen, by whose prayers her husband, king
Clovis, was converted to the faith of Christ. — At
Anagni, St. Oliva, virgin.

Cfte Jfourtft Dap of 3[itne,

AT Agnone, in Abruzzo, St. Francis, of the noble
""• Neapolitan family of the Caracciolos, confessor,
and founder of the Congregation of the Minor Clerks
Regular, who burned with an admirable love of God
and his neighbor, and a most ardent desire to propa-
gate devotion to the most holy Eucharist. His body
is religiously honored at Naples. He was inscribed
on the catalogue of the saints by Pius VII. — At
Rome, the holy martyrs Aretius and Dacian. — At
Sisseck, in Illyria, in the time of the governor Ga-
lerius, St. Quirinus, bishop. Prudentius relates that
for the faith of Christ he was precipitated into a
river, with a milltsone tied to his neck; but as the
stone floated on the water, he exhorted for a long
time the Christians who were present not to be terri-
fied by his punishment, nor to waver in the faith,
and then God heard his prayers to be drowned, that
he might attain to the glory of martyrdom. — At
Brescia, St. Clateus, bishop and martyr, under the

164 JUNE.

emperor Nero. In Pannonia, the holy martyrs Ru-
tilus and his companions. — At Arras, St. Saturnina,
virgin and martyr. — At Tivoli, St. Quirinus, martyr.
— At Constantinople, St. Metrophanes, bishop and
renowned confessor. — At Milevis, in Numidia, St.
Optatus, bishop, celebrated for learning and holi-
ness.— At Verona, St. Alexander, bishop.

Cfie JfiftJ) Dap of 3[ime,

. BONIFACE, bishop of Mayence, who came
from England to Rome, and was sent by Gregory
II. to Germany to preach the faith of Christ to the
people of that country. Having converted large
multitudes to the Christian religion, especially in
Friesland, he merited the title of Apostle of the
Germans. Being finally put to the sword by the
furious Gentiles, he consummated his martyrdom
with Eobanus and some other servants of God. — In
Egypt, the birthday of the holy martyrs Marcian,
Nicanor, Apollonius, and others, who suffered a glo-
rious martyrdom in the persecution of Galerius
Maximian. — At Perugia, the holy martyrs Floren-
tius, Julian, Cyriacus, Marcellinus, and Faustinus,
who were beheaded in the persecution of Decius. —
At Caesarea, in Palestine, the martyrdom of the
Saints Zenaides, Cyria, Valeria, and Marcia, who
through many torments attained to martyrdom re-

JUNE. 165

joicing. — At Tyre, St. Dorotheus, a priest, who suf-
fered much under Diocletian, but survived until the
reign of Julian, under whom his venerable age was
crowned with martyrdom, he being then one hundred
and seven years old. — At Cordova, in Spain, blessed
Sancius, a youth, who, though brought up in the
royal court, did not hesitate to undergo martyrdom
for the faith of Christ, during the persecution of the
Arabs.

Cfie Stetf) Dap of 3[une

AT. NORBERT, bishop of Magdeburg, founder of
•*"*• the Premonstratensian Order. — At Csesarea, in
Palestine, the birthday of blessed Philip, one of the
first seven deacons. Being renowned for miracles
and prodigies, he converted Samaria to the faith of
Christ, baptized the eunuch of Candaces, queen of
^Ethiopia, and finally rested in peace at Ctesarea.
Near him are buried three of his daughters, virgins
and prophetesses. His fourth daughter died at
Ephesus, filled with the Holy Ghost.— At Rome, St.
Artemius, with his wife Candida and his daughter
Paulina. Artemius became a believer through the
preaching and miarcles of St. Peter the Exorcist,
who was baptized with all his house by the priest
St. Marcellinus. By order of the judge Serenus, he
was scourged with whips strung with leaden balls,
and struck with the sword. His wife and daughter

166 JUNE.

were forced into a pit and overwhelmed with stones
and earth.— At Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the time of
Diocletian and Maximian, and the governor Sim-
plicius, twenty holy martyrs who, by various tor-
ments, glorified God in their bodies. — At Noyon, in
France, the holy martyrs Amatius, Alexander, and
their companions. — At Fiesoli, in Tuscany, St. Alex-
ander, bishop and martyr. — At Milan, the demise of
St. Eustorgius II., bishop and confessor.— At Ve-
rona, St. John, bishop.— At Besancon, in France,
St. Claude, bishop.

Cfte Setiemj) Dap of 3[une.

AT Constantinople, the birthday of St. Paul, bishop
-^ of that city. For the Catholic faith, he was
often expelled from his see by the Arians, and re-
stored to it by the Roman Pontiff, St. Julius. Fin-
ally, the Arian emperor Constantius banished him
to Cucusum, a small town of Cappadocia, where, by
the machinations of the Arians, he was barbarously
strangled, and thus departed for the heavenly king-
dom. His body was conveyed to Constantinople
with the greatest honor, in the reign of emperor
Theodosius. — In Egypt, St. Licarion, martyr, who
was lacerated, scourged with heated iron rods, and,
after other horrible torments, was crowned with
martyrdom by a stroke from the sword. — At Cor-

JUNE. 167

dova, the holy martyrs Peter, priest, Wallabonsus,
deacon, Sabinian, Wistremundus, Habentius, and
Jeremias, monks. — In England, the abbot St. Kob-
ert, of the Order of Citeaux.

Cfte OEigfctj) Dap of 3fune*

A T Aix, in France, St. Maximin, first bishop of that
•"• city, who is said to have been a disciple of our
Lord. — The same day, St. Calliopa, martyr, who, for
the faith of Christ, had her breasts cut off, her flesh
burned, was rolled on broken pottery, and being
lastly decapitated, received the palm of martyrdom.
—At York, in England, St. William, archbishop and
confessor, who, among other miracles wrought at his
tomb, raised three persons from the dead. He
was placed in the calendar of the Saints by Hon-
orius III. — At Soissons, in France, the birthday of
St. Medard, bishop of Noyon, whose life and precious
death are illustrated by glorious miracles. — At
Rouen, St. Gildard, bishop, brother of St. Medard.
They were born on the same day, consecrated bish-
ops at the same time, and being taken away from
this life also on the same day, they entered heaven
together. — At Sens, St. Heraclius, bishop. — At Metz,
St. Clodulphus, bishop. — In the March of Ancona,
St. Severin, bishop of Stepternpeda. — In Sardinia,
St. Sallustian, confessor. — At Camerino, St. Victor-
inus, confessor.

168 JUNE.

I3mtj) Dap of 3fime,

A T Rome, on Mount Cselius, the birthday of the holy
•"• martyrs Primus and Felician, under the empe-
rors Diocletian and Maximian. These glorious mar-
tyrs lived long in the service of the Lord, and en-
dured sometimes together, sometimes separately,
various cruel torments. They were finally beheaded
by Promotus, governor of Nomentum, and thus hap-
pily ended their combat. — At Agen, in France, St.
Vincent, deacon and martyr. — At Antioch, St. Pe-
lagia, virgin and martyr, whose eulogy has been
made by St. Ambrose and St. John Chrysostom. — At
Syracuse, the bishop St. Maximian, who is frequently
mentioned by pope St. Gregory. — At Andria, in Ter-
ra-di-Bari, St. Richard, first bishop of that city, who
is renowned for miracles. — In Scotland, St. Colum-
ba, priest and confessor. — At Edessa, in Syria, St.
Julian, a monk, whose memorable deeds have been
related by the deacon St. Ephrem.

Cem& Dap of June*

N Scotland, St. Margaret, queen, celebrated for her

love of the poor and of voluntary poverty. — At

Rome, on the Salarian road, the martyrdom of

blessed Getulius, a noble and very learned man, and

JUNE. 169

of his companions Caerealis, Ainantius, and Primi-
tivus. By order of the emperor Adrian, they were
arrested by the ex-consul Licinius, scourged, thrown
into prison, and then delivered to the flames. But
as the fire did not injure them, their heads were
crushed with clubs, and they thus terminated their
martyrdom. Their bodies were taken up by Sympho-
rosa, wife of blessed Getulius, and reverently inter-
red in a sandpit on her own estate. — Also, at Rome,
on the Aurelian way, the birthday of the Saints Ba-
silides, Tripos, Mandales, and twenty other martyrs,
under the emperor Aurelian, and Plato, governor of
the city. — At Nicomedia, St. Zachary, martyr. — At
Prusias, in Bithynia, St. Timothy, bishop and mar-
tyr, under Julian the Apostate. — In Spain, the holy
martyrs Crispulus and Restitutus. — In Africa, the
holy martyrs Aresius, Rogatus, and fifteen others. —
At Cologne, St. Maurinus, abbot and martyr. — At
Petra, in Arabia, St. Asterius, a bishop, who suffered
much from the Ariahs for the Catholic faith. By
the emperor Constantius he was banished to Africa,
where he died a glorious confessor.— At Naples, in
Campania, St. Maximus, bishop and martyr. For
having vigorously defended the Nicene Creed, he was
sent by the same emperor Constantius into exile,
where he died worn out by his trials. — At Auxerre,
St. Censurius, bishop.

170 JUNE.

Cfte (Elebentft Dap of 3fune*

ITIHE birthday of the apostle St. Barnabas, born in
- Cyprus. By the disciples, he was ordained apos-
tle of the Gentiles with St. Paul, and with him trav-
ersed many regions, fulfilling his commission to
preach the Gospel. At length he went to Cyprus,
where he ennobled his apostolate by a glorious mar-
tyrdom. Through his own revelation his body was
found, in the time of the emperor Zeno, together
with a copy of St. Matthew's gospel copied with his
own hand. — At Aquileia, the martyrdom of the
saints Feilx and Fortunatus, brothers. In the per-
secution of Diocletian and Maximian, they were
racked, and had flaming torches held against their
sides. These being extinguished by the power of
God, boiling oil was poured over them, and as they
persevered in confessing Christ, they were decapi-
tated.— At Bologna, St. Parisius, confessor, a monk
of the Order of Camaldoli. — At Rome, the transla-
tion of St. Gregory Nazianzen, whose sacerd body
after having been brought from Constantinople to
Rome, and kept a long time in the church of the
Mother of God, was, by the Sovereign Pontiff, Greg-
ory XIII., transferred with great solemnity to a
chapel of the basilica of St. Peter, most sumptu-
ously decorated by his Holiness, and the next day
placed with due honor beneath the altar.

JUNE. 171

Cfte Ctoelftft Dag of 3[une*

A T Salamanca, in Spain, St. John of St. Facundus,
•"• confessor, of the Order of Augustinians, re-
nowned for his zeal for the faith, for holiness of life,
and miracles. — At Home, on the Aurelian road, dur-
ing the persecution of Deems and under the prefect
Aurelius, the birthday of the holy martyrs Basilides,
Cyrinus, Nabor, and Nazarius, soldiers, who were
cast into prison for the confession of the Christian
name, scourged with scorpions, and finally decapi-
tated.— At Mcaea, in Bithynia, St. Antonina, martyr,
who was scourged by order of the governor Priscil-
lian during the same persecution, then racked, lac-
erated, exposed to the fire, and finally put to the
sword. — In Thrace, St. Olympius, a bishop, who was
expelled from his see by the Arians, and died a con-
fessor.— At Rome, in the Vatican basilica, the pope
St. Leo III., to whom God miraculously restored his
eyes and his tongue after they had been torn out
by impious men. — In Cilicia, the bishop St. Am-
phion, a celebrated confessor of the time of Galerius
Maximian. — In Egypt, St. Onuphrius, an anchoret,
who for sixty years led a religious life in the desert,
and renowned for great virtues and merits, departed
for heaven. His admirable deeds were recorded by
the abbot Paphnutius.

172 JUNE.

Cfie Cfiitteentfi Dap of 3fune.

A T Padua, St. Anthony, a native of Portugal, con-
•"• fessor of the Order of Minorites, illustrious for
the sanctity of his life, his miracles, and his preach-
ing.— At Eome, on the Ardeatine road, the birthday
of St. Felicula, virgin and martyr, who was delivered
to the judge for refusing to marry Flaccus and to
sacrifice to idols. As she persevered in the confes-
sion of Christ, he confined her in a dark dungeon
without food, and afterwards caused her to be
racked until she expired. She was then cast into a
sewer; but St. Mcomedes buried her on the road
just mentioned. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Fortu-
natus and Lucian. — At Byblos, in Palestine, St.
Aquilina, virgin and martyr, at the age of twelve
years, under the emperor Diocletian and the judge
Volusian. For the confession of the faith she was
buffeted, scourged, pierced with red-hot bodkins, and
being struck with the sword, consecrated her virgin-
ity by martyrdom. — In Abruzzo, St. Peregrinus,
bishop and martyr. For the Catholic faith he was
thrown into the river Pescara by the Lombards. — At
Cordova, in the persecution of the Arabs, St. Fan-
dila, a priest and monk, who underwent martyrdom
by decapitation for the faith of Christ. — In Cyprus,
St. Triphyllius, bishop.

JUNE. 173

Cfie jFottrteemft Dap of 3[ime,

T Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the consecration of St.
Basil, bishop and doctor of the Church, who was
eminent for learning and wisdom in the time of the
emperor Valens. Being adorned with every virtue,
he was a great light in the Church, and defended her
with admirable constancy against the Arians and
Macedonians. — At Samaria, in Palestine, the holy
prophet Eliseus, whose grave, says St. Jerome, makes
the demons tremble. With him rests also the
prophet Abdias. — At Syracuse, St. Marcian, bishop,
who was made bishop by blessed Peter, and killed by
the Jews after he had preached the Gospel. — At Sois-
sons, the holy martyrs Valerius and Kufinus, who,
after enduring many torments, were condemned to
be beheaded by the governor Eictiovarus, in the per-
secution of Diocletian. — At Cordova, the holy mar-
tyrs Anastasius, priest, Felix, monk, and Digna,
virgin. — At Constantinople, St. Methodius, bishop. —
At Vienne, St. ./Etherius, bishop. — At Rhodez, St.
Quinctian, bishop.

Cfte Jfifteemft Dap of June*

TN Basilicata, near the river Silaro, the birthday
, , of the holy martyrs Vitus, Modestus, and Cres-
centia, who were brought thither from Sicily, in the

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reign of Diocletian, and after being plunged into a
vessel of melted lead, after being exposed to the
beasts, and on the pillory, from which torments they
escaped uninjured through the power of God, they
ended their religious combats. — At Dorostorum, in
Mysia, St. Hesychius, a soldier, who was arrested
with blessed Julius, and after him crowned with
martyrdom, under the governor Maximus. — At Cor-
dova, in Spain, St. Benildes, martyr. — At Zephirium,
in Cilicia, St. Dulas, martyr, who, under the gov-
ernor Maximus, was, for the name of Christ,
scourged, laid on the gridiron, scalded with boiling
oil, and after enduring other trials, received for his
victory the palm of martyrdom. — At Palmyra, in
Syria, the holy martyrs Libya and Leonides, sisters,
and Eutropia, a girl of twelve years, who won the
crown of martyrdom by various torments. — At Va-
lenciennes, the decease of St. Landelin, abbot. — At
Clermont, in Auvergne, St. Abraham, confessor,
illustrious by his holiness and miracles. — In Switz-
erland, on Mount Jou, St. Bernard of Menthon, con-
fessor.— At Pibrac, in the diocese of Toulouse, St.
Germana Cousin, virgin. After a life of poverty,
humility, and patient suffering amidst many trials
in the care of her flocks, she went to her heavenly
spouse, and became renowned for numerous miracles
after her death. Pope Pius IX. placed her in the
number of holy virgins.

JUNE. 175

C6e Sfcteemft Dag of 3fune»

A T Besancon, in France, the holy martyrs Ferreol,
**• priest, and Ferrution, deacon, who were sent by
the blessed bishop Irenseus to preach the word of
God, and after being exposed to various torments
under the judge Claudius, were put to the sword. —
At Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the reign of the emperor
Diocletian, the holy martyrs Q.uiricus, and Julitta,
his mother. Quiricus, a child of three years, seeing
his mother cruelly scourged in the presence of the
governor Alexander, and crying bitterly, was killed
by being dashed against the steps of the tribunal.
Julitta, after being subjected to severe stripes and
grievous torments, closed the career of her martyr-
dom by decapitation. — At Mayence, the passion of
the Saints Aurens, and Justina, his sister, and other
martyrs, who, being at Mass in the church, were mas
sacred by the Huns then devastating Germany. — At
Amathonte, in Cyprus, St. Tychon, a bishop in the
time of Theodosius the Younger. — At Lyons, the
demise of blessed Aurelian, bishop of Aries. — At
Nantes, in Brittany, St. Similian, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Meissen, in Germany, St. Benno, bishop.
—In the village of La Louvesc, formerly of the dio-
cese of Vienne in Dauphiny, the decease of St. John
Francis Regis, confessor, of the Society of Jesus,
distinguished by his zeal for the salvation of souls,

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and by his patience. He was placed on the list of
Saints by Clement XII.— In Brabant, St. Lutgard,
virgin.

Cfte Setoenteentft Dag of 3[une*

A T Home, during the persecution of Diocletian, the
** birthday of two hundred and sixty-two holy
martyrs, who were put to death for the faith of
Christ, and buried on the old Salarian road, at the
foot of Cucumer hill. — At Terracina, St. Montanus,
a soldier, who received the crown of martyrdom after
suffering many torments, in the time of the emperor
Adrian and the ex-consul Leontius. — At Venafro,
the holy martyrs Meander and Marcian, who were
beheaded in the persecution of Maximian. — At Chal-
cedon, the holy martyrs Manuel, Sabel, and Isrnael,
whom the king of Persia sent as ambassadors to
Julian the Apostate to treat of peace. Having firmly
refused to worship idols, as they had been command-
ed by the emperor, they were put to the sword. — At
Apollonia, in Macedonia, the holy martyrs Isaurus,
deacon, Innocent, Felix, Jeremias, and Peregrinus,
natives of Athens, who were tortured in different
manners by the tribune Tripontius, and finally de-
capitated. — At Amelia, in Umbria, the bishop St.
Himerius, whose body was translated to Cremona. —
In the territory of Bourges, St. Gundulphus, bishop.
— At Orleans, St. Avitus, priest and confessor. — In

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Phrygia, St. Hypatius, confessor. — Also, St. Bessa-
rion, anchorite. — At Pisa, in Tuscany, St. Kainerius,
confessor.

Cfie (ZEtgfiteentf) Dap of 3fune,

A T Rome, on the Ardeatine road, in the persecution
•"• of Diocletian, the birthday of the saintly brothers
Marcus and Marcellian, martyrs, who were arrested
by the judge Fabian, tied to a stake, and had sharp
nails driven into their feet. As they ceased not to
praise the name of Christ, they were pierced through
the sides with lances, and thus went to the kingdom
of heaven with the glory of martyrdom. — At Malaga,
in Spain, the holy martyrs Cyriacus, and the virgin
Paula, who w'ere overwhelmed with stones, and
yielded up their souls to God. — At Tripoli, in Phoe-
nicia, in the time of the governor Adrian, St. Leon-
tius, a soldier, who, through bitter torments, at-
tained to the crown of martyrdom, together with
the tribune Hypatius and Theodulus, whom he had
converted to Christ. — The same day, St. JEtherius,
martyr, in the persecution of Diocletian. After en-
during fire and other torments, he was put to death
with the sword. — At Alexandria, the passion of St.
Marina, virgin. — At Bordeaux, St. Amandus, bishop
and confessor. — At Sacca, in Sicily, St. Calogerus,
hermit, whose holiness is principally manifested by
the deliverance of possessed persons. — At Schongau,
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St. Elizabeth, virgin, celebrated for her observance
of monastic discipline.

Cfie JSineteent!) Dag of 3fune,

A T Florence, St. Juliana Falconieri, virgin, foun-
•**• dress of the Sisters of the Order of the Servants
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who was placed among
the holy virgins by the Sovereign Pontiff, Clement
XII. — At Milan, the holy martyrs Gervasius and
Protasius, brothers. The former, by order of the
judge Astasius, was so long scourged with leaded
whips, that he expired. The latter, after being
scourged with rods, was beheaded. Through divine
revelation their bodies were found by St. Ambrose.
They were partly covered with blood, and as free
from corruption as if they had been put to death
that very day. When the translation took place, a
blind man recovered his sight by touching their
relics, and many persons possessed by demons were
delivered. — At Ravenna, St. Ursicinus, martyr, who
remained firm through many torments in the confes-
sion of the Lord, and consummated his martyrdom
by capital punishment, under the judge Paulinus. —
At Sozopolis, under the governor Domitian, during
the persecution of Trajan, St. Zosimus, martyr, who
suffered bitter tortures, was beheaded, and thus tri-
umphantly went to heaven. — At Arezzo, in Tuscany,

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the holy martyrs Gaudentius, bishop, and Culmatius,
deacon, who were murdered by the furious Gentiles,
during the reign of Valentinian. — The same day, St.
Boniface, martyr, a disciple of blessed Romuald,
who was sent by the Koman Pontiff to preach the
Gospel in Eussia. Having passed through fire unin-
jured, and baptized the king and his people, he was
killed by the enraged brother of the king, and thus
gained the palm of martyrdom which he ardently
desired. — At Kavenna, St. Rornuald, anchoret, foun-
der of the monks of Carnaldoli, who restored and
greatly extended monastic discipline, which was
much relaxed in Italy. He is also mentioned on the
7th of February.

Cfte Ctoentietft Dap of 3fune»

fTIHE birthday of St. Silverius, pope and martyr.
• For refusing to reinstate the heretical bishop
Anthimus, deposed by his predecessor Agapitus, he
was banished to the isle of Pontia, by Belisarius, at
the instigation of the wicked empress Theodora, and,
consumed by many tribulations for the Catholic
faith, he expired. — At Rome, the demise of St. No-
vatus, son of the blessed senator Pudens, and brother
of the saintly priest Timothy, and of the holy vir-
gins of Christ Pudentiana and Praxedes, who were
instructed in the faith by the Apostles. Their house

180 JUNE.

was converted into a church, and bore the title of
Pastor. — At Tomis, in Pontus, the holy martyrs
Paul and Cyriacus. — At Petra, in Palestine, St. Ma-
carius, a bishop who suffered much from the Arians,
and was banished to Africa, where he rested in the
Lord. — At Seville, in Spain, the holy virgin Floren-
tina, sister of the holy bishops Leander and Isidore.

Cfie Ctoemp*ffr0t Dap of 3fune,

AT Rome, St. Aloysius Gonzaga, of the Society of
Jesus, most renowned for his contempt of the
princely dignity, and the innocence of his life. —
Also, at Rome, St. Demetria, virgin, who was
crowned with martyrdom under Julian the Apostate.
— At Syracuse, in Sicily, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Rufinus and Martia. — In Africa, the holy
martyrs Cyriacus and Apollinaris. — At Mayence,
St. Alban, martyr, who was made worthy of the
crown of life, after long labors and severe combats.
— The same day, St. Eusebius, bishop of Samosata,
who, in the time of the Arian emperor Constantius,
disguised himself under a military dress and visited
the churches of God, to confirm them in the faith.
By Valens he was banished into Thrace, but when
peace was restored to the Church in the reign of
Theodosius, he was recalled. As he again visited
the churches, an Arian woman struck him with a

JUNE. 181

tile, which fractured his skull and made him a mar-
tyr.— At Iconium, in Lycaonia, St. Terentius, bishop
and martyr. — At Pavia, St. Urciscenus, bishop and
confessor. — At Tongres, St. Martin, bishop. — In the
diocese of Evreux, St. Leutfrid, abbot.

C6e Ctoentp^econD Dap of 3fune,

A T Nola, in Campania, the birthday of blessed Pau-
^ linus, bishop and confessor, who, although a most
noble and wealthy man, made himself poor and hum-
ble for Christ; and what is still more admirable,
became a slave to liberate a widow's son, who had
been carried to Africa by the Vandals, when they
devastated Campania. He was celebrated, not only
for his learning and exceptional holiness of life, but
also for his power over the demons. His great merit
has been extolled by Saints Ambrose, Jerome, Au-
gustine and Gregory, in their writings. His body,
at first transferred to Benevento, and thence to
Rome, was restored to Nola by order of Pius X. — At
Rome, blessed Innocent V., pope, who labored with
mildness and prudence to maintain liberty for the
Church and harmony among Christians. The ven-
eration paid to him, pope Leo XIII. approved and
confirmed. — On Mount Ararat, the martyrdom of
ten thousand holy martyrs, who were crucified. — At
Verulam, in England, in the time of Diocletian, St.

182 JUNE.

Alban, martyr, who gave himself up to save a cleric
whom he had harbored. After being scourged and
subjected to bitter torments, he was sentenced to
capital punishment. With him suffered also one of
the soldiers that led him to execution, who was con-
verted to Christ on the way, and merited to be bap-
tized, in his own blood. — At Samaria, fourteen hun-
dred and eighty holy martyrs, under Chosroes, king
of Persia. — At Rome, the translation of St. Flavius
Clemens, ex-consul and martyr, who was put to
death for the faith of Christ by the emperor Domi-
tian. His body was found in the basilica of pope
St. Clement, and buried there with great pomp. —
The same day, St. Mcseas, bishop of the town of
Bomatia, celebrated for his learning and holy life.—
At Naples, in Campania, St. John, bishop, who was
called to the kingdom of heaven by blessed Paulinus,
bishop of Nola. In the monastery of Cluny, St. Con-
sortia, virgin.

Ci)e CtoentHfntD Dag of 3(une,

mHE vigil of St. John the Baptist.— At Borne, in
the reign of Julian the Apostate, St. John, a
priest, who was decapitated on the old Salarian
road, before an idol of the sun. His body was buried
near those of other martyrs by the blessed priest
Concordius. — Also, at Borne, St. Agrippina, virgin

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and martyr, under the emperor Valerian. Her body
was carried to Sicily, where it works many miracles.
—At Sutri, in Tuscany, St. Felix, priest. By the
command of the prefect Turcius, he was struck on
the mouth with a stone until he breathed his last. —
At Nicomedia, in the time of Diocletian, the com-
memoration of many holy martyrs, who concealed
themselves in mountains and caverns, and joyfully
underwent martyrdom for the name of Christ. — At
Philadelphia, in Arabia, the holy martyrs Zeno, and
Zenas, his slave. When the latter kissed the chains
of his master, begging to be his partner in torments,
he was arrested by the soldiers, and received the
crown of martyrdom with him. — In England, St. Au-
dry, queen and virgin, who departed for heaven with
a great renown for sanctity and miracles. Her
body was found without corruption eleven years
afterwards.

C&e Ctoentgsfourtf) Dap of 3fiine,

mHE Nativity of St. John the Baptist, precursor
- of our Lord, son of Zachary and Elizabeth, who,
while yet in his mother's womb, was filled with the
Holy Ghost. — At Rome, in the time of Nero, the
commemoration of many holy martyrs, who were
accused of having set fire to the city, and cruelly put
to death in various manners by the emperor's order.
Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts and

184 JUNB.

lacerated by dogs; others were fastened to crosses,
others again were delivered to the flames to serve as
torches in the night. All these were disciples of the
Apostles, and the first fruits of the martyrs, which
the Roman Church, a field so fertile in martyrs,
offered to God before the death of the Apostles. — In
the same city, the holy martyrs Faustus and twenty-
three others. — At Satalis, in Armenia, seven saintly
brothers, martyrs: Orentius, Heros, Pharnacius,
Firminus, Firmus, Cyriacus and Longinus, who owe
their martyrdom to the emperor Maximian. Be-
cause they were Christians, they were deprived of
the military cincture by his command, separated
from one another, hurried away to various places,
and in the midst of painful trials, found their re-
pose in the Lord. — In the diocese of Paris, at Creteil,
the martyrdom of the Saints Agoardus and Agliber-
tus, with a multitude of others of both sexes. — At
Autun, the demise of St. Simplicius, bishop and
confessor. — At Lobbes, St. Theodulphus, bishop. — At
Stilo, in Calabria, St. John, surnamed Therestus,
distinguished for his fidelity to the monastic rule,
and for his sanctity.

Cfie CtoentgsfiftJ) Dap of 3ftme*

TN the territory of Guletto, near Nusco, St. Wil-

liam, confessor, founder of the hermits of Mount

Vergine. — At Beraea, the birthday of St. Sosipater,

JUNE. 185

disciple of the blessed apostle Paul. — At Rome, St.
Lucy, virgin and martyr, with twenty-two others. —
At Alexandria, St. Gallicanus, ex-consul and martyr,
who had been honored with a triumph, and was held
in affection by the emperor Constantine. Converted
by Saints John and Paul, he withdrew to Ostia with
St. Hilarinus, and devoted himself entirely to the
duties of hospitality and to the service of the sick.
The report of such an event spread through the
whole world, and from all sides many persons came
to see a man who had been a senator and consul,
washing the feet of the poor, preparing their table,
serving them, carefully waiting on the infirm, and
performing other works of mercy. Driven from this
place by Julian the Apostate, he repaired to Alex-
andria, where, for refusing to sacrifice to idols, at
the command of the judge Raucian, he was put to
the sword, and thus became a martyr of Christ. —
At Sibapolis, in Syria, under the goveronr Lysi-
machus, in the persecution of Diocletian, St. Febro-
nia, virgin and martyr, who was scourged and racked
for defending her faith and her chastity, then torn
with iron combs and exposed to fire. Finally, hav-
ing her teeth plucked out and her breasts cut off, she
was condemned to capital punishment, and went to
her spouse adorned with her sufferings as with so
many jewels. — At Besancon, in France, St. Antidius,
bishop and martyr, who was killed by the Vandals
for the faith of Christ. At Riez, St. Prosper of
Aquitaine, bishop of that city, distinguished by his

186 JUNE.

erudition and piety. He valiantly combated the
Pelagians in defence of the Catholic faith. — At Tu-
rin, the birthday of St. Maximus, bishop and con-
fessor, most celebrated for his learning and sanctity.
— In Holland, St. Adelbert, confessor, disciple of the
sainted bishop Willibrord.

C6e Ctoentp^fetfi Dap of 3fune.

{ T Eome, on Mount Coelius, the holy martyrs John
• and Paul, brothers. The former was steward,
the other secretary of the virgin Constantia, daugh-
ter of the emperor Constantine. Afterwards, under
Julian the Apostate, they received the palm of mar-
tyrdom by being beheaded. — At Trent, St. Vigilius,
bishop, who, whilst he endeavored to root out the
remains of idolatry, was overwhelmed with a shower
of stones by cruel and barbarous men, and thus en-
dured martyrdom for the name of Christ. — At Cor-
dova, in Spain, under the Saracen king Abderahman,
the birthday of St. Pelagius, a young man who glori-
ously consummated his martyrdom for the faith by
having his flesh torn to pieces with iron pincers. —
At Valenciennes, the holy martyrs Salvius, bishop
of Angouleme, and Superius. — Also, the comemmora-
tion of St. Anthelmus, bishop of Belley. — In Poitou,
St. Maxentius, priest and confessor, renowned for
miracles. — At Thessalonica, St. David, hermit. — The
same day, St. Perseveranda, virgin.

JUNE. 187

Cfte Ctoemp*0efcentl) Dap of 3fune,

TN Galatia, St. Crescens, disciple of the blessed
apostle Paul. In passing through Gaul, he con-
verted many to the Christian faith by his preaching.
Returning to the people for whom especially he had
been made bishop, he maintained, to the end of his
life, the Galatians in the service of the Lord, and
finally consummated his martyrdom under Trajan. —
At Cordova, St. Zoilus, and nineteen other martyrs.
— At Caesarea, in Palestine, in the persecution of
Diocletian, under the governor Urbanus, St. Anec-
tus, martyr. For having exhorted others to suffer
martyrdom, and overthrown idols by his prayers, he
was scourged by ten soldiers, had his hands and feet
cut off, and by decapitation merited the crown of
martyrdom. — At Constantinople, St. Sampson, a
priest who harbored the poor. — At Warasdin, in
Hungary, the holy king Ladislas, greatly renowned
to this day for miracles.

Cfte Ctoentp^eigfttft Dap of 3[une,

HHHE vigil of the holy apostles Peter and Paul.— At
Rome, pope St. Leo II.— At Lyons, in France, St.
Irenseus, bishop and martyr, who, as is related by
St. Jerome, was the disciple of blessed Polycarp,
bishop of Smyrna, and lived near the time of the

188 JUNE.

Apostles. After having strenuously opposed the
heretics by speech and writing, he was crowned with
a glorious martyrdom, with almost all the people of
his city, during the persecution of Severus. — At
Alexandria, in the same persecution of Severus, the
holy martyrs Plutarch, Serenus, Heraclides, cate-
chumen, Heron, neophyte, another Serenus, Rhais,
catechumen, Potamicena and Marcella, her mother.
Among them, the virgin Potamioena is particularly
distinguished. She first endured many most painful
trials for the preservation of her virginity, and then
cruel and unheard-of torments for the faith, after
which she and her mother were consumed with fire.
— The same day, during the persecution of Diocle-
tian, St. Papius, martyr, who was scourged with
knotted cords, cast into a caldron of seething oil
and grease, and after other horrible torments, was
decapitated, and thus won an eternal crown. — At
Maestricht, St. Benignus, bishop and martyr. — At
Cordova, St. Argymirus, monk and martyr, who was
slain for the faith of Christ during the persecution
of the Arabs. — At Rome, St. Paul, pope and con-
fessor.

C6e Ctoemp*mntf) Dap of 3fune,

AT Rome, the birthday of the holy apostles Peter
^ and Paul, who suffered martyrdom on the same
day, under the emperor Nero. Within the city the

JUNE. 189

former was crucified with his dead downwards, and
buried in the Vatican, near the Triumphal way,
where he is venerated by the whole world. The lat-
ter was put to the sword and buried on the Ostian
way, where he receives similar honors. — At Argen-
ton, St. Marcellus, martyr, who was beheaded for the
faith of Christ together with the soldier Anastasius.
—At Genoa, the birthday of St. Syrius, bishop. — At
Narni, St. Cassius, bishop of that city, of whom St.
Gergory relates, that he permitted scarcely any day
of his life to pass without offering the victim of pro-
pitiation to Almighty God; and he was well worthy
to do it, for he distributed in alms all he possessed,
and his devotion was such that abundant tears
flowed from his eyes during the holy sacrifice. At
last, he came to Home on the birthday of the Apos-
tles, as was his yearly custom, and after having sol-
emnly celebrated Mass and given the Lord's body
and the kiss of peace to all, he departed for heaven.
—In Cyprus, St. Mary, mother of John, surnamed
Mark. — In the territory of Sens, St. Benedicta,
virgin.

Cfte Cftirttetft Dap of 3[une.

fTIHE commemoration of the holy apostle Paul. —

- At Limoges, in France, St. Martial, bishop, with

two priests, Alpinian and Austriclinian, whose lives

were distinguished for miracles. — The same day, the

190 JUNE.

saints Caius, priest, and Leo, subdeacon. — At Alex-
andria, the passion of St. Basilides, under the eni-
peror Severus. He protected from the insults of
profligate men the saintly virgin Potamioena, whom
he was leading to execution, and received from her
the reward of his pious action. For, at the end of
three days, she appeared to him, and placing a crown
on his head, not only converted him to Christ, but
by her prayers made of him, after a short combat,
a glorious martyr. — At Rome, St. Lucina, a disciple
of the Apostles, who relieved the necessities of the
saints with her goods, visited the Christians detained
in prison, buried the martyrs, and was laid by their
side in a crypt constructed by herself. — In the same
city, St. ^Emiliana, martyr. — In the territory of
Viviers, St. Ostian, priest and confessor.

JULY.

Cfte JFim Dag of 3[uip,

HE Octave of St. John the Baptist.— Feast
of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord
Jesus Christ. — On Mount Hor, the de-
mise of St. Aaron, the first priest of the
Levitical Order. — In England, the holy martyrs
Julius and Aaron, who suffered after St. Al-
ban, in the persecution of Diocletian. In the
same country, a great number being at that time
tortured in different manners and barbarously lac-
erated, ended their combat, and attained to the joys
of the heavenly city. — At Mechlin, the martyrdom
of St. Rumold, son of an Irish king, and bishop of
Dublin. — At Sinuessa, the holy martyrs Castus and
Secundinus, bishops. — At Vienne, St. Martin, bishop
and disciple of the Apostles. — At Clermont, in Au-
vergne, St. Gal, bishop. — In the diocese of Lyons,
the decease of St. Domitian, abbot, who was the first
to lead there an eremitical life. After having assem-
bled in that place many servants of God, and gained
great renown for virtues and miracles, he was gath-
ered to his fathers at an advanced aga — In the dio-
cese of Rheims, St. Theodoric, priest and disciple of
the blessed bishop Remigius. — At Angouleme, St.

192 JULY.

Eparchius, abbot. — At Emesa, St. Simeon, surnamed
Salus, confessor, who feigned to be an idiot for
Christ; but God manifested his high wisdom by
great miracles. — At Vicenza, the demise of St. Theo-
bald, of the Counts of Campania, hermit, who was
added to the number of the saints by Alexander III.
on account of his holiness and miracles.

Cfie SeconD Dap of Julp*

T1HE Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary to
Elizabeth. — At Kome, on the Aurelian road, the
birthday of the holy martyrs Processus and Martin-
ian, who were baptized by the blessed apostle Peter
in the Mamertine prison. After being struck on the
mouth, racked, scourged with thongs and whips tip-
ped with pieces of metal ; after being beaten with
rods and exposed to the flames, they were beheaded
in the days of Nero, and thus obtained the crown
of martyrdom. — Also, at Kome, three holy soldiers,
who were converted to Christ by the martyrdom of
the blessed Apostle Paul, and with him merited to
be made partakers of heavenly glory. — The same day,
the holy martyrs Ariston, Crescentian, Eutychian,
Urbanus, Vitalis, Justus, Felicissimus, Felix, Mar-
cia, and Symphorosa, who were all crowned with
martyrdom when the persecution of the emperor
Diocletian was raging. — At Winchester, in England,

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St. Swithin, bishop, whose sanctity was illustrated
by the gift of miracles. — At Bamberg,the holy bishop
Otho, who preached the Gospel to the people of Pom-
erania, and converted them to the faith. — At Tours,
the demise of St. Monegundes, a pious woman.

C6e CftirD Dap of 3[ulp,

A T Alexandria, St. Tryphon, and twelve other mar-
^ tyrs. — At Constantinople, the holy martyrs Eu-
logius and his companions. — At Csesarea, in Cappa-
docia, St. Hyacinthus, chamberlain of the emperor
Trajan. Accused of being a Christian, he was
scourged and thrown into prison, where, consumed
with hunger, he breathed his last. — At Chiusi, in
Tuscany, in the reign of the emperor Trajan, the
holy martyrs Irenaeus, deacon, and Mustiola, a ma-
tron, who were subjected to various atrocious tor-
tures and merited the crown of martyrdom. The
same day, the holy martyrs Mark and Mucian, who
were put to the sword for Christ. As a small boy
cried out to them not to sacrifice to idols, he was
whipped, but confessing Christ all the more vigor-
ously, he was killed with a man named Paul, who
had also exhorted the martyrs. — At Laodicea, in
Syria, St. Anatolius, a bishop, whose writings were
admired not only by religious men, but even by phil-
osophers.— At Altino, St. Heliodorus, a bishop dis-

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tinguished for holiness and learning. — At Ravenna,
St. Dathus, bishop and confessor. — At Edessa, in
Mesopotamia, the translation of the apostle St.
Thomas from India. His relics were afterwards
taken to Tortona.

Cfie JFotmj) Dap of 3fulp*

FjlHE prophets Osee and Aggseus. — In Africa, the
•*• birthday of St. Jucundian, a martyr who was
drowned in the sea for Christ. — In the diocese of
Bourges, St. Laurian, bishop of Seville and martyr,
whose head was taken to Seville, in Spain. — At Sir-
mium, Saints Innocent and Sebastia, with thirty
other martyrs. — At Madaurus, in Africa, the mar-
tyr Namphanion and his companions, whom he
strengthened for the combat and led to the crown
of martyrdom. — At Gyrene, in Lybia, the holy bishop
Theodore. In the persecution of Diocletian, under
the governor Dignian, he was scourged with leaded
whips, and had his tongue cut out. Finally, how-
ever, he died a confessor. — The same day, the birth-
day of the Saints Flavian II., bishop of Antioch,
and Elias, bishop of Jerusalem, who were driven into
exile by the emperor Anastasius, in defense of the
Council of Chalcedon, and went victoriously to God.
— At Augsburg, in Bavaria, St. Uldaric, a bishop
illustrious for extraordinary abstinence, liberality,
vigilance, and the gift of miracles. — At Lisbon, St.

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Elizabeth, widow, queen of Portugal, whose festival
is celebrated on the 8th of this month, by order of
Innocent XII. — At Tours, the translation of St.
Martin, bishop and confessor, and the Dedication
of his Basilica, which took place on the anniversary
of his elevation to the episcopate some years pre-
vious.

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AT Cremona, in Insubria, St. Anthony Mary Zac-
•"• caria, confessor, founder of the Barnabites and
the Angelic Virgins.. Distinguished for all the vir-
tues and for miracles, he was placed among the
Saints by Leo XIII. His body is venerated in the
church of St. Barnabas, at Milan. — At Rome, St.
Zoe, martyr, wife of the blessed martyr Nicostratus.
Whilst praying at the tomb of the apostle St. Peter,
during the time of Diocletian, she was seized by the
persecutors, and cast into a dark dungeon ; then be-
ing suspended on a tree by her neck and hair, and
suffocated by a loathsome smoke, she yielded up her
soul in the confession of the Lord. — In Syria, the
birthday of St. Domitius, martyr, who by his mir-
acles confers many favors on the people of that
country. — At Gyrene, in Lybia, St. Cyrilla, a martyr,
in the persecution of Diocletian. For a long while
she held on her hand burning coals with incense, lest
by shaking off the coals she should seem to offer in-

196 JULY.

cense to the idols. She was afterwards cruelly
scourged, and went to her spouse adorned with her
own blood. — At Jerusalem, St. Athanasius, a dea-
con, who was apprehended by the heretics for de-
fending the Council of Chalcedon, and after experi-
encing all kinds of torments, was put to the sword.
— In Sicily, the holy martyrs Agatho and Triphina. —
At Tomis, in Scythia, the holy martyrs Marinus,
Theodotus, and Sedopha. — At Treves, St. Numerian,
bishop and confessor. — St. Michael of the Saints,
whose death is mentioned on the 10th of April. — At
San Severino, in the March of Ancona, St. Philo-
mena, virgin.

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fTlHE Octave of the holy apostles Peter and Paul. —
•*• In Judea, the holy prophet Isaias. In the reign
of king Manasses he was put to death by being sawed
in two and was buried beneath the oak Rogel, near a
running stream. — At Kome, the birthday of St.
Tranquillinus, martyr, father of the Saints Mark
and Marcellian, who were converted to Christ by the
preaching of the martyr St. Sebastian. Baptized
by the blessed priest Polycarp, he was ordained
priest by pope St. Caius. He was arrested while
praying at the tomb of blessed Paul on the Octave
of the Apostles, and stoned to death by the Pagans,
and thus consummated his martyrdom. — At Fiesoli,

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in Tuscany, St. Romulus, bishop and martyr, dis-
ciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who commissioned
him to preach the Gospel. After announcing Christ
in many parts of Italy, he returned to Fiesoli, and
was crowned with martyrdom with other Christians
in the reign of Domitian. — In Campania, St. Domi-
nica, virgin and martyr, in the time of the emperor
Diocletian. For having destroyed idols, she was
condemned to the beasts, but being uninjured by
them, she was beheaded and departed for heaven.
Her body is kept with great veneration at Tropea,
in Calabria. — The same day, St. Lucia, martyr, a
native of Campania. Being arrested and severely
tortured by the lieutenant-governor Kictiovarus, she
converted him to Christ. To them were added An-
toninus, Severinus, Diodorus, Dion, and seventeen
others, who shared their sufferings and their crowns.
—In the vicinity of Treves, St. Goar, priest and
confessor.

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nnHE holy bishops Cyril and Methodius, who are
• mentioned on the 9th of March. — At Rome, the
holy martyrs Claudius, notary, Mcostratus, assis-
tant prefect, Castorius, Victorinus, and Symphorian,
who were brought to the faith of Christ by St. Se-
bastian, and baptized by the blessed priest Polycarp.
Whilst they were engaged in searching for the bodies

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of the holy martyrs, the judge Fabian had them ar-
rested, and for ten days he tried by threats and
caresses to shake their constancy, but being utterly
unable to succeed, he ordered them to be thrice tor-
tured, and then percipitated into the sea. — At Du-
razzo, in Macedonia, the holy martyrs Peregrinus>
Lucian, Pompeius, Hesychius, Papius, Saturninus,
and Germanus, natives of Italy. In the persecution
of Trajan, they took refuge in the town of Durazzo,
where seeing the saintly bishop Astius hanging on a
cross for the faith of Christ, they publicly declared
themselves to be Christians, when, by order of the
governor, they were arrested and cast into the sea. —
At Perugia, blessed Benedict XI., a native of Tre-
viso of the Order of Preachers, who in the brief
space of his pontificate, greatly promoted the peace
of the Church, the restoration of discipline and the
spread of religion. — At Alexandria, the birthday of
St. Pantaenus, an apostolic man, filled with wisdom.
He had such an affection and love for the word of
God, and was so inflamed with the ardor of faith
and devotion, that he set out to preach the gospel of
Christ to the Gentiles inhabiting the farthest re-
cesses of the East. At length returning to Alexan-
dria, he rested in peace, under Antoninus Caracalla.
— At Brescia, St. Apollonius, bishop and confes-
sor.— In Saxony, St. Willibald, first bishop of Eich-
stadt, who labored with St. Boniface in preaching
the Gospel, and converted many nations to Christ. —
At Clermont, in Auvergne, St. Illidius, bishop. — At

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Urgel, in Spain, St. Odo, bishop. — In England, St.
Hedda, bishop of the West- Saxons. — At Gray, in
Burgundy, blessed Peter Fourier, Canon Kegular of
the most holy Saviour, renowned for virtues and
miracles. — In England, St. Edelburga, virgin, daugh-
ter of an English king.

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0 T. ELIZABETH, widow, queen of Portugal. Be-
ing renowned for virtues and miracles, she was
numbered among the saints by Urban VIII. — In
Asia Minor, the Saints Aquila and his wife Pris-
cilla, of whom mention is made in the Acts of the
Apostles. — At Porto, fifty holy soldiers, martyrs,
who were led to the faith by the martyrdom of St.
Bonosa, and baptized by the blessed pope Felix.
They were put to death in the persecution of Aure-
lian. — In Palestine, in the reign of Diocletian, St.
Procopius, martyr, who was brought from Scythop-
olis to Caesarea, and upon his first resolute answer
was beheaded by the judge Fabian. — At Constanti-
nople, the holy Abrahamite monks, who resisted the
emperor Theophilus by defending the worship of
holy images, and suffered matryrdom. — At Wurtz-
burg, in Germany, St. Kilian, bishop, who was com-
missioned by the Roman Pontiff to preach the Gos-
pel. After having converted many to Christ, he

200 JULY.

was put to death with his companions, Column, a
priest, and Totnan, a deacon. — At Rome, the blessed
Eugenius II., pope. Having gained a great reputa-
tion for sanctity and prudence in his government of
the monastery of Saints Vincent and Anastasius, he
was raised to the Sovereign Pontificate and ruled
over the universal Church with much holiness. Pope
Pius IX. approved and confirmed the veneration
paid to him. — At Treves, St. Auspicius, bishop and
confessor.

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A T Rome, in the place called the Drop-ever-falling,
the birthday of St. Zeno, and ten thousand two
hundred and three other martyrs. — At Gortyna, in
Crete, in the persecution of Decius, under the gov-
ernor Lucius, St. Cyril, a bishop, who was thrown
into the flames without being injured, though his
bonds were burnt. The judge, struck with awe at
so great a miracle, set him at liberty, but as the
saint began again immediately to preach the faith of
Christ with zeal, he was beheaded. — In the town of
Thora, on lake Velino, in Italy, the martyrdom of
the Saints Anatolia and Audax, under the emperor
Decius. Anatolia, a virgin consecrated to Christ,
cured, through the whole province of Picenum,*

* Now Ancona.

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many persons laboring under various infirmities,
and made them believe in Christ. By order of the
judge Fustinian, she was condemned to various
kinds of punishments. She was cured of the sting
of a serpent to which she had been exposed ; a mir-
acle which converted Audax to the faith. Finally
she was transpierced with a sword, whilst her
hands were extended in prayer. Audax was com-
mitted to prison, and being without delay sentenced
to capital punishment, obtained the crown of a mar-
tyr.— At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Patermu-
thius, Copres, and Alexander, who were put to death
under Julian the Apostate. — At Briel, in Holland,
the martyrdom of the nineteen martyrs of Gorcum.
For vindicating the authority of the Roman Church,
and the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist,
they endured various ignominies and torments from
the Calvinist heretics, and ended their suffering by
being put to death. In the year 1867, Pius IX.
placed them among the holy martyrs. — At Martula,
St. Brixius, bishop. Under the judge Marcian, after
having suffered much for the confession of our Lord,
and converted to Christ a great multitude of people,
he rested in peace. — At Citta-di-Castello, St. Veron-
ica Giuliani, a Capuchin nun, abbess of the monas-
tery of that town. Born at Mercatelli, in the dio-
cese of Urania, she became illustrious by her great
love for suffering and other virtues, and by her heav-
enly gifts. She was inscribed among holy virgins
by pope Gregory XVI.

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A T Kome, the martyrdom of the seven holy broth-
^ ers, sons of the saintly martyr Felicitas, namely,
Januarius, Felix, Philip, Sylvanus, Alexander, Vi-
talis, and Martial, in the time of the emperor Anto-
ninus, under Publius, prefect of the city. Januarius,
after being scourged with rods and detained in
prison, died under the blows inflicted with leaded
whips. Felix and Philip were scourged to death,
Sylvanus was thrown headlong from an eminence.
Alexander, Vitalis, and Martial were condemned to
capital punishment. — Also, at Kome, in the persecu-
tion of Valerian and Gallienus, the holy virgins and
martyrs Eufina and Secunda, sisters, who, after being
subjected to torments, the one having her head
split open, the other being decapitated, departed for
heaven. Their bodies are kept with due honor in the
Lateran Basilica, near the baptistery. — In Africa, the
holy martyrs Januarius, Marinus, Nabor, and Felix,
who were beheaded. — At Nicopolis, in Armenia, the
holy martyrs Leontius, Mauritius, Daniel, and their
companions, who after being tortured in different
manners, were finally cast into the fire, and thus
terminated their long martyrdom, in the time of the
emperor Licinius and the governor Lysias. — In Pi-
sidia, the holy martyrs Bianor and Silvanus, who
merited an immortal crown by being decapitated,
after enduring most bitter torments for the name of

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Christ. — At Iconium, St. Apollonius, martyr, who
consummated his glorious martyrdom by death on
the cross. — At Ghent, St. Amelberga, virgin.

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AT Rome, the blessed Pius, pope and martyr, who
*"• was crowned with martyrdom in the persecution
of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. — At Mcopolis, in
Armenia, the birthday of the holy martyrs Januarius
and Pelagia, who for four days were racked, torn
with iron claws and pieces of earthenware, and thus
achieved their martyrdom. — In the territory of Sens,
St. Sidronius, martyr. — At Iconium, St. Marcian,
martyr, who obtained the palm of martyrdom by
many torments, under the governor Perennius. — At
Sida, in Pamphylia, St. Cindeus, priest, in the time
of the emperor Diocletian and the governor Straton-
icus. After suffering many torments, he was thrown
into the fire, but remaining uninjured, he yielded up
his soul in prayer. — At Brescia, the holy martyrs
Savinus and Cyprian. — At Bergamo, St. John, a
bishop, who was killed by the Arians for defending
the Catholic faith. — At Cordova, St. Abundius, a
priest, crowned with martyrdom whilst preaching
against the sect of Mahomet. — In the territory of
Poitiers, St. Sabinus, confessor.

204 JULY.

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TN the monastery of Passignano, near Florence, the
abbot St. John Gualbert, founder of the Vallum
brosan Order. — At Milan, the holy martyrs Nabor
and Felix, who suffered in the persecution of Max-
imian. — In Cyprus, St. Jason, one of the first dis-
ciples of Christ. — At Aquileia, the birthday of St.
Hermagoras, disciple of the blessed evangelist Mark,
and first bishop of that city. Whilst occupied in
performing miraculous cures, in preaching fre-
quently and bringing souls to repentance, he suf-
fered many kinds of torments, and finally by capital
punishment, merited an immortal triumph with his
deacon Fortunatus. — At Lucca, in Tuscany, blessed
Paulinus, who was consecrated first bishop of that
city by St. Peter. Under Nero, after many combats,
he terminated his martyrdom with some compan-
ions, at the foot of Mount Pisa. — The same day, the
Saints Proclus and Hilarion, who won the palm of
martyrdom after most bitter torments, in 1he time
of the emperor Trajan and the governor Maximns. —
At Lentini, St. Epiphana, who, after having her
breasts cut off, died in the time of the emperor Dio-
cletian and the governor Tertillus. — At Toledo, St.
Marciana, virgin and martyr. For 'the faith of
Christ, she was exposed to the beasts, torn to pieces
by a bull, and was thus crowned with martyrdom. —

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At Lyons, St. Viventiolus, bishop. — At Bologna, St.
Paternian, bishop.

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A T Kome, St. Anacletus, pope and martyr, who gov-
^ erned the Church of God after St. Clement, and
shed lustre on it by a glorious martyrdom. — The
same day, the holy prophets Joel and Esdras. — In
Macedonia, blessed Silas, one of the first Christians.
By the Apostles he was destined for the churches
of the Gentiles with Paul and Barnabas. Filled
with the grace of God, he zealously discharged the
office of preaching, and after glorifying Christ by
his sufferings, rested in peace. — Also, St. Serapion,
martyr, who obtained the crown of martyrdom by
fire, in the time of the emperor Severus and the
governor Aquila. — In the island of Chio, in the
time of the emperor Decius and the governor Nu-
merian, the martyr St. Myrops. Being clubbed to
death, he went to our Lord. — In Africa, the holy
confessors Eugenius, the faithful and virtuous
bishop of Carthage, and all the clergy of that church,
to the number of about five hundred or more, among
whom were many small children employed as lectors.
In the persecution of the Vandals, under the Arian
king Hunneric, they were subjected to scourging and
starvation, and driven into a most painful banish-
ment, which they bore with joy for God's sake. In

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their number were also two distinguished person-
ages, the archdeacon Salutaris, and Muritta, occu-
pying the second rank among the ministers of the
church. Both had three times confessed the faith,
and were illustrious by their sturdy perseverance in
Christianity. — In Bretagne, St. Turian, bishop and
confessor, a man of admirable simplicity and inno-
cence.

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AT Lyons, the demise of St. Bonaventure, Cardi-
•"• nal and bishop of Albano, confessor and doctor
of the Order of Minorites, most celebrated for his
learning and holiness of life. — At Home, St. Justus,
soldier under the tribune Claudius. A miraculous
cross appearing to him, he believed in Christ, was
baptized, and bestowed his goods on the poor. Ar-
rested afterwards by the prefect Magnetius, he was
scourged, had a heated helmet put on his head, and
was thrown into the fire, but without injury even to
a hair of his head, Finally, he yielded up his soul
in the confession of the Lord. — At Sinope, in Pon-
tus, the martyrs St. Phocas, bishop of that city.
Under the emperor Trajan, after having been impris-
oned, bound, struck with the sword and exposed to
the fire for Christ, he took his flight to heaven. His
remains were brought to Vienne, in France, and de-
posited in the church of the holy apostles. — At Alex-

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andria, St. Heraclas, bishop, whose fame was so
great that the historian Africanus repaired to Alex-
andria to see him, as he himself testifies. — At Carth-
age, St. Cyrus, bishop, on whose festival St. Augus-
tine spoke of him to his people. — At Como, St. Felix,
first bishop of that city. — At Brescia, St. Optatian,
bishop. — At Daventry, in Belgium, St. Marcellin,
priest and confessor. — At Rome, St. Camillus de
Lellis, confessor, founder of the Clerks Regular who
minister to the sick. Renowned for virtues and
miracles, he was numbered among the saints by the
Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict XIV.

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A T Bamberg, St. Henry 1., emperor, who kept per-
•^ petual chastity with his wife Cunegunde, and
induced St. Stephen, king of Hungary, with nearly
all his kingdom, to receive the faith of Christ. — At
Porto, the birthday of the holy martyrs Eutropius,
and the sisters Zosima and Bonosa. — At Carthage,
blessed Catulinus, deacon, whose glories were pro-
claimed by St. Augustine in a sermon to his people,
and the Saints Januarius, Florentius, Julia and Jus-
ta, martyrs, who were entombed in the church of St.
Faustus. — At Alexandria, the holy martyrs Philip,
Zeno, Narseus, and ten children. — In the island of
Tenedos, St. Abudemius, a martyr, who suffered un-

208 JULY.

der Diocletian. — At Sebaste, St. Antiochus, a physi-
cian, who was decapitated under the governor Ad-
rian. On seeing milk flowing from his wounds in-
stead of blood, Cyriaeus, his executioner, was con-
verted to Christ and endured martyrdom. — At
Pavia, St. Felix, bishop and martyr. — At Msibis,
the birthday of St. James, bishop of that city, a man
celebrated for great holiness, miracles and erudi-
tion. He was one of those who confessed the faith
during the persecution of Galerius Maximian, and
afterwards, in the Council of Nicsea, condemned the
perverse heresy of Arius, by opposing to it the doc-
trine of consubstantiality. It was also owing to his
prayers, and those of bishop Alexander, that Arius
received at Constantinople the condign punishment
of his iniquity, the extravasation of his intestines. —
At Naples, in Campania, St. Athanasius, bishop of
that city, who suffered much from his wicked nephew
Sergius, by whom he was driven from his see. Con-
sumed with afflictions, he departed for heaven at
Veroli, in the time of Charles the Bald. — At Paler-
mo, the finding of the body of St. Kosalia, virgin of
Palermo. Being miraculously discovered in the time
of the Sovereign Pontiff, Urban VIII., it delivered
Sicily from the plague in the year of the Jubilee.

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Cfte §>teteentft Dap of 3[iiip,

fTlHE festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount
- Carmel. — The same day, the birthday of St.
Faustus, a martyr, under Decius. He lived five
days fastened on a cross, and being then pierced
with arrows, he went to heaven. — At Sebaste, in
Armenia, the holy martyrs Athenogenes, bishop, and
ten of his disciples, in the time of the emperor Dio-
cletian.— At Antioch, in Syria, the birthday of
blessed Eustathius, bishop and confessor, celebrated
for learning and sanctity. Under the Arian empe-
ror Constantius, for the defence of the Catholic
faith, he was banished to Trajanopolis, in Thracia,
where he rested in the Lord. — The same day, St.
Hilarinus, monk, who was arrested with St. Dona-
tns in the persecution of Julian. As he would not
sacrifice to idols, he was beaten with rods, and died
a martyr at Arezzo, in Tuscany. His body was
translated to Ostia. — At Treves, St. Valentine, bish-
op and martyr. — At Cordova, in Spain, St. Sisenan-
dus, deacon and martyr, who was strangled by the
Saracens for the faith of Chirst. — At Saintes, in
France, the holy martyrs Raineldes, virgin, and her
companions, who were massacred by barbarians for
the Christian faith. — At Bergamo, St. Domnio, mar-
tyr.— At Capua, St. Vitalian, bishop and confessor.

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210 JULY.

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AT Rome, St. Alexius, confessor, son of the sena-
tor Euphemian. Leaving his spouse untouched
the night of his marriage, he withdrew from his
house, and after a long pilgrimage returned to
Rome, where he was for seventeen years harbored
in his father's house as an unknown beggar, thus
deluding the world by a new device. But after his
death, becoming known through a voice heard in
the churches of the city, and by his own writing, he
was, under the Sovereign Pontiff, Innocent I., trans-
lated to the church of St. Boniface, where he wrought
many miracles. — At Carthage, the birthday of the
holy Scillitan martyrs Speratus, Narzales, Cythinus,
Veturius, Felix, Acyllinus, Lsetantius, Januaria,
Generosa, Vestina, Donata, and Secunda. By order
of the prefect Saturninus, after their first confes-
sion of the faith, they were sent to prison, nailed to
pieces of wood, and finally beheaded. The relics of
Speratus, with the bones of blessed Cyprian and the
head of the martyr St. Pantaleon, were carried from
Africa into France, and religiously placed in the
basilica of St. John the Baptist at Lyons. — At
Amastris, in Paphlagonia, St. Hyacinth, martyr,
who died in prison after much suffering, under the
prefect Castritius. — At Tivoli, St. Generosus, mar-
tyr.— At Constantinople, St. Theodota, martyr, un-
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pope St. Leo IV. — At Pavia, St. Ennodius, bishop
and confessor. — At Auxerre, St. Theodosius, bishop.
—At Milan, the virgin St. Marcellina, sister of the
blessed bishop Ambrose, who received the religious
veil from pope Liberius in the basilica of St. Peter
at Rome. Her sanctity is attested by St. Ambrose
in his writings. — At Venice, the translation of St.
Marina, virgin.

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nnHE feast of St. Camillus de Lellis, confessor,
- founder of the Clerks Regular ministering to the
sick, whose birthday is the 14th of July. Leo XIII.
declared him Celestial Patron of hospitals and the
infirm. — At Tivoli, in the time of the emperor Ad-
rian, St. Symphorosa, wife of the martyr St. Getu-
lius, with her seven sons, Crescens, Julian, Nemesius,
Primitivus, Justinus, Stacteus, and Eugenius. Their
mother, because of her invincible constancy, was
first buffeted a long time, then suspended by her
hair, and lastly thrown into the river with a stone
tied to her body. Her sons had their limbs dis-
tended by pulleys and bound to stakes, and termi-
nated their martyrdom by different kinds of death.
The bodies were subsequently taken to Rome, and
were found in the sacristy of St. Angelo in Piscina,
under the Sovereign Pontiff, Pius IV. — At Carthage,

212 JULY.

St. Gundenes, virgin. By order of the proconsul
Rufinus, she was four different times stretched on
the rack for the faith of Christ, horribly lacerated
with iron hooks, confined for a long time in a filthy
dungeon, and finally put to the sword. At Doros-
torum, in Mysia, in the time of Julian the Apostate
and the governor Capitolinus, St. JEmilian, martyr,
who was cast into a furnace, and thus received the
palm of martyrdom. — At Utrecht, St. Frederick,
bishop and martyr. — In Spanish Galicia, St. Ma-
rina, virgin and martyr. — At Milan, in the reign of
Maximian, the holy bishop Maternus. For the faith
of Christ and the church entrusted to him, he was
thrown into prison and often scourged. Finally he
went to his rest in the Lord with a great renown for
his repeated confession of the faith. — At Brescia,
the birthday of St. Philastrius, bishop of that city,
who in speech and writing combated heretics, espe-
cially the Arians, from whom he suffered much.
Finally, he died in peace, renowned for miracles. —
At Metz, in France, St. Arnulf, a bishop illustrious
for holiness and the gift of miracles. He chose an
eremitical life, and ended his blessed career in peace.
— At Segni, St. Bruno, bishop and confessor. — At
Forlimpopoli, in ^Emilia, St. Ruffillus, bishop of that
city.

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T. VINCENT DE PAUL, confessor, who slept in
the Lord on the 27th of September. Leo XIII.
declared him heavenly patron before the throne of
God of all charitable organizations throughout the
Catholic world owing in any manner their origin to
him. — The same day, the birthday of St. Epaphras,
whom the apostle St. Paul calls his fellow-prisoner.
By the same apostle he was consecrated bishop of
Colossse, where becoming renowned for his virtues,
he received the palm of martyrdom for defending
courageously the flock committed to his charge. His
body lies at Kome in the basilica of St. Mary the
Greater. — At Seville, in Spain, the martyrdom of
the holy virgins Justa and Kufina. Arrested by the
governor Diogenian, they were stretched on the rack
and lacerated with iron claws, then imprisoned, and
subjected to starvation and various tortures. Lastly
Justa breathed her last in prison, and Kufina had
her neck broken while confessing Christ. — At Cor-
dova, St. Aurea, virgin, who repented of a fault she
had committed, and in a second combat overcame
the enemy by the shedding of her blood. — At Treves,
St. Martin, bishop and martyr. — At Rome, pope St.
Symmachus, who for a long time had much to bear
from a faction of schismatics. At last, distin-
guished by holiness, he went to God. — At Verona,
St. Felix, bishop. — At Scete, a mountain in Egypt,

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St. Arsenius, a deacon of the Koman church. In
the time of Theodosius, he retired into a wilderness,
where, endowed with every virtue and shedding con-
tinual tears, he yielded his soul to God. — In Cappa-
docia, the holy virgin Marcina, sister of St. Basil
the Great and St. Gregory of Nyssa.

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rjIHE festival of St. Jerome JEmiliani, confessor,
-•- founder of the Congergation of Somascha. Gain-
ing renown for many miracles during his life and
after his death, he was inscribed among the beatified
by Benedict XIV., and canonized by Clement XIII.
— At Antioch, St. Margaret, virgin and martyr. — On
Mount Carmel, the holy prophet Eli as. — The same
day, the birthday of blessed Joseph, surnamed the
Just, whom the Apostles selected with blessed Mat-
thias for the apostleship, in the place of the traitor
Judas. The lot having fallen upon Matthias, Jo-
seph, notwithstanding, continued to preach and to
advance in virtue, and after having sustained from
the Jews many persecutions for the faith of Christ,
happily ended his life in Judea. It is related of him
that having drunk poison, he received no injury
from it, because of his confidence in the Lord. — At
Damascus, the holy martyrs Sabinus, Julian, Maxi-
mus, Macrobius, Cassia, and Paula, with ten others.

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— At Cordova, St. Paul, deacon and martyr. For
rebuking Mahometan princes for their impiety and
cruelty, and preaching Christ courageously, he was
put to death, and went to his reward in heaven. — In
Portugal, St. Wilgefortes, virgin and martyr, who
merited the crown of martyrdom on a cross in de-
fence of the faith and her chastity. — At Boulogne,
in France, the abbot St. Wulmar, a man of admirable
sanctity. — At Treves, St. Severa, virgin.

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AT Rome, the holy virgin Praxedes, who was
^ brought up in all chastity and in the knowledge
of the divine law. Assiduously attending to watch-
ing, prayer and fasting, she rested in Christ, and
was buried near her sister Pudentiana, on the Salar-
ian road. — At Babylon, the holy prophet Daniel. —
At Marseilles, the birthday of St. Victor, a soldier.
Because he refused to serve in the army and sacrifice
to idols, he was thrust into prison, where he was
visited by an angel, then subjected to various tor-
ments, and finally being crushed under a millstone,
he ended his martyrdom. With him also suffered
three soldiers, Alexander, Felician, and Longinus. — •
At Troyes, St. Julia, virgin and martyr. — In the
same place, the martyrdom of the saints Claudius,
Justus, Jucundinus, and five companions, in the time

216 JULY.

•of the emperor Aurelian. — At Comana, in Armenia,
the holy bishop and martyr Zoticus,who was crowned
under Severus. — At Strasburg, St. Arbogastus, a
bishop, renowned for miracles. — In Syria, the holy
monk John, a companion of St. Simeon.

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A T Marseilles, the birthday of St. Mary Magdalen,
*"• out of whom our Lord expelled seven demons,
and who deserved to be the first to see the Saviour
after He had risen from the dead. — At Philippi, St.
Syntyches, mentioned by the blessed apostle Paul.-—
At Ancyra, in Galatia, the birthday of the martyr
St. Plato. Under the lieutenant-governor Agrip-
pinus, he was scourged, lacerated with iron hooks,
and subjected to other most atrocious torments, and
finally being beheaded, he rendered his invincible
soul to God. The miracles he wrougth in assisting
the captives are attested in the Acts of the second
Council of Nicaea. — In Cyprus, St. Theophilus, a prae-
tor, who was apprehended by the Arabs, and as he
could not be induced either by presents or threats
to deny Christ, was put to the sword. — At Antioch,
the holy bishop Cyril, who was distinguished for
learning and holiness. — In the territory of Auvergne,
St. Meneleus, abbot. — In the monastery of Blandine,
the abbot St. Vandrille, celebrated for miracles. —

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At Scythopolis, in Palestine, St. Joseph, a count. —
At Lisbon, St. Lawrence of Brindisi, confessor, su-
perior general of the Capuchin Minorites of St.
Francis. Illustrious by his preaching and his ardu-
ous labor for the glory of God, he was canonized by
Leo XIII., who appointed the 7th of July for his
feast day.

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rfIHE birthday of the holy bishop Apollinaris, who
was consecrated at Kome by the apostle Peter,
and sent to Kavenna, where he endured for the faith
of Christ many different tribulations. He after-
wards preached the Gospel in JEmilia, where he con-
verted many from the worship of idols. Fianlly, re-
turning to Kavenna, he terminated his confession of
Christ by a glorious martyrdom under the Caesar
Vespasian. — At Le Mans, in France, St. Liborius,
bishop and confessor. — At Kome, St. Kasyphus, mar-
tyr.— In the same city, the martyrdom of St. Primi-
tiva, virgin and martyr. — Also, the holy martyrs
Apollonius and Eugenius. — The same day, the birth-
day of the holy martyrs Trophimus and Theophilus.
who received their crown of martyrdom by being
beaten with stones, scorched with fire, and finally
struck with the sword, in the time of the emperor
Diocletian. — In Bulgaria, many holy martyrs whom

218 JULY.

the impious emperor Nicephorus, whilst he was dev-
astating the churches of God, put to death in various
ways — by the sword, the halter, arrows, long im-
prisonment, and starvation. — At Rome, the saintly
virgins Komula, Redempta, and Herundines, men
tioned by pope St. Gregory in his writings. — In the
same city, the departure from this life of St. Bridget,
widow, whose sacred body was taken to Sweden on
the 7th of October. Her feast is celebrated on the
8th of that month.

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fTHE vigil of St. James, apostle.— At Tyro,
•*• in Tuscany, on lake Bolsena, St. Christina,
virgin and martyr. Believing in Christ, and
breaking up her father's gold and silver idols
to give them to the poor, she was cruelly scourged
by his command, subjected to other most severe tor-
ments, and thrown with a heavy stone into the lake,
from which she was drawn out by an angel. Then
under another judge, who succeeded her father, she
bore courageously still more bitter tortures. Finally,
after she had been shut up by the governor Julian
in a burning furnace for five days without any in-
jury, and after being cured of the sting of serpents,
she ended her martyrdom by having her tongue cut
out, and being pierced with arrows. — At Rome, on

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the Tiburtine road, St. Vincent, martyr. — At Ami-
terno, in Abruzzo, the martyrdom of eighty-three
holy soldiers. — At Merida, in Spain, St. Victor, a mili-
tary man, who, with his two brothers, Stercatius
and Antinogenes, by various torments consummated
his martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. —
In Lycia, the holy matryrs Niceta and Aquilina,
who were converted to Christ by the preaching of the
blessed martyr Christopher, and gained the palm of
martyrdom by being decapitated. — Also, the holy
martyrs Meneus and Capito. — At Sens, St.Ursicinus,
bishop and confessor.

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OT. JAMES the Apostle, brother of the blessed
evangelist John, who was beheaded by Herod
Agrippa about the feast of Easter. His sacred
bones were on this day carried from Jerusaelm to
Spain, and placed in the remote province of Galicia,
where they are devoutly honored by the far-famed
piety of the inhabitants, and the frequent concourse
of Christians, who visit them through piety and in
fulfilment of their vows. — In Lycia, in the time of
Decius, St. Christopher, martyr. Being scourged
with iron rods, cast into the flames, from which he
was saved by the power of Christ, and finally trans-
fixed with arrows and beheaded, he completed his

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martyrdom. — At Barcelona, in Spain, during the
persecution of Diocletian and under the governor
Dacian, the birthday of the holy martyr Cucuphas.
After overcoming many torments, he was struck
with the sword, and thus went triumphantly to
heaven. — In Palestine, St. Paul, a martyr, in the
persecution of Maximian Galerius, and under the
governor Firmilian. He was condemned to capital
punishment, but having obtained a short respite to
pray, he besought God with all his heart, first for his
own countrymen, then for the Jews and the Gentiles,
that they might embrace the true faith, next for the
multitude of the spectators, and finally for the judge
who had condemned him and the executioner that
was to strike him; after which he received the crown
of martyrdom by being beheaded. — In the same
country, St. Valentina, a virgin, who was led to an
altar to offer sacrifice, but overturning it with her
foot, she was cruelly tortured, and being cast into the
fire with another virgin, her companion, she went to
her spouse. — At Forcono, in Abruzzo, the holy mar-
tyrs Florentius and Felix, natives of Sipontum. — At
Cordova, St. Theodemirus, monk and martyr. — At
Treves, St. Magnericus, bishop and confessor.

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FT1HE departure out of this life of St. Anne, mother
- of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. — At
Philippi, in Macedonia, the birthday of St. Erastus,
who was appointed bishop of that place by the
blessed apostle Paul, and there crowned with mar-
tyrdom. — At Home, on the Latin road, the holy mar-
tyrs Symphronius, Olympius, Theodulus, and Exu-
peria, who (as we read in the Acts of pope St. Ste-
phen) were burnt alive, and thus obtained the palm
of martyrdom. — At Porto, St. Hyacinth, martyr,
who was first thrown into the fire, and then precipi-
tated into a stream without being injured. After-
wards, under the emperor Trajan, being struck with
the sword by the ex-consul Leontius, he terminated
his life. His body was buried by the matron Julia,
on her own estate near Rome. — Also, at Borne, St.
Pastor, priest. His name is used to designate a
cardinal's title in the church of St. Pudentiana, on
the Viminal hill. — At Verona, St. Valens, bishop
and confessor. — In the monastery of St. Benedict,
near Mantua, St. Simeon, monk and hermit, who
was renowned for many miracles, and at an advanced
age rested in the Lord.

222 JULY.

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AT Mcomedia, the martyrdom of St. Pantaleon, a
^ physician. For the faith of Christ he was appre-
hended by the emperor Maximian, subjected to the
torture and burned with torches, during which tor-
ments he was comforted by an apparition of our
Lord. He ended his martyrdom by a stroke of the
sword. — In the same city, St. Hermolaus, priest, by
whose instructions blessed Pantaleon was converted
to the faith. Also, the Saints Hermippus and Her-
mocrates, brothers. After many sufferings borne
for the confession of Christ, they were condemned
to capital punishment by the same Maximian. — At
Nola, the holy martyrs Felix, Julia and Jucunda. —
At Biseglia, in Apulia, the holy martyrs Maurus,
bishop, Pantaleemon, and Sergius, who suffered un-
der Trajan. — In the country of the Homerites (Ara-
bia), the commemoration of the holy martyrs, who
were delivered to the flames for faith of Christ, un-
der the tyrant Dunaan. — At Cordova, in Spain,
during the persecution of the Arabs, the holy mar-
tyrs George, deacon, Felix, Aurelius, Natalia, and
Liliosa. — At Ephesus, the birthday of the seven holy
sleepers, Maximian, Malchus, Martinian, Denis,
John, Serapion, and Constantine. — At Auxerre, the
demise of blessed JEtherius, bishop and confessor.—
At Constantinople, blessed Anthusa, a virgin. Un-
der Constantine Copronymus, after being scourged
and banished, she rested in the Lord.

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AT Borne, the martyrdom of St. Victor, pope and
^ martyr. — Also, at Home, St. Innocent, pope and
confessor. — At Milan, the birthday of the holy mar-
tyrs Nazarius and a boy named Celsus. While the
persecution excited by Nero was raging, they were
beheaded by Anolinus, after long sufferings and
afflictions endured in prison. — In Thebais, in Egypt,
the commemoration of many holy martyrs who suf-
fered in the persecution of Decius and Valerian. At
this time, when Christians sought death by the sword
for the name of Christ, the crafty enemy devised
certain slow torments to put them to death, wishing
much more to kill their souls rather than their
bodies. One of these Christians, after suffering the ,
torture of the rack, of hot metal plates and of seeth-
ing oil, was smeared with honey and exposed, in the
broiling heat of the sun, with his hands tied behind
him, to the stings of wasps and flies. Another was
bound and laid among flowers, when a shameless
woman approached him with the intention of excit-
ing his passions, but he bit off his tongue and spat
it in her face. — At Ancyra, in Galatia, the holy mar-
tyr Eustathius. After various torments, he was
plunged into a river, but being delivered by an angel,
was finally called to his reward by a dove coming
from heaven. — At Miletus, in the time of the em-
peror Licinius, the holy martyr Acatius, who com-

224 JULY.

pleted his martyrdom by having his head struck off,
after having undergone different torments and been
thrown into a furnace, from which he came out unin-
jured through the assistance of God. — In Bretagne,
St. Sampson, bishop and confessor. — At Lyons, St.
Peregrinus, priest, whose happiness in heaven is at-
tested by glorious miracles.

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AT Tarascon, in France, St. Martha, virgin, the
^ hostess of our Saviour, and sister of blessed Mary
Magdalen and St. Lazarus. — At Kome, on the Aure-
lian road, St. Felix II., pope and martyr. Being
expelled from his See by the Arian emperor Constan-
tius for defending the Catholic faith, and being put
to the sword privately at Cera, in Tuscany, he died
gloriously. His body was taken away from that
place by clerics, and buried on the Aurelian road.
It was afterwards brought to the church of the
Saints Cosmas and Damian, where, under the
Sovereign Pontiff, Gregory XIII., it was found be-
neath the altar with the relics of the holy martyrs
Mark, Marcellian, and Tranquillinus, and with these
was put back in the same place on the 31st of July.
In the same altar were also found the bodies of the
holy martyrs Abundius, priest, and Abundantius,
deacon, which were shortly after solemnly trans-

JULY. 225

ferred to the church of the Society of Jesus, on the
eve of their festival. — Also at Rome, on the road to
Porto, the holy martyrs Simplicius, Faustinus, and
Beatrix, in the time of the emperor Diocletian. The
first two, after being subjected to many different tor-
ments, were condemned to suffer capital punishment ;
Beatrix, their sister, was smothered in prison. —
Again, at Rome, the holy martyrs Lucilla and Flora,
virgins, Eugenius, Antoninus, Theodore, and eigh-
teen companions, who underwent martyrdom in the
reign of the emperor Gallienus. — At Gangra, in Pa-
phlagonia, St. Callinicus, martyr, who was scourged
with iron rods, and given over to other torments.
Being finally cast into a furnace, he gave up his soul
to God. — In Norway, St. Olaf, king and martyr. —
At Troyes, in France, St. Lupus, bishop and con-
fessor, who went with blessed Germanus to England
to combat the Pelagian heresy, and by assiduous
prayer defended the city of Troyes from the furor of
Attila, who was devastating all France. At length,
having religiously discharged the functions of the
priesthood for fifty-two years, he rested in peace. —
At St. Brieuc, St. William, bishop and confessor. —
Also, the demise of blessed Prosper, bishop of Or-
leans.— At Todi, St. Faustinus, confessor. — At
Mumia, St. Seraphina.

226 JULY.

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AT Rome, in the reign of Decius, the holy Persian
•"• martyrs Abdon and Sennen, who were bound
with chains, brought to Rome, scourged with leaded
whips for the faith of Christ, and then put to the
sword. — At Tuberbum Lucernarium, in Africa, the
holy virgins and martyrs Maxima, Donatilla, and Se-
cunda. The first two, in the persecution of Valerian
and Gallienus, were forced to drink vinegar and gall,
then scourged most severely, and stretched on the
rack, burned on the gridiron, rubbed over with lime,
afterwards exposed to the beasts with the virgin
Secunda, twelve years old, but being untouched by
them, they were finally beheaded. — At Assisi, in
Umbria, St. Rufinus, martyr. — At Csesarea, in Cap-
padocia, St. Julitta, martyr. As she sought to re-
cover through the courts the restitution of goods
seized by an influential personage, the latter ob-
jected that, being a Christian, her cause could not be
pleaded. The judge commanded her to offer sacrifice
to the idols, that she might be heard. With great
firmness, she refused, and being thrown into the
fire, yielded her spirit to God, though her body re-
mained uninjured by the flames. St. Basil the Great
has proclaimed her praise in an excellent eulogy. —
At Auxerre, St. Ursus, bishop and confessor.

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AT Rome, the birthday of St. Ignatius, confessor,
•"• founder of the Society of Jesus, renowned for
sanctity and miracles, and most zealous for propa-
gating the Catholic religion in all parts of the
world. — At Csesarea, the martyrdom of the blessed
martyr Fabius. As he refused to carry the ensign
of the governor of the province, he was thrown into
prison for some days, and as he persisted twice in
confessing Christ when brought before the judge,
he was condemned to capital punishment. — At Milan,
during the persecution of Antoninus, St. Calimerius,
bishop and martyr, who was arrested, covered with
wounds, and pierced through the neck with a sword.
He terminated his martyrdom by being precipitated
into a well. At Synnada, in Phrygia, the holy mar-
tyrs Democritus, Secundus and Denis. — In Syria,
three hundred and fifty monks, who became martyrs
by being slain by the heretics for defending the
Council of Chalcedon. — At Ravenna, the departure
from this world of St. Germanus, bishop of Auxerre,
a man most renowned for his birth, faith, learning,
and glorious miracles, who freed England completely
from the heretical doctrines of the Pelagians. — At
Tagaste, in Africa, St. Firmus, bishop, illustrious by
a glorious confession of the faith. — At Siena, in Tus-
cany, the birthday of blessed John Colombini.
founder of the Order of the Jesuati, renowned for
sanctity and miracles.

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|T ROME, on Mount Esquiline, the dedication
of the church of St. Peter in Chains. — At
Antioch, the martyrdom of the seven holy
brothers, the Machabees, and their mother,
who suffered under king Antiochus Epiphanes. Their
relics were transferred to Borne, and placed in the
church of St. Peter, just mentioned. — At Eonie, the
holy virgins Faith, Hope and Charity, who won the
crown of martyrdom under the emperor Adrian. —
Also, at Rome, on the Latin road, the holy martyrs
Bonus, a priest, Faustus and Maurus, with nine
others, mentioned in the Acts of pope St. Stephen. —
At Philadelphia, in Arabia, the holy martyrs Cyril,
Aquila, Peter, Domitian, Rufus, and Menander,
crowned on the same day. — At Pergen, in Pam-
phylia, the holy martyrs Leontius, Attius, Alexan-
der, and six husbandmen, who were beheaded in the
persecution of Diocletian, under the governor Fla-
vian. — At Gerona, in Spain, the birthday of the holy
martyr Felix. After enduring various torments,
by order of Dacian, he was cut with knives until he

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gave his undaunted soul to Christ. — At Vercelli, St.
Eusebius, bishop and martyr, who for the confession
of the Catholic faith, was banished to Scythopolis
and thence to Cappadocia by the emperor Constan-
tius. Afterwards returning to his church, he suf-
fered martyrdom in the persecution of the Arians.
His feast is kept on the 16th of December. — In the
diocese of Paris, St. Justin, martyr. — At Vienne, St.
Verus, bishop. — At Winchester, in England, St. Eth-
elwold, bishop. — In the territory of Liswin, St. Ne-
mesius, confessor.

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IT Nocera-de-Pagani, St. Alphonsus Maria de Lig-
-"• uori, bishop of St. Agatha of the Goths, and foun-
der of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer,
distinguished by his zeal for the salvation of souls,
by his writings, his preaching, and his example. He
was inscribed on the calendar of the saints by pope
Gregory XVI., in the year 1839, the fifty-second after
his happy death, and was declared Doctor of the
Universal Church by Pius IX., according to a decree
of the Sacred Congregation of Rites. — At Rome, in
the cemetery of Callistus, the birthday of St. Ste-
phen, pope and martyr. In the persecution of Vale-
rian, the soldiers suddenly entered whilst he was
saying Mass, but he remained before the altar and

230 AUGUST.

concluded the sacred mysteries with intrepidity, and
was beheaded on his throne. — At Nicssa, in Bithynia,
the martyrdom of St. Theodota with her three sons.
The eldest, named Evodius, confessing Christ with
confidence, was first beaten with rods, by order of
Nicetius, ex-consul of Bithynia, and then the mother,
with all her sons, was consumed by fire. — In Africa,
St. Rutilius, martyr. He had frequently secured
safety from the perils of persecution by flight, and
sometimes even by means of money, but at last,
being unexpectedly apprehended, he was led to the
governor, and subjected to many tortures. After-
wards he was cast into the fire, and thus merited the
glorious crown of martyrdom. — At Padua, St. Maxi-
mus, bishop of that city, who ended his blessed life
in peace, with a reputation for miracles.

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IT Jerusalem, the finding of the body of most
blessed Stephen, first martyr, and of the Saints
Gamaliel, Nicodemus, and Abibo, through a divine
revelation made to the priest Lucian, in the time of
the emperor Honorius.— At Constantinople, the
birthday of St. Hermellus, martyr. — In the East
Indies, near Persia, the martyrdom of holy monks
and other Christians who were put to death after
suffering various torments, during the persecution

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of the Church of God by king Abenner. — At Naples,
in Campania, St. Aspren, bishop, who was cured of
a sickness by the apostle St. Peter, and after being
baptized, was made bishop of that city. — At Autun,
the demise of St. Euphronius, bishop and confessor.
—At Anagni, St. Peter, bishop, who rested in the
Lord after gaining great renown for monastical ob-
servance and for pastoral vigilance. — At Philippi, in
Macedonia, St. Lydia, a dealer in purple, who was
the first to believe in the Gospel when the apostle
St. Paul preached in that city. — At Beroea, in Syria,
the holy women Marana and Cyra.

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T Bologna, St. Dominic, confessor, founder of the
Order of Friars Preachers, most renowned for
sanctity and learning. He preserved his chastity
unsullied to the end of his life, and by his great
merits raised three persons from the dead. After
having repressed heresies by his preaching, and in-
structed many in the religious and godly life, he
rested in peace on the 6th of this month. His feast,
however, is celebrated on this day, by decree of pope
Paul IV. — At Thessalonica, the birthday of blessed
Aristarchus, disciple and inseparable companion of
the apostle St. Paul, who writes to the Colossians:
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was consecrated bishop of the Thessalonians by the
same apostle, and after long sufferings under Nero,
crowned by Christ, rested in peace. — At Rome, on
the Latin road, the martyrdom of blessed Tertul-
linus, priest and martyr, in the time of emperor Va-
lerian. After being cruelly beaten with rods, after
having his sides burned, his mouth shattered; after
being stretched on the rack and scourged with whips,
he completed his martyrdom by being beheaded. — At
Constantinople, the holy martyr Eleutherius, of the
senatorial rank, who was put to the sword for Christ,
in the persecution of Maximian. — In Persia, in the
time of king Sapor, the holy martyr la and her com-
panions, who, with nine thousand Christian cap-
tives, underwent martyrdom after having been sub-
jected to various torments. — At Cologne, St. Pro-
tasius, martyr. — At Verona, St. Agabius, bishop and
confessor. — At Tours, St. Euphronius, bishop. — At
Borne, St. Perpetua, who was baptized by the blessed
apostle Peter. She converted to the faith her son
Nazarius and her husband Africanus, buried the re-
mains of many holy martyrs, and finally went to our
Lord endowed with an abundance of merit.

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AT Home, on Mount Esquiline, the dedication of
•"• the church of St. Mary of the Snows. — Also at
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martyrdom of twenty-three holy martyrs, who were
beheaded on the Salarian road, and buried at the
foot of Cucumer hill. — At Augsburg, the birthday
of St. Afra, martyr. After being converted from
Paganism by the instructions of bishop St. Narcis-
sus, and being baptized with all her household, she
was delivered to the flames for the confession of
Christ. — At Ascoli, in the Marches, St. Emygdins,
bishop and martyr, who was consecrated bishop by
pope St. Marcel lus, and sent thither to preach the
Gospel. He received the crown of martyrdom for
the confession of Christ, under the emperor Dio-
cletian.— At Antioch, St. Eusignius, a soldier, who
at the age of one hundred and ten years, because
he reproached Julian the Apostate for forsaking
the faith of Constantine the Great, under whom he
had served, and for having degenerated from his
ancestors' piety, was decapitated by his command.
Also, the holy martyrs Cantidius, Cantidian, and
Sobel, Egyptians. — At Chalons, in France, St.
Memmius, a Roman citizen, who, being consecrated
bishop of that city by St. Peter, brought to the
truth of the Gospel the people committed to his
care. — At Autun, blessed Cassian, bishop. — At
Teano, St. Paris, bishop. — In England, St. Oswald,
king, whose life is related by Venerable Bede. —
The same day, St. Nonna, mother of blessed Gregory
Nazianzen.

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AN Mount Thabor, the transfiguration of our Lord
^ Jesus Christ. — At Home, on the Appian road,
in the cemetery of Callistus, the birthday of blessed
Xystus II., pope and martyr, who received the
crown of martyrdom in the persecution of Valerian,
by being put to the sword.- — Also, the holy martyrs
Felicissimus and Agapitus, deacons of blessed
Xystus; Januarius, Magnus, Vincent, and Stephen,
subdeacons, all of whom were beheaded with him,
and buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus. With
them suffered also blessed Quartus, as is related
by St. Cyprian. — At Burgos, in Spain, in the mon-
astery of St. Peter of Cardegna, of the Order of St.
Benedict, two hundred monks, with their abbot
Stephen, who were put to death for the faith of
Christ by the Saracens, and buried in the monas-
tery by the Christians. — At Alcala, in Spain, the
holy martyrs Justus and Pastor, brothers. While
they were yet schoolboys, they threw aside their
books in school, and spontaneously ran to martyr-
dom. By order of the governor Dacian, they were
arrested, beaten with rods, and as they exhorted
each other to constancy, were led out of the city,
and had their throats cut by the executioner.— At
Rome, St. Hormisdas, pope and confessor. — At
Amida, St. James, a hermit renowned for miracles.

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AT Naples, in Campania, St. Cajetan of Tiene,
•"• confessor, founder of the Theatines, who, through
singular confidence in God, made his disciples
practise the primitive mode of life of the Apostles.
Being renowned for miracles, he was ranked among
the saints by Clement X. — At Arezzo, in Tuscany,
the birthday of St. Donatus, bishop and martyr, who
among other miraculous deeds, made whole again
by his prayers (as is related by the blessed pope
Gregory), a sacred chalice which had been broken
by Pagans. Being apprehended by the imperial
officer Quadratian, in the persecution of Julian the
Apostate, and refusing to sacrifice to idols, he was
struck with the sword, and thus consummated his
martyrdom. With him suffered also the blessed
monk Hilarinus, whose feast is celebrated on the
16th of July, when his body was taken to Ostia. — At
Rome, the holy martyrs Peter and Julian, with
eighteen others. — At Milan, St. Faustus, a soldier,
who obtained the palm of martyrdom after many
combats, in the time of Aurelius Commodus. — At
Coino, the passion of the holy martyrs Carpophorus,
Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus and Licin-
ius, who were beheaded for the confession of Christ.
• — At Nisibis, in Mesopotamia, St.Dometius, a Persian
monk, who was stoned to death with two of his
disciples, under Julian the Apostate. — At Kouen,
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soldier under Julian, he threw away his military
belt for Christ, and after being subjected by the tri-
bune to many torments, was condemned to capital
punishment. But the executioner who had been
sent to put him to death being struck blind, and the
confessor's chains being loosened, he made his es-
cape. Afterwards being made bishop, by preaching
the word of God, he brought to the faith of Christ
the barbarous people of Belgic Gaul, and finally died
a confessor in peace. — At Chalons, in France, St.
Donation, bishop. — At Messina, in Sicily, St. Albert,
confessor, of the Order of Carmelites, renowned for
miracles.

C&e OEigfttj) Dap of

A T Rome, the holy martyrs Cyriacus, deacon,
-"• Largus, and Smaragdus, with twenty others,
who suffered on the 16th of March, in the perse-
cution of Diocletian and Maximian. Their bodies
were buried on the Salarian road by the priest
John, but were on this day translated by pope St.
Marcellus to the estate of Lucina, on the Ostian
way. Afterwards they were brought to Rome, and
placed in the Church of St. Mary in Via Lata (the
title of a cardinal-deacon). — At Anzarba, in Cilicia,
St. Marinus, an aged man, who was scourged,
racked, and lacerated, and died by being exposed
to wild beasts, in the time of the emperor Diocle-

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tian and the governor Lysias. — Also, the holy mar-
tyrs Eleutherius and Leonides, who underwent mar-
trydom by fire. — In Persia, St. Hormisdas, a martyr,
under king Sapor. — At Cyzicum, in Hellespont, St.
^Emilian, bishop, who ended his life in exile after
having suffered much from the emperor Leo for the
worship of holy images. — In Crete, St. Myron, a
bishop renowned for miracles. — At Vienne, in
France, St. Severus, priest and confessor, who un-
dertook a painful journey from India in order to
preach the Gospel in that city, and converted a
great number of Pagans to the faith of Christ by his
labors and miracles.

Cfte Jl3imj) Dap of august,

mHE vigil of St. Lawrence, martyr. — At Rome,
• St. Romanus, soldier, who was moved by the
torments of blessed Lawrence to ask for baptism
from him. He was immediately prosecuted,
scourged, and finally beheaded. — In Tuscany, the
birthday of the holy martyrs Secundian, Marcel-
lian, and Verian. In the time of Decius, they were
scourged by the ex-consul Promotus, then racked
and torn with iron hooks. Being burned with fire
applied to their sides, they merited the triumphant
palm of martyrdom by having their heads struck
off. — At Verona, the holy martyrs Firmus and Rusti-

238 AUGUST.

cus, in the time of the emperor Maximian. — In
Africa, the commemoration of many holy martyrs,
during the persecution of Valerian. Being exhorted
by St. Numidicus, they obtained the palm of martyr-
dom by being cast into the fire, but Numidicus,
although thrown into the flames with the others and
overwhelmed with stones, was nevertheless taken
out by his daughter. Found half dead, he was re-
stored and deserved afterwards by his virtue to be
made priest of the church of Carthage by blessed
Cyprian. — At Constantinople, the holy martyrs
Julian, Marcian, and eight others. For having set
up the image of our Saviour on the brazen gate,
they were exposed to many torments, and then be-
headed by order of the impious emperor Leo. — At
Chalons, in France, St. Domitian, bishop and con-
fessor.

C&e Centft Dap of

IT Rome, on the Tiburtine road, the birthday of
•**• the blessed archdeacon Lawrence, a martyr
during the persecution of Valerian. After much
suffering from imprisonment, from scourging with
whips set with iron or lead, from hot metal plates,
he at last completed his martyrdom by being slowly
consumed on an iron instrument made in the form
of a gridiron. His body was buried by blessed
Hippolytus and the priest Justin in the cemetery

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of Cyriaca, in the Veran field. — Also, at Rome, the
martyrdom of one hundred and sixty-five holy
martyrs, who were soldiers under the emperor
Aurelian. — At Bergamo, St. Asteria, virgin and
martyr, in the persecution of the emperors Diocle-
tian and Maximian. — At Alexandria, the commemor-
ation of the holy martyrs, in the persecution of
Valerian, under the governor ^Emilian. They were
a long time subjected to various excruciating tor-
ments, and won the crown of martyrdom by different
kinds of deaths. — At Carthage, the holy virgins and
martyrs Bassa, Paula, and Agathonica. — At Rome,
the holy confessor Deusdedit, a laboring man, who
gave to the poor every Saturday what he had earned
during the week. — In Spain, the Apparition of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, under the name of our Lady
of Ransom, foundress of the Order for the Redemp-
tion of Captives.

Cfte (Eletientft Dap of 9ugu0t«

A T Rome, between the two laurels situated about
**• three miles from the city, the birthday of St.
Tiburtius, martyr, under the judge Fabian, in the
persecution of Diocletian. After he hard walked
barefoot on burning coals and confessed Christ
with increased constancy, he was put to the sword.
— Also, at Rome, the holy virgin Susanna, a woman

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of noble race, and niece of the blessed Pontiff
Caius. She merited the palm of martyrdom by
being beheaded in the time of Diocletian. — At
Gomana, in Pontus, St. Alexander, bishop, sur-
named Carbonarius, who added to a consummate
knowledge of philosophy an eminent degree of
Christian humility. He was promoted to the See
of that church by St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, and
became illustrious, not only by preaching, but also
by suffering martyrdom by fire. — The same day,
the martyrdom of St. Rufinus, bishop of the Marsi,
and his companions, under the emperor Maximinus.
—At Evreux, in France, St. Taurinus, bishop. Be-
ing made bishop of that city by the blessed pope
Clement, he propagated the Christian faith by the
preaching of the Gospel, and the many labors he
sustained for it. Celebrated for glorious miracles,
he slept in the Lord. — At Cambrai, in France, St.
Gaugericus, bishop and confessor. — In the province
of Valeria, St. Equitius, abbot, whose sanctity is
attested by the blessed pope Gregory. — At Todi, St.
Digna, virgin.

Cfte Ctoelftft Dap of

A T Assisi, in Umbria, St. Clare, virgin, the first
•"• of the poor women of the Order of Minorites.
Being celebrated for holiness of life and miracles,
she was placed among holy virgins by Alexander

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IV. — At Catania, in Sicily, the birthday of St.
Euplius, deacon, under the emperors Diocletian
and Maximian. He was a long time tortured for
the confession of the Lord, and finally obtained the
palm of martyrdom by being put to the sword. —
At Augsburg, St. Hilaria, mother of the blessed
martyr Afra. Because she watched at the sepul-
chre of her daughter, she was cast into the fire for
the faith of Christ, together with her maid-servants
Digna, Euprepia, and Eunomia. On the same day
there suffered also in that city Quiriacus, Largius,
Crescentian, Nimmia, and Juliana, with twenty
others. — In Syria, the holy martyrs Macarius and
Julian. — At Mcomedia, the holy martyrs, the count
Anicetus and his brother Photinus, with many others,
under the emperor Diocletian. — At Faleria, in
Tuscany, the Saints Gracilian, and Felicissima,
virgin, who, for the confession of the faith, had
their mouths bruised with stones, and being after-
wards struck with the sword, received the palm of
martyrdom. — The same day, the holy martyrs Por-
carius, abbot of the monastery of Lerins, and five
hundred monks, who were slain for the Catholic
faith by barbarians, and were thus crowned with
martyrdom. — At Milan, the demise of St. Eusebius,
bishop and confessor. — At Brescia, St. Herculanus,
bishop.

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AUGUST.

Cf)e Cftirteent!) Dap of

A T Rome, blessed Hippolytus, martyr, who glorious-
-"• ly confessed the faith, under the emperor Valerian
After enduring other torments, he was tied by the
feet to the necks of wild horses, and being cruelly
dragged through briars and brambles, and having all
his body lacerated, he yielded up his spirit. On the
same day, suffered also blessed Concordia, his nurse,
who being scourged in his presence with leaded
whips, went to our Lord ; and nineteen others of his
house, who were beheaded beyond the Tiburtine gate,
and buried with him in the Veran field. — At Imola,
the birthday of St. Cassian, martyr. As he refused
to worship idols, the persecutor called the boys
whom the saint taught and who hated him, giving
them leave to kill him. The torment suffered by the
martyr was the more grievous, as the hand which
inflicted it, by reason of its weakness, rendered
death more tardy. — At Todi, St. Cassian, bishop and
martyr, under the emperor Diocletian. — At Burgos,
in Spain, the Saints Centolla and Helena, martyrs.
— At Constantinople, St. Maximus, a monk, dis-
tinguished for learning and for zeal for Catholic
truth. Combating valiantly the Monothelites, he
had his hands and tongue torn from him by the
heretical emperor Constans, and was banished to
Chersonesus, where he breathed his last. At this
time, two of his disciples, both called Anastasius,
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hardships of exile. — In Germany, St. Wigbert, priest
and confessor. — At Rome, St. John Berchinans, a
scholastic of the Society of Jesus, illustrious for his
innocence and for his fidelity to the rules of the re-
ligious life. He was canonized by Leo XIII. — At
Poitiers, St. Radegundes, queen, whose life was re-
nowned for miracles and virtues.

Cfte jFourteemt) Dag of August*

fTIHE vigil of the Assumption of the blessed Vir-
- gin Mary. — At Rome, the birthday of the blessed
priest Eusebius, who for the defense of the Catholic
faith was shut up in a room of his own house by the
Arian emperor Cons tan tius, where constantly per-
severing in prayer for seven months, he rested in
peace. His body was removed by the priests Greg-
ory and Orosius, and buried in the cemetery of
Callistus, on the Appian road. — In Dalmatia, St.
Ursicius, a martyr, who was beheaded for Christ,
after suffering various torments, under the emperor
Maximian, and the governor Aristides. — In Africa,
St. Demetrius, martyr. — At Apamea, in Syria, St.
Marcellus, bishop and martyr, who was killed by the
exasperated Gentiles, for having pulled down a
temple of Jupiter. — At Todi, St. Callistus, bishop
and martyr. — In the island of ^Egina, St. Athanasia,
widow, celebrated for monastical observance, and the
gift of miracles.

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€&e JFtfteentJ) Dap of

Assumption of the most holy Virgin Mary,
Mother of God. — At Kome, on the Appian
way, St. Tharsicius, acolyte. The Pagans accosted
him as he was carrying the sacrament of Christ's
body, and began to inquire what it was. But
he judged it an unworthy thing to cast pearls be-
fore swine. They therefore beat him with sticks
and stones until he expired. The sacrilegious
searchers examined his body, but found no vestige
of the sacrament of Christ, either in his hands or
in his clothes. The Christians took up the body of
the martyr, and buried it reverently in the cemetery
of Callistus. — At Tagasta, in Africa, St. Alipius,
bishop, who was the disciple of blessed Augustine,
and the companion of his conversion, his colleague
in the pastoral charge, his valiant fellow-soldier in
combating heretics, and finally his partner in the
glory of heaven. — At Soissons, in France, St. Arnulf,
bishop and confessor. — At Alba, in Hungary, St.
Stephen, king of the Hungarians, whose feast is cele-
brated on the 2d of September. — At Kome, St.
Stanislaus Kostka, a native of Poland, confessor, of
the Society of Jesus, who being made perfect in a
short space, fulfilled a long time by the angelical
innocence of his life. He was inscribed on the list
of the saints by the Sovereign Pontiff,Benedict XIII.

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Steteentl) Dap of august*

JOACHIM, father of the most blessed Virgin
Mary, whose birthday is the 20th of March. — At
Rome, St. Titus, deacon, who, when the city was
taken by the Goths, was put to death by a barbarous
tribune, whilst distributing money to the poor. — At
Nicsea, in Bithynia, St. Diomedes, physician, who
underwent martyrdom for the faith of Christ by be-
ing beheaded, during the persecution of Diocletian.
— Also, thirty -three holy martyrs. — At Ferentino, in
Campania, St. Ambrose, centurion. In the perse-
cution of Diocletian, he was subjected to different
kinds of tortures, and finally passing through fire
without injury, was cast into the water, and thus
reached the place of eternal rest. — At Milan, the
demise of St. Simplician, bishop, renowned by the
testimony given of him by St. Ambrose and St.
Augustine. — At Auxerre, St. Eleutherius, bishop. —
At Nicomedia, St. Arsacius, confessor. Under the
persecutor Licinius, he left the military service, and
leading a solitary life, became so famous for work-
ing miracles, that we read of his expelling the
demons and killing a huge dragon by his prayers.
Finally he foretold the destruction of the city, and
gave up his soul to God in prayer. — In France, near
Montpelier, the demise of blessed Roch, confessor,
who by the sign of the cross, delivered many cities
of Italy from an epidemic. His body was after-
wards transferred to Venice, and deposited with

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the greatest honors in the church dedicated under
his invocation. — At Home, St. Serena, who had been
the wife of the emperor Diocletian.

C&e §>etiemeem|) Dap of 9ugu0t.

FT! HE Octave of St. Lawrence, martyr. — At Cracow,
•*• in Poland, St. Hyacinth, confessor, of the Order of
Preachers, who slept in the Lord on the 16th of this
month. — At Carthage, in Africa, the holy martyrs Li-
beratus, abbot, Boniface, deacon, Servus and Kusti-
cus, subdeacons, Rogatus and Septimus, monks, and
Maximus, a young child. In the persecution of the
Vandals, under king Hunneric, they were subjected
to various unheard-of torments for the confession of
the Catholic faith and the defense of one baptism.
Finally, being nailed to the wood wherewith they
were to be burned, as the fire was always put out
miraculously whenever kindled, they wrere struck
with iron bars by order of the tyrant until their
brains were dashed out. Thus they terminated the
glorious series of their combats, and were crowned
by our Lord. — At Csesarea, in Cappadocia, the birth-
day of St. Mamas, martyr, who, from childhood to
old age, endured a long martyrdom, and at length
ended it happily in the reign of Aurelian, under the
governor Alexander. He has been highly praised by
the holy fathers Basil and Gregory Nazianzen. — In
Achaia, St. Myron, priest and martyr, who was be-

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headed at Cyzicum, after undergoing many torments,
in the time of the emperor Decius and the governor
Antipater. — At Nicomedia, the holy martyrs Stra-
ton, Philip and Eutychian, who were condemned to
the beasts, but being uninjured by them, ended their
martyrdom by fire. — At Teramo, St. Anastasius,
bishop and confessor. — At Ptolemais, in Palestine,
the holy martyrs Paul, and his sister Juliana, who
suffered under Valerian.

Cj)e OEigfiteemf) Dap of august*

A T Palestrina, the birthday of the holy martyr
•"• Agapitus. Although only fifteen years of age,
as he was fervent in the love of Christ, he was
arrested by order of the emperor Aurelian, and
scourged a long time. Afterwards, under the pre-
fect Antiochus, he endured more severe torments,
and being delivered to the lions by the emperor's
order without receiving any injury, he was finally
struck with the sword, and thus merited his crown.
— At Kome, during the persecution of Diocletian,
the blessed John and Crispus, priests, who chari-
tably buried the bodies of many saints, and after-
wards becoming partakers of their merits, they de-
served the joys of eternal life. — In the same city,
the holy martyrs Hernias, Serapion, and Polysenus.
Being dragged through narrow, stony, and craggy
places, they yielded up their souls to God. — In

248 AUGUST.

Dalmatia, the holy martyrs Florus and Laurus,
stonecutters, who, after the martyrdom of Proculus
and Maximus, their employers, were subjected to
many torments under the governor Licion, and
plunged into a deep well. — At Myra, in Lycia, the
holy martyrs Leo and Juliana. — At Metz, in France,
St. Firmin, bishop and confessor. — At Rome, on the
Lavican road, St. Helena, mother of the pious em-
peror Constantine the Great, who was the first to
set the example to other princes of protecting and
extending the Church. — At Monte-Falo, in Umbria,
blessed Clare, virgin, nun of the Order of Augustin-
ians, in whom the mysteries of our Lord's passion
were renewed, and are venerated with the greatest
devotion. Pope Leo XIII. solemnly added her to the
list of holy virgins.

C6e jQineteemf) Dap of august,

A T Rome, St. Julius, senator and martyr, who
•^ was delivered up to the judge Vitellius, and by
him thrown into prison. By order of the emperor
Commodus, he was beaten with rods until he ex-
pired. His body was buried in the cemetery of
Calepodius on the Aurelian road. — In Cilicia, the
birthday of St. Andrew, tribune, and his military
companions, who were converted to Christianity
through a miraculous victory they had gained over
the Persians. Being accused on this account, they

AUGUST. 249

were massacred in the defiles of Mount Taurus by
the army of the governor Seleueus, under the em-
peror Maximian. — In Palestine, St. Timothy, a
martyr, in the persecution of Diocletian, under the
governor Urbanus. After overcoming many tor-
ments, he was consumed with a slow fire. — In the
same country suffered also Thecla and Agapius.
The former being exposed to the beasts, was torn
to pieces by their teeth, and went to her spouse;
but Agapius, after enduring many torments, was
reserved for greater combats. — At Anagni, St. Mag-
nus, bishop and martyr, who was put to death in
the persecution of Decius. — At the castle of Brig-
noles, in Provence, the demise of St. Louis, bishop
of Toulouse, of the Order of Minorites, renowned for
holiness of life and miracles. His body was taken
thence to Marseilles, and buried with due honors in
the church of the Friars Minor. — In the neighbor-
hood of Sisteron, in France, blessed Donatus, priest
and confessor. Being from his very infancy en-
dowed with the grace of God in an extraordinary
manner, he lived the life of an anchoret for many
years, and after having been renowned for glorious
miracles, went to Christ. — In the territory of
Bourges, St. Marian, confessor. — At Mantua, St.
Rufinus, confessor. — At Rome, blessed Urban II.,
pope, who followed in the footsteps of St. Gregory
VII., in his zeal for learning and religion, and fired
the crusaders with enthusiasm for the recovery of
the holy places in Palestine from the power of the

250 AUGUST.

infidels. The veneration paid to him from time im-
memorial Pope Leo XIII. approved and confirmed.

Cfie Ctoemietf) Dap of

TN the territory of Langres, the demise of St.
Bernard, first abbot of Clairvaux, illustrious
for virtues, learning, and miracles. He was de-
clared Doctor of the universal church by the Sover-
eign Pontiff, Pius VIII. — In Judea, the holy prophet
Samuel, whose sacred relics (as is related by St.
Jerome), were taken to Constantinople by the em-
peror Arcadius, and deposited near Septimus. —
The same day, St. Lucius, senator, who was converted
to the faith, on seeing the constancy of Theodore,
bishop of Gyrene, during his martyrdom. He also
converted the governor Dignian, with whom he set
out for Cyprus, where, seeing other Christians
crowned for the confession of the Lord, he offered
himself voluntarily, and merited the same crown of
martyrdom, by having his head struck off. — In
Thrace, in the time of the governor Apellian, thirty-
seven holy martyrs, who had their hands and feet
cut off for the faith of Christ, and were cast into a
burning furnace. — Also, the holy martyrs Severus,
and the centurion Memnon, who, suffering the same
kind of death, went victoriously to heaven. — At
Cordova, during the persecution of the Arabs, the
holy martyrs Leovigildus and Christopher, monks,

AUGUST. 251

who were thrust into prison for the defence of the
Christian faith, and soon after, by being beheaded
and cast into the fire, obtained the palm of martyr-
dom.— At Rome, blessed Porphyry, a man of God,
who instructed the holy martyr Agapitus in the
faith and doctrine of Christ.— In the island of Noir-
moutiers, St. Philibert, abbot. — At Chinon, St. Maxi-
nms, confessor, disciple of the blessed bishop Mar-
tin.— On Mount Senario, in the diocese of Florence,
blessed Manetius, confessor, one of the seven found-
ers of the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary, wrho breathed his last whilst reciting
hymns in her honor.

Cfte Ctoemp*ftrr0t Dap of august

A T Annecy, in Savoy, the festival of St. Jane
-"• Frances Fremiot de Chantal, foundress of the
Order of Nuns of the Visitation of St. Mary, who
is commemorated on the 13th of December. — At
Rome, in the Veran field, St. Cyriaca, widow and
martyr. In the persecution of Valerian, after de-
voting herself and all her goods in the service of
the saints, she gave up her life by suffering martyr-
dom for Christ. — At Salona, St. Anastasius, a law
officer, who was converted to the faith by seeing the
fortitude with which blessed Agapitus bore his tor-
ments, and being put to death by order of the em-
peror Auvolian, for confessing the name of Christ,

252 AUGUST.

went to Our Lord. — In Sardinia, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Luxorius, Cisellus, and Camerinus,
who were put to the sword in the persecution of
Diocletian, under the governor Delphius. — In Gevau-
dan, St. Privatus, bishop and martyr, who suffered
in the persecution of Valerian and Gallienus. — The
same day, the holy martyrs Bonosus and Maximian.
—At Fundi, in Campania, St. Paternus, a martyr,
who came from Alexandria to Rome to visit the
tomb of the Apostles. Thence he retired to the
neighborhood of Fundi, where, being seized by the
tribune whilst he was burying the bodies of the
martyrs, he died in captivity. — At Edessa, in Syria,
during the persecution of Maximian, the holy mar-
tyrs .Bassa, and her sons Theogonius, Agapius, and
Fidelis, whom their pious mother exhorted to mar-
tyrdom and sent before her bearing their crowns.
Being herself beheaded, she joyfully followed them
and shared their victory. — At Verona, St. Euprepius,
bishop and confessor. — Also St. Quadratus, bishop.
— At Siena, in Tuscany, blessed Bernard Ptolemy,
abbot and founder of the Congregation of Olivetans.

Cfie Ctoemp'Seconfl Dap of

rriHE Octave of the Assumption of the Blessed
-*- Virgin Mary. — At Rome, on the Ostian road,
the birthday of the holy martyr Timothy. After he
had been arrested by Tarquinius, prefect of the

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city, and kept for a long time in prison, as he re-
fused to sacrifice to the idols, he was scourged three
times, subjected to the most severe torments, and
finally beheaded. — At Porto, St. Hippolytus, bishop,
most renowned for learning. Having gloriously
confessed the faith, in the time of the emperor Alex-
ander, he was bound hand and foot, precipitated
into a deep ditch filled with water, and thus received
the palm of martyrdom. His body was buried by
the Christians at that place. — At Autun, St. Sym-
phorian, a martyr, in the time of the emperor Aure-
lian. Refusing to offer sacrifice to the idols, he was
first scourged, then confined in prison, and finally
ended his martyrdom by being beheaded. — At Home,
St. Antoninus, martyr, who, openly declaring him-
self a Christian, was condemned to capital punish-
ment by the judge Vitellius, and buried on the Aure-
lian road. — Also, at Porto, the holy martyrs Martial,
Saturninus, Epictetus, Maprilis, and Felix, with
their companions. — At Nicomedia, the Saints Agath-
onicus, Zoticus, and their fellow-martyrs, under the
emperor Maximian and the governor Eutholomius. —
At Tarsus, the Saints Athanasius, bishop and mar-
tyr, Anthusa, a noble woman whom he had baptized,
and two of her slaves, who suffered under Valerian.
— At Bheims, the holy martyr Maurus and his com-
panions.— In Spain, the saintly martyrs Fabrician
and Philibert. — At Pavia, St. Gunifort, martyr.

254 AUGUST.

CtoentHinrD Dap of 3ugu0t,

fTlHE vigil of St. Bartholomew, apostle. — At Todi,
St. Philip Beniti of Florence, confessor. He
contributed greatly to the growth of the Order of
the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and was a
man of the greatest humility. He was numbered
among the saints by Clement X. — At Antioch, the
birthday of the holy martyrs Restitutus, Donatus,
Valerian, and Fructuosa, with twelve others, who
were crowned after having distinguished themselves
by a glorious confession. — At Ostia, the holy martyrs
Quiriacus, bishop, Maximus, priest, Archelaus,
deacon, and their companions, who suffered under
the prefect Ulpian, in the time of Alexander. — At
^Egsea, in Cilicia, the holy martyrs Claudius, Aster-
ius, and Neon, brothers, who were accused of being
Christians by their step-mother, under the emperor
Diocletian, and the governor Lysias, and after en-
during bitter torments, were fastened to a cross, and
thus conquered and triumphed with Christ. After
them suffered Donvina and Theonilla. — At Rheims,
in France, the birthday of the Saints Timothy and
Apollinaris, who merited to enter the heavenly
kingdom by consummating their martyrdom in that
city. — At Lyons, the holy martyrs Minervus, and
Eleazar with his eight sons. — Also, St. Luppus,
martyr, who, though a slave, enjoyed the liberty of
Christ, and was likewise deemed worthy of the
crown of martyrdom. — At Jerusalem, St. Zaccheus,

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bishop, who governed the church of that city the
fourth after the blessed apostle James. — At Alex-
andria, St. Theonas, bishop and confessor. — At
Utica, in Africa, blessed Victor, bishop. — At Autun,
St. Flavian, bishop. — At Clermont, in Auvergne, St.
Sidonius, a bishop distinguished for learning and
sanctity.

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apostle St. Bartholomew, who preached the
Gospel of Christ in India. He passed thence
into the Greater Armenia, where, after converting
many to the faith, he was flayed alive by the bar-
barians, and beheaded by order of king Astyages,
and thus he terminated his martyrdom. His sacred
body was first carried to the island of Lipara, then
to Benevento, and finally to Rome in the island of
the Tiber, where it is venerated by the pious faith-
ful. — At Carthage, three hundred holy martyrs, in
the time of Valerian and Gallienus. Among other
torments inflicted on them, a pit filled with burning
lime was prepared by order of the governor, who,
live coals with incense being brought to him, said
to the confessors: "Choose one of these two things;
to offer incense to Jupiter on these coals, or to cast
yourselves into the lime." Armed with faith, and
confessing Christ to be the Son of God, they quickly
precipitated themselves into the pit, and amidst

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the vapors of the lime were reduced to dust. From
this circumstance this blessed troop obtained the
appellation of White Mass. — At Nepi, St. Ptolemy,
bishop, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter. Being
sent by him to preach the Gospel in Tuscany, he
died a glorious martyr of Christ in the city of Nepi.
—In the same place, St. Eomanus, bishop of that
city, who was the disciple of St. Ptolemy, and his
companion in martyrdom. — At Ostia, St. Aurea,
virgin and martyr, who was plunged into the sea
with a stone tied to her neck. Her body, being
cast on the shore, was buried by blessed Nounus. —
In Isauria, St. Tatio, martyr, who received the
crown of martyrdom by being beheaded in the perse-
cution of Domitian, under the governor Urbanus. —
The same day, St. Eutychius, disciple of the blessed
Evangelist John. He preached the Gospel in many
countries, was subjected to imprisonment, to stripes
and fire, and finally he rested in peace. — Also, ^t.
George Limniota, monk. Because he reprehended
the impious emperor Leo for breaking holy images
and burning the relics of the saints, he had his hands
cut off and his head burned by order of the tyrant,
and went to our Lord to receive the recompense of a
martyr. — At Rouen, St. Owen, bishop and confessor.
— At Nevers, St. Patrick, abbot.

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C&e Ctoentgsftftf) Dap of august

A T Paris, St. Louis, confessor, king of France,
•"• illustrious by the holiness of his life and the
fame of his miracles. — At Rome, in the time of the
emperor Commodus, the holy martyrs Eusebius,
Pontian, Vincent, and Peregrinus, who were first
racked, distended by ropes, then beaten with rods
and burned on their sides. As they continued
faithfully to praise Christ, they were scourged with
leaded whips until they expired. — Also, at Rome,
St. Genesius, martyr, who embraced the profession
of actor while he was yet a Pagan. One day he
was deriding the Christian mysteries in the theatre
in the presence of the emperor Diocletian; but by
the inspiration of God he was suddenly converted
to the faith and baptized. By the command of the
emperor, he was forthwith most cruelly beaten with
rods, then racked, and a long time lacerated with
iron hooks, and burned with fire-brands. As he
remained firm in the faith of Christ, and said:
"There is no king besides Christ. Should you kill
rue a thousand times, you shall not be able to take
Him from my lips or my heart," he was beheaded,
and thus merited the palm of martyrdom. — At Ital-
ica, in Spain, St. Gerontius, a bishop, who preached
the Gospel in that country in apostolic times, and
after many labors died in prison. — At Aries, in
France, another blessed Genesius, who, filling the
office of notary, and refusing to record the impious

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edicts by which Christians were commanded to be
punished, threw away his tablets publicly, and de-
clared himself a Christian. He was seized and be-
headed, and thus attained to the glory of martyrdom
through baptism in his blood. — In Syria, St. Julian,
martyr. — At Tarragona, St. Maginus, martyr. — At
Constantinople, St. Mennas, bishop. — At Utrecht, St.
Gregory, bishop. — At Naples, St. Patricia, virgin.

Cfie Ctoentg^fetft Dap of august*

A T Rome, St. Zephirinus, pope and martyr. — In
•"• the same city, during the persecution of Valerian,
the holy martyrs Irenseus and Abundius, who were
thrown into a sewer from which they had taken
the body of blessed Concordia. Their bodies were
drawn out by the priest Justin, and buried in a
crypt near St. Lawrence. — At Vintimigilia, a city
of Liguria, St. Secundus, martyr, a distinguished
man and officer in the Theban Legion. — At Ber-
gamo, in Lombardy, St. Alexander, martyr, who
was one of the same legion, and endured martyr-
dom by being beheaded for the constant confession
of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. — Among the
Marcians, the Saints Simplicius, and his sons
Constantius and Victorian, who were first tortured
in different manners, and then being struck with
the axe, obtained the crown of martyrdom, in the

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time of the emperor Antoninus. — At Mcomedia, the
martyrdom of St. Adrian, son of the emperor Pro-
bus. For reproaching Licinius on account of the
persecution raised against Christians, he was put to
death by his order. His body was buried at Argyo-
polis by his uncle Domitius, bishop of Byzantium. —
In Spain, St. Victor, martyr, who merited the crown
of martyrs by being slain by the Moors for the faith
of Christ. — At Capua, St. Rufinus, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Pistoja, St. Felix, priest and confessor.
— At Lima, in Peru, St. Rose of St. Mary, virgin, of
the third Order of St. Dominic. Her feast is cele-
brated on the 30th of this month.

Cfie Ctoentp^etoentf) Dap of

AT Rome, the demise of St. Joseph, confessor,
•"• illustrious by the innocence of his life and
miracles, who, to instruct youth in piety and let-
ters, founded the Order of the Poor Clerks Regular
of the pious Schools of the Mother of God. — At
Capua, in Campania, the birthday of St. Rufus,
bishop and martyr, a patrician, who was baptized
with all his family by blessed Apollinaris, disciple
of St. Peter. — In the same place, the holy martyrs
Rufus and Carpophorus, who suffered under Dio-
cletian and Maximian. — At Tomis, in Pontus, the
holy martyrs Marcellinus, tribune, and Mannea, his

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AUGUST.

wife, and his sons John, Serapion, and Peter. — At
Lentini, in Sicily, St. Euthalia, virgin. Because she
was a Christian she was put to the sword by her
brother Sermilian, and went to her spouse. — The
same day, the martyrdom of St. Anthusa the
Younger, who was made a martyr by being cast
into a well for the faith of Christ. — At Bergamo,
St. Narnus, who was baptized by blessed Barnabas,
and consecrated by him first bishop of that city. —
At Aries, the holy bishop Csesarius, a man of great
sanctity and piety. — At Autun, St. Syagrius, bishop
and confessor. — At Pavia, St. John, bishop. — At
Lerida, in Spain, St. Licerius, bishop. — In Thebais,
St. Poemon, anchoret. — At San Severino, in the
March of Ancona, St. Margaret, widow.

Cfte Ctoentp*eisi)t{) Dap of

A T HSppo Kegius, in Africa, the birthday of St.
•**• Augustine, bishop and famous doctor of the
Church. Converted and baptized by the blessed
bishop Ambrose, he defended the Catholic faith with
the greatest zeal against the Manicheans and other
heretics, and after having sustained many other
labors for the Church of God, he went to his reward
in heaven. His relics, owing to the invasion of bar-
barians, were first brought from his own city into
Sardinia, and afterwards taken by Luitprand, king

AUGUST. 261

of the Lombards, to Pavia, where they were deposited
with due honors. — At Rome, the birthday of St.
Hermes, an illustrious man, who, as we read in the
Acts of the blessed pope Alexander, was first con-
fined in prison, and afterwards ended his martyr-
dom by the sword, under the judge Aurelian. — At
Brioude, in Auvergne, St. Julian, martyr, during the
persecution of Diocletian. Being the companion of
the blessed tribune Ferreol, and secretly serving
Christ under a military garb, he was arrested by the
soldiers, and killed in a barbarous manner by having
his throat cut. — At Coutances, in France, St. Pela-
gius, martyr, who received the crown of martyrdom
under the emperor Numerian and the judge Evila-
sius. — At Salerno, the holy martyrs Fortunatus,
Caius, and Anthes, beheaded under the emperor
Diocletian and the proconsul Leontius. — At Con-
stantinople, the holy bishop Alexander, an aged and
celebrated man, through whose efficacious prayers
Arius, by the judgment of God, burst asunder and
exposed his intestines. — At Saintes, St. Vivian,
bishop and confessor. — Also, St. Moses, an ^Ethio-
pian, who gave up a life of robbery and became a
renowned anchoret. He converted many robbers,
and led them to a monastery.

262 AUGUST.

Cfte Ctoemp*mnt& Dap of august,

fTIHE beheading of St. John the Baptist, who was
•*• put to death by Herod about the feast of Easter.
However, the solemn commemoration takes place to-
day, when his venerable head was found for the
second time. It was afterwards solemnly carried to
Rome, where it is kept in the church of St. Silvester,
near Campo Marzio, and honored by the people with
the greatest devotion. — At Rome, on Mount Aven-
tine, the birthday of St. Sabina, martyr. Under the
emperor Adrian, she was struck with the sword, and
thus obtained the palm of martyrdom. — Also, at
Rome, St. Candida, virgin and martyr, whose body
was transferred to the church of St. Praxedes by
pope Paschal I. — At Antioch, in Syria, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Nica3as and Paul. — At Constanti-
nople, the holy martyrs Hypatius, an Asiatic bishop,
and Andrew, a priest, who for the worship of holy
images, under Leo the Isaurian, after having their
beards besmirched with pitch and set on fire, and the
skin of their heads torn off, were beheaded. — At
Perugia, St. Euthymius, a Roman, who fled from
the persecution of Diocletian with his wife and his
son Crescentius, and there rested in the Lord. — At
Metz, St. Adelphus, bishop and confessor. — At Paris
the demise of St. Merry, priest. — In England, St.
Sebbi, king. — At Smyrna, the birthday of St. Basilla.
— In the vicinity of Troyes, St. Sabina, a virgin,
celebrated for virtues and miracles.

AUGUST. 263

C&e Cftirtietft Dap of august

fTHE feast of St. Kose of St. Mary, virgin, whose
birthday is the 26th of this month.— At Rome,
on the Ostian road, the martyrdom of the blessed
priest Felix, under the emperors Diocletian and
Maximian. After being racked he was sentenced
to death, and as they led him to execution, he met
a man who spontaneously declared himself a Chris-
tian, and was forthwith beheaded with him. The
Christians not knowing his name, called him Adauc-
tus, because he was added to St. Felix and shared
his crown. — Also, at Rome, St. Gaudentia, virgin and
martyr, with three others. — In the same city, St.
Pammachius, a priest distinguished for learning and
holiness. — At Colonia Suffetulana, in Africa, sixty
blessed martyrs, who were murdered by the furious
Gentiles. — At Adrumetum, also in Africa, the Saints
Boniface and Thecla, who were the parents of twelve
blessed sons, martyrs. — At Thessalonica, St. Fanti-
nus, confessor, who suffered much from the Saracens,
and was driven from his monastery, in which he had
lived in great abstinence. After having brought
many to the way of salvation, he rested at last at an
advanced age. — In the diocese of Meaux, St. Fiacre,
confessor. — At Trevi, St. Peter, confessor, who was
distinguished for many virtues and miracles. He is
honored in that place, whence he departed for
heaven. — At Bologna, St. Bononius, abbot.

2G4 AUGUST.

Cf)e CJ)trtp*fir0t Dap of

AT Cardona, in Spain, St. Raymond Nonnatus,
cardinal and confessor, of the Order of Merce-
darians, renowned for holiness of life and miracles. —
At Treves, the birthday of St. Paulimis, a bishop,
who was exiled for the Catholic faith by the Arian
emperor Constantius, in the time of the Arian perse-
cution. By having to change the place of his exile,
which was beyond the limits of Christendom, he be-
came wearied unto death, and finally, dying in
Phrygia, received a crown from the Lord for his
blessed martyrdom. — Also, the holy martyrs Ro-
bustian and Mark. — At Transaqua^, among the
Marsi, near lake Celano, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Cresidius, priest, and his companions, who
were crowned with martyrdom in the persecution
of Maximinus. — At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, the
Saints Theodotus, Rufina, and Ammia. The first
two were the parents of the martyr St. Mamas,
who was born in prison, and whom Ammia brought
up. — At Athens, St. Aristides, most celebrated for
his faith and wisdom, who presented to the em-
peror Adrian a treatise on the Christian religion,
containing the exposition of our doctrine. In the
presence of the emperor, he also delivered a dis-
course in which he clearly demonstrated that Jesus
Christ is the only God. — At Auxerre, St. Optatus,
bishop and confessor. — In England, St. Aidan, bishop
of Lindisfarne. When St. Cuthbert, then a shep-

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herd, saw his soul going up to heaven, he left his
sheep and became a monk. — At Nusco, St. Amatus,
bishop. — On Mount Senario, near Florence, blessed
Bonajuncta, confessor, one of the seven founders of
the Order of the Servites of the Blessed Virgin Mary,
who gave up his soul into the hands of the Lord
whilst discoursing to his brethren on the Passion of
our Saviour.

SEPTEMBER.

Cf)e JFim Dap of

|N THE province of Narbonne, St. Giles, ab-
bot and confessor. — At Benevento, twelve
saintly brothers, martyrs. — In Palestine,
the Saints Josue and Gedeon. — At Jeru-
salem, blessed Anna, prophetess, whose sanctity is
revealed in the Gospel. — At Capua, on the Aquarian
road, St. Priscus, martyr, who was one of the ancient
disciples of Christ. — At Rheims, in France, St.
Xystus, disciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who
was consecrated by him the first bishop of that city,
and received the crown of martyrdom under Nero. —
At Todi, in Umbria, St. Terentian, bishop and mar-
tyr. Under the emperor Adrian, he was racked, and
scourged with whips set with metal by order of the
proconsul Laetian, and finally, having his tongue cut
out, he ended his martyrdom by undergoing capital
punishment. — At Heraclea, St. Ammon, deacon, and
forty holy virgins whom he instructed in the faith,
and led with him to the glory of matryrdom, under
the tyrant Licinius. — In Spain, the holy martyrs
Vincent and Lsetus. — At Piombino, in Tuscany, St.
Regulus, martyr, who went thither from Africa,

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and consummated his martyrdom under Totila. —
At Sens, St. Lupus, bishop and confessor, of whom
it is related, that on a certain day, whilst he stood
at the holy altar in presence of the clergy, a gem
fell from heaven into the consecrated chalice which
he was using. — At Capua, St. Priscus, bishop. He
was one of those priests who were subjected to
various trials for the Catholic faith during the
persecution of the Vandals. Being put in an old
ship on the coast of Africa, they reached the shores
of Campania, and separating, they were placed at
the head of various churches, and thus greatly ex-
tended the Christian religion. The companions of
Priscus were Castrensis, Tammarus, Rosius, Hera-
clius, Secundinus, Adjutor, Mark, Augustus, Elpi-
dius, Canion, and Vindonius. — At Aquino, St. Con-
stantius, a bishop renowned for the gift of prophecy
and many virtues. — At Le Mans, St. Victorius, bis-
hop. — In Baden, in the diocese of Constance, St.
Verena, virgin.

Cfie SeconD Dap of

AT Alba, in Hungary, St. Stephen, king of Hun-
^ gary, who, being adorned with divine virtues,
was the first to convert the Hungarians to the faith
of Christ. He was received into heaven by the
Virgin Mother of God, on the day of her Assump-
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268 SEPTEMBER.

this day, according to the Constitution of pope In-
nocent XI., when the strong fortress of Buda was
reconquered through the assistance of the holy
king, by the brave Christian army. — At Rome, the
holy martyr Maxima, who confessed Christ with
St. Ansanus in the persecution of Diocletian, and
yielded up her soul whilst she was beaten with rods.
— At Pamiers, in France, St. Antoninus, martyr,
whose relics are kept with great veneration in the
church of Palencia, — Also, the holy martyrs Dio-
medes, Julian, Philip, Euthychian, Hesychius, Leon-
ides, Philadelphus, Menalippus, and Pantagapas.
They consummated their martyrdom, some by fire,
some by water, others by the sword or by the cross.
— At Mcomedia, the holy martyr Zeno, and his sons
Concordius and Theodore. — The same day, the mar-
tyrdom of the Saints Evodius and Hermogenes,
brothers, and Callista, their sister. At Lyons, in
France, St. Justus, bishop and confessor, who was
endowed with extraordinary sanctity, and a pro-
phetic spirit. He resigned his bishopric, and retired
into a desert of Egypt, with his lector Viator.
When he had for some years led an almost angeli-
cal life, and the end of his meritorious labors had
come, he went to our Lord to receive the crown of
justice, on the 14th day of October. His holy body,
together with the relics of his blessed lector Viator,
was afterwards taken to Lyons on this day. — In the
same city, St. Elpidius, bishop and confessor. — In
the March of Ancona, another St. Elpidius, an abbot.

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A town bearing his name glories in the possession
of his sacred body. — On Mount Soractes, the abbot
St. Nonnosus, who, by his prayers removed a rock
of huge dimensions, and was renowned for other
miracles.

Cfte CfiirD Dap of September,

A T Rome, St. Serapia, virgin. Under the emperor
•**• Adrian, she was delivered to two lascivious
young men, and as she could not be corrupted, nor
afterwards burned with lighted torches, she was
beaten with rods, and finally beheaded, by order of
the judge Berillus. She died on the 29th of July,
and was buried by blessed Sabina in her own sepul-
chre, near the field of Vindician. But the commem-
oration of her martyrdom is celebrated more
solemnly on this day, when their common tomb was
finished and adorned, and dedicated as a place of
prayer. — At Corinth, the birthday of St. Phoabe,
mentioned by the blessed apostle Paul in his epistle
to the Komans. — At Aquileia, the holy virgins and
martyrs Euphemia, Dorothea, Thecla, and Erasma.
Under Nero, after enduring many torments, they
were slain with the sword, and buried by St. Herma-
goras. — At Capua, the holy martyrs Aristseus,
bishop, and Antoninus, a boy. — At Nicomedia, the
martyrdom of St. Basillissa, virgin and martyr, in

270 SEPTEMBER.

the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor
Alexander. At the age of nine years, after having,
through the power of God, overcome scourging, fire,
and the beasts, she gave up her soul to her Creator
in prayer. — Also, the holy martyrs Zeno and Chari-
ton. The one was cast into a caldron of melted
lead, the other into a burning furnace. — At Cordova,
St. Sandalus, martyr. — The same day, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Aigulphus, abbot of Lerins, and
the monks, his companions, who, after their tongues
were cut off, and their eyes plucked out, were killed
with the sword.— At Toul, in France, St. Mansuetus,
bishop and confessor. — At Milan, the demise of St.
Auxanus, bishop. — The same day, St. Simeon Sty-
lites, the younger. — At Rome, the raising to the
Sovereign Pontificate of St. Gregory the Great, an
incomparable man, who, being forced to take that
burden upon himself, sent forth from the more
exalted throne brighter rays of sanctity upon the
world.

Cfte jFourtft Dap of

AN Mount Nebo, in the land of Moab, the holy
" lawgiver and prophet Moses. — At Ancyra, in
Galatia, the birthday of three saintly boys, Rufi-
nus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus, martyrs. — At Chalons,
in France, St. Marcellus, martyr, under the em-
peror Antoninus. Being invited to a profane ban-

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quct by the governor Priscus, and abhorring the
meats that were served, he reproved with great
freedom all persons present for worshipping the
idols. For this, by an unheard-of kind of cruelty,
the same governor had him burned alive up to the
waist. After persevering for three days in prais-
ing God, he yielded up his undefiled soul. — The same
day, the holy martyrs Magnus, Castus, and Maximus.
—At Treves, St. Marcellus, bishop and martyr. —
The same day, the Saints Thameles, previously a
Pagan priest, and his companions, martyrs under
the emperor Adrian. — Also, the holy martyrs Theo-
dore, Oceanus, Ammian, and Julian, who had their
feet cut off, and consummated their martyrdom by
being thrown into the fire, in the time of the em-
peror Maximian. — At Kimini, St. Marinus, deacon. —
At Palermo, the birthday of St. Kosalia, virgin, a
native of that city, issued from the royal blood of
Charlemange. For the love of Christ, she forsook
the princely court of her father, and led a heavenly
life alone in mountains and caverns. — At Naples, in
Campania, the birthday of St. Candida, who was the
first to meet St. Peter when he came to that city,
and being baptized by him, afterwards ended her
holy life in peace. — In the same place, St. Candida,
the younger, renowned for miracles. — At Viterbo,
blessed Rose, virgin.

272 SEPTEMBER.

Cfie Jfiftft Dap of September*

fTIHE feast of St. Lawrence Justinian, first Patri-
-*• arch of Venice, who, by glorious miracles and
virtues, illustrated the episcopal dignity which he
received against his will on this day. His birth-
day is the 8th of January. — In the suburbs of Rome,
blessed Victorinus, bishop and martyr, in the time
of Nerva Trajan. Being renowned for sanctity and
miracles, he was elected bishop of Amiterno by the
whole people, but afterwards he was banished, with
other servants of God, to Contigliano, where spring
forth fetid sulphurous waters, and was suspended
with his head downward by order of the judge Aure-
lian. Having for the name of Christ endured this
torment for three days, he was gloriously crowned,
and went victoriously to our Lord. His body was
taken away by the Christians, and buried with due
honors at Araiterno. — Also, at Porto, the birthday
of St. Her cul anus, martyr. — At Capua, the holy
martyrs Quinctius, Arcontius, and Donatus. — The
same day, St. Romulus, prefect of Trajan's court.
For reproving the cruelty of the emperor towards
Christians, he was scourged with rods, and beheaded.
— At Melitine, in Armenia, the martyrdom of the
holy soldiers Eudoxius, Zeno, Macarius, and their
companions to the number of eleven hundred and
four, who threw away their military belts, and were
put to death for the confession of Christ, in the per-
secution of Diocletian. — At Constantinople, the holy

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martyrs Urbanus, Theodore, Menedemus, and their
ecclesiastical companions, seventy-seven in number,
who were put in a ship by the command of the em-
peror Valens, and burned on the sea for the Catholic
faith. — In the neighborhood of Terouanne, in the
monastery of Sithiu, St. Bertin, abbot. — At Toledo,
St. Obdulia, virgin.

Cfte Stoft Dap of

HPHE prophet Zachary, who returned in his old
" age from Chaldea to his own country, and lies
buried near the prophet Aggeus. — In Hellespont,
St. Onesiphorus, disciple of the Apostles, of whom
St. Paul speaks in his letter to Timothy. He was
severely scourged with St. Porphyry, by order of
the proconsul Adrian, and being dragged by wild
horses, gave up his soul to God. — At Alexandria,
the holy martyrs Faustus, priest, Macarius, and ten
companions, who received the martyr's crown by
being beheaded for the name of Christ, in the time
of the emperor Decius and the governor Valerius. —
In Cappadocia, the holy martyrs Cottidus, deacon,
Eugenius, and their companions. — In Africa, in the
persecution of the Vandals, the holy bishops Dona
tian, Prsesidius, Mansuetus, Germanus, and Fuscu-
lus, who were most cruelly scourged and sent into
exile, by order of the Arian king Hunneric, because
they proclaimed the Catholic truth. Among them

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was one named Laetus, also a bishop, a courageous
and most learned man, who was burned alive after
a long imprisonment in a loathsome dungeon. — At
Verona, St. Petronius, bishop and confessor. — At
Rome, the holy abbot Eleutherius, a servant of God,
who, according to the testimony of Pope St. Gregory,
raised a dead man to life by his prayers and tears.

Cfie Setientft Dag of September*

AT Nicomedia, the birthday of the blessed martyr
•"• John, who seeing the cruel edicts against
Christians posted up in the public square, and being
inflamed with an ardent faith, stretched forth his
hand, took them away and tore them up. This be-
ing reported to the emperors Diocletian and Maxi-
mian, then residing in that city, they gave orders
that he should be subjected to all kinds of torments,
which the noble champion bore with such cheerful-
ness of spirit, as not to show on his countenance the
least trace of pain or grief. — At Csesarea, in Cappa-
docia, in the time of the emperor Adrian, St. Eupsy-
chius, martyr, who, on being accused of professing
Christianity, was cast into prison. His release fol-
lowing shortly after, he immediately sold his patri-
mony, and distributed the proceeds of it partly to
the poor and partly to his accusers, whom he re-
garded as his benefactors. But being again arrested,
under the judge Sapritius, he was lacerated, pierced

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through with a sword, and thus consummated his
martyrdom. — At Pompeiopolis, in Cilicia, St. Sozon,
martyr, who, being thrown into the fire, yielded up
his spirit, in the time of the emperor Maximian. —
At Aquileia, St. Anastasius, martyr.— In the dio-
cese of Autun, St. Regina, virgin and martyr, under
the proconsul Olybrius. After having suffered im-
prisonment, the rack, and burning with torches, she
was condemned to capital punishment, and so went
to her spouse. — At Troyes, St. Nemorius, deacon, and
his companions, martyrs, who were slain by Attila,
king of the Huns. — At Orleans, in France, the de-
parture from this life of the holy bishop Evortius,
who was first a subdeacon of the Roman Church,
and afterwards, through the divine favor, was
designated bishop of that city by a dove. — In France,
St. Augustalis, bishop and confessor. — At Capua, St.
Pamphilus, bishop. — In the territory of Paris, St.
Cloud, priest and confessor. — At Nonantola, pope St.
Adrian III., remarkable for his zeal to reconcile the
Eastern churches with the Holy See. He died in
the odor of sanctity at San Cesario, and became
widely celebrated by his miracles.

Cfte <Eigf)tJ) Dap of

fPHE Nativity of the most Blessed and ever Vir-

- gin Mary, Mother of God.— At Nicouiedia, St.

Adrian, with twenty -three other martyrs, who ended

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their martyrdom the 4th of March by having their
limbs crushed, after enduring many torments under
the emperors Diocletian and Maximian. Their re-
mains were carried to Byzantium by the Christians,
and buried with due honors. Afterwards the body
of St. Adrian was taken to Home on this day, on
which his festival is celebrated. — At Alexandria,
the holy martyrs Ammon, Theophilus, Neoterius, and
twenty-two others. — At Antioch, the Saints Timothy
and Faustus, martyrs. — At Gaza, in Palestine, the
holy martyrs Eusebius, Nestabus, and Zeno, brothers,
who were cut to pieces by a multitude of Pagans that
rushed upon them, in the time of Julian the Apostate.
—In the same place, and under the same Julian, St.
Nestor, martyr, who, being most cruelly tortured by
the same furious Gentiles, breathed his last. — At Va-
lencia, in Spain, St. Thomas of Villanova, arch-
bishop, distinguished by his ardent charity for the
poor. He was inscribed among the saints by Alex-
ander VII., and his feast is celebrated on the 22d
of this month. — At Freisingen, St. Corbinian, first
bishop of that city. Being consecrated by pope
Gregory II., and sent to preach the Gospel, he reaped
an abundant harvest in France and Germany, and
finally renowned for virtues and miracles, rested in
peace.

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Cfte H3intft Dag of September*

AT Mcomedia, the holy martyrs Dorotheus and
•"• Gorgonius. The greatest honors had been con-
ferred on them by the emperor Diocletian, but as
they detested the cruelty which he exercised against
the Christians, they were by his order suspended in
his presence, and lacerated with whips; then their
skin being torn from their bodies, and vinegar with
salt poured over them, they were burned on a grid-
iron and finally strangled. After some time, the
body of blessed Gorgonius was brought to Rome, and
deposited on the Latin road. Thence it was trans-
ferred to the basilica of St. Peter. — Among the Sa-
bines, thirty miles from Rome, the holy martyrs
Hyacinthus, Alexander, and Tiburtius. — At Sebaste,
St. Severian, a soldier of the emperor Licinius. For
frequently visiting the Forty Martyrs whilst they
were in prison, he was suspended in the air with a
stone tied to his feet by order of the governor Lysias,
and being scourged and torn with whips, yielded up
his soul in the midst of torments. — The same day,
St. Straton, who ended his martyrdom for Christ by
being tied to two trees and torn to pieces. — Also, the
holy martyrs Rufinus and Rufinian, brothers. — At
Rome, &t. Sergius, pope and confessor. — In the
territory of TSrouanne, St. Omer, bishop. — In Ire-
land, St. Kieran, abbot. — At Cartagena, in South
America, St. Peter Claver, confessor of the Society

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of Jesus, who labored with, wonderful self-abnega-
tion and great charity among the negro slaves for
more than forty years and baptized personally al-
most thirty thousand of them. He was canonized
by order of pope Leo XIII.

Cfie Centft Dap of September,

A T Tolentino, in the March of Ancona, the de-
•"• parture from this life of St. Nicholas, confessor,
of the Order of Augustinians. — In Africa, the birth-
day of the holy bishops Nemesian, Felix, Lucius,
another Felix, Litteus, Polyan, Victor, Jader, Dati-
vus, and others. As a violent persecution was break-
ing out under Valerian and Gallienus, they were at
their first courageous confession of Christ beaten
with rods, then put in irons, and being sent to dig in
the metal mines, they terminated their combat and
glorious confession. — At Chalcedon, in the persecu-
tion of Diocletian, the holy martyrs Sosthenes and
Victor. Under Priscus, proconsul of Asia, after
they had been loaded with fetters and exposed to the
beasts, they were condemned to be burned. But
whilst they were saluting each other with a holy
kiss and praying, they expired. — In Bithynia, the
holy virgins Menodora, Metrodora, and Nympho-
dora, sisters. Under the emperor Maximian and the
governor Fronto, they were crowned with martyr-

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dom, and went to eternal glory. — Also, the holy mar-
tyrs Apellius, Luke, and Clement. — At Liege, in
Belgium, St. Theodard, bishop and martyr, who laid
down his life for his flock, and after his death was
renowned for the gift of miracles. — At Kome, blessed
Hilary, pope and confessor. — At Compost ell a, St.
Peter, bishop, who was celebrated for his many vir-
tues and miracles. — In the city of Albi, St. Salvius,
bishop and confessor. — At Novara, St. Agapius,
bishop. — At Constantinople, St. Pulcheria, empress
and virgin, distinguished by her piety and zeal for
religion.

Cfte dEletoentf) Dap of September,

AT Rome, in the Cemetery of Basilla, on the old
•"• Salarian road, the birthday of the holy martyrs
Protus and Hyacinth, brothers and eunuchs in the
service of blessed Eugenia, who were arrested, in the
time of the emperor Gallienus, on the charge of be-
ing Christians, and urged to offer sacrifice to the
gods. But as they refused, both were most severely
scourged, and finally beheaded. — At Laodicea, in
Syria, the martyrdom of the Saints Diodorus, Dio-
medes, and Didimus. — At Leon, in Spain, St. Vin-
cent, abbot and martyr. — In Egypt, the holy bishop
J'aplmutius, one of those confessors, who, under the
emperor Galerius Maxiininus, having their right eye
plucked out and the joint of the left knee cut, were

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condemned to work in the metal mines. Afterwards,
under Constantine the Great, he courageously com-
bated for the Catholic faith against the Arians, and
at leangth, being adorned with many crowns, rested
in peace. — At Lyons, the demise of St. Patiens, bish-
op.— At Vercelli, St. ^milian, bishop. — At Alexan-
dria, St. Theodora, who having committed a fault
through imprudence and repenting of it, remained
unknown in a religious habit, and persevered until
her death in practices of extraordinary abstinence
and patience.

Cfte Ctoelftft Dap of September,

fTlHE feast of the most holy Name of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, celebrated by order of the Sover-
eign Pontiff, Innocent XI., on account of the signal
victory gained over the Turks, at Vienna in Austria,
through her protection. — At Alexandria, in the time
of the emperor Maximinus, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Hieronides, Leontius, Serapion, Selesius,
Valerian, and Straton, who were drowned in the sea
for the confession of the name of Christ. — In Bithy-
nia, St. Autonomus, bishop and martyr, who went to
that country from Italy to avoid the persecution of
Diocletian. After he had converted many to the
faith, he was killed at the altar by the furious Gen-
tiles, whilst celebrating the sacred mysteries, and so
became the victim of Christ. — At Merum, in Phrygia,

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the holy martyrs Macedonius, Theodulus, and Tatian,
under Julian the Apostate. After other torments,
they joyfully consummated their martyrdom by being
laid on burning gridirons by order of the governor
Almachius. — At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy
bishop Curonotus, who received the crown of mar-
tyrdom by being beheaded under the governor Peren-
nius. — At Pavia, St. Juventius, bishop, mentioned on
the 8th of February. He was sent to that city with
St. Cyrus by blessed Hermagoras, disciple of the
evangelist St. Mark. They both preached the Gospel
of Christ there, and being renowned for great virtues
and miracles, illustrated the neighboring cities by
divine works. They closed their glorious career in
peace, invested with the episcopal dignity. — At Lyons,
the decease of St. Sacerdos, bishop. — At Verona, St.
Silvinus, bishop. — At Anderlecht, St. Guido, confes-
sor.

Cfie Cftirteentf) Dap of

AT Alexandria, the birthday of blessed Philip,
•"• father of the virgin St. Eugenia. Resigning the
dignity of prefect of Egypt, he obtained the grace
of baptism. His successor, the prefect Terentius,
caused him to be pierced through the throat with a
sword, whilst he was praying. — Also, the holy mar-
tyrs Macrobius and Julian, who suffered under
Licinius. — The same day, St. Ligorius, martyr, who

282 SEPTEMBER.

living in the desert, was murdered by the Gentiles
for the faith of Christ. — At Alexandria, St. Eulo-
gius, a bishop, celebrated for learning and sanctity.
— At Angers, in France, St. Mauritius, a bishop, re-
nowned for numberless miracles. — At Sens, St.
Amatus, bishop and confessor. — The same day, St.
Venerius, confessor, a man of admirable sanctity,
who led an eremitical life in the island of Palmaria.
— In the monastery of Remiremont in France, St.
Amatus, priest and abbot, illustrious for the virtue
of abstinence and the gift of miracles.

jFoimeemft Dap of

fTIHE Exaltation of the Holy Cross, when the em-
-^ peror Heraclius, after defeating king Chosroes,
brought it back to Jerusalem from Persia. — At
Rome, in the Appian road, during the persecution
of Decius, blessed Cornelius, pope and martyr, who,
after being banished, was scourged with leaded
whips, and then beheaded with twenty-one others of
both sexes. — On the same day, were condemned to
capital punishment Cserealis, a soldier, and his wife
Sallustia, who had been instructed in the faith by
the same Cornelius. — In Africa, in the time of the
emperors Valerian and Gallienus, St. Cyprian,
bishop of Carthage, most renowned for holiness and
learning. It was near the seashore, six miles from

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the city, that he consummated his martyrdom by
decapitation, after enduring a most painful exile.
The festival of the Saints Cornelius and Cyprian is
kept on the 16th of this month. — There suffered also
in the same place the holy martyrs Crescentian, Vic-
tor, Kosula, and Generalis. — On the Salarian road,
at Rome, during the persecution of Diocletian, Sf.
Crescentius, the young son of St. Euthymius, who
ended his life by the sword, under the judge Tur-
pilius. — At Treves, the holy bishop Maternus, a dis-
ciple of the blessed apostle Peter, who brought co
the faith of Christ the inhabitants of Tongres, Co-
logne, Treves, and of the neighboring country. — The
game day, the birthday of St. John Chrysostom,
bishop of Constantinople, who was sent into exile
through the conspiracy of his enemies, but was re-
called by a decree of the Sovereign Pontiff, Inno-
cent I. He died on the way from the ill-treatment
he received at the hands of the soldiers who guarded
him. His feast is celebrated on the 27th of January,
the day on which his sacred body was taken to Con-
stantinople by Theodosius the Younger.

Cfte JFifteemf) Dap of

fTIHE Octave of the Nativity and the Feast of the

Seven Dolors of the Blessed Virgin Mary. — At

Rome, on the Nomentan road, the birthday of

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blessed Nicomedes, priest and martyr. As he said
to those who would compel him to sacrifice : "I sacri-
fice only to the Omnipotent God who reigns in
heaven," he was for a long time scourged with leaded
whips, and thus went to our Lord. — In the diocese
of Chalons, St. Valerian, martyr, who was suspended
on high by the governor Priscus, and tortured with
iron hooks. Remaining immovable in the confession
of Christ, and continuing joyfully to praise Him, he
was struck with the sword by order of the same
magistrate. — At Marcianopolis, in Thrace, St. Meli-
tina, a martyr, in the time of the emperor Antoninus
and the governor Antiochus. She was twice led to
the temples of the Gentiles, and as the idols fell to
the ground each time, she was hanged and torn, and
finally decapitated. — At Adrianople, the holy mar-
tyrs Maximus, Theodore, and Asclepiodotus, who
were crowned under the emperor Maximian. — Also,
St. Porphyrius, a comedian, who, in the presence of
Julian the Apostate, being baptized in jest, and sud-
denly converted by the power of God, declared him-
self a Christian. Forthwith, by order of the em-
peror, he was struck with an axe, and thus crowned
with martyrdom. — The same day, St. Nicetas, a
Goth, who was burned alive for the Catholic faith,
by order of king Athanaric. — At Cordova, the holy
martyrs Emilas, deacon, and Jeremias, who ended
their martyrdom in the persecution of the Arabs by
being beheaded, after a long detention in prison. —
At Toul, in France, St. Aper, bishop. — Also, St.

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Leobinus, bishop of Chartres. — At Lyons, St. Al-
binus, bishop. — The same day, the decease of St.
Aichard, abbot. — In France, St. Eutropia, widow.

Cfte §>fcteent!) Dap of

rriHE Saints Cornelius and Cyprian, pontiffs and
- martyrs, whose birthday is the 14th of this
month. — At Chalcedon, the birthday of St. Euphe-
mia, virgin and martyr, under the emperor Diocle-
tian and the proconsul Priscus. For faith in our
Lord she was subjected to tortures, imprisonment,
blows, the torment of the wheel, fire, the crushing
weight of stones, the teeth of beasts, scourging with
rods, the cutting of sharp saws, burning pans, all of
which she survived. But when she was again ex-
posed to the beasts in the amphitheatre, praying to
our Lord to receive her spirit, one of the animals
having inflicted a bite on her sacred body, whilst the
rest licked her feet, she yielded her unspotted soul
to God. — At Rome, the holy martyrs Lucia, noble
matron, and Geminian, who were subjected to most
grievous afflictions and a long time tortured, by the
command of the emperor Diocletian. Finally, being
put to the sword, they obtained the glorious victory
of martyrdom. — Also, at Eome, at a place on the
Flaminian road, ten miles from the city, the holy
martyrs Abundius, priest, and Abundantius, dea-

286 SEPTEMBER.

con, whom the emperor Diocletian caused to be
struck with the sword, together with Marcian, an
illustrious man, and his son John, whom they had
raised from the dead. — At Heraclea, in Thrace, St.
Sebastiana, martyr, under the emperor Doinitian
and the governor Sergius. Being brought to the
faith of Christ by the blessed apostle Paul, she was
tormented in various ways and finally beheaded. —
At Cordova, the holy martyrs Kogellus and Servid-
eus, who were decapitated, after their hands and
feet had been cut off.— In Scotland, St. Ninian,
bishop and confessor. — In England, St. Editha, vir-
gin, daughter of the English king Edgar, who was
consecrated to God in a monastery from her tender
years, whence she may be said to have been ignorant
of the world rather than to have forsaken it.

Cfie Setienteentfi Dap of

fin HE commemoration of the Impression of the
-*• Sacred Wounds which St. Francis, founder of
the Order of Minorites, received, through a wonder-
ful favor of God, in his hands, feet and side, on
Mount Alvernia, in Tuscany. — At Rome, on the road
to Tivoli, the birthday of St. Justin, priest and mar-
tyr, who distinguished himself by a glorious con-
fession of the faith, during the persecution of Vale-
rian and Gallienus. He buried the bodies of the

SEPTEMBER. 287

blessed pontiff, Xystus, of Lawrence, Hippolytus,
and many other saints, and finally consummated his
martyrdom under Claudius. — Also, at Home, the
holy martyrs Narcissus and Crescentio. — In Phry-
gia, St. Ariadna, martyr, under the emperor Adrian.
—In England, the holy martyrs Socrates and Ste-
phen.— At Nevers, the holy martyrs Valerian, Mac-
rinus, and Gordian. — At Autun, under the emperor
Antoninus and the governor Valerian, St. Flocellus,
a boy, who, after many sufferings, was torn to pieces
by wild beasts, and thus won the crown of martyrs.
— At Liege, blessed Lambert, bishop of Maestricht.
Having, through zeal for religion, rebuked the royal
family, he was undeservedly put to death by the
guilty, and thus entered the court of the heavenly
kingdom, to enjoy it forever.— At Saragossa, in
Spain, St. Peter of Arbues, first inquisitor of the
faith in the kingdom of Arragon, who received the
palm of martyrdom by being barbarously massacred
by apostate Jews, for defending courageously the
Catholic faith, according to the duties of his office.
He was canonized by Pius IX. in 1867. — The same
day, St. Agathoclia, servant of an infidel woman,
who was for a long time subjected by her to blows
and other afflictions, that she might deny Christ.
She was finally presented to the judge and cruelly
lacerated, and as she persisted in confessing the
faith, they cut off her tongue and threw her into
the flames. — At Cordova, St. Columba, virgin and
martyr. — At Milan, the departure from this world

288 SEPTEMBER.

of St. Satyrus, confessor, whose distinguished mer-
its are mentioned by his brother, St. Ambrose. — At
Rome, in the persecution of Diocletian, St. Theo-
dora, a matron, who carefully ministered to the
martyrs. — At Bingen, in the diocese of Mayence, St.
Hildegarde, virgin.

Cfie (Eis&teemj) Dap of ©eptem&er,

AT Osimo, St. Joseph of Cupertino, confessor of
the Order of the Minorites Conventual, who was
placed among the Saints by Clement XIII. — The
same day, the birthday of St. Methodius, bishop of
Olympius in Lycia, and afterwards of Tyre, most
renowned for eloquence and learning. St. Jerome
says that he won the martyr's crown at Chalcis, in
Greece, at the end of the last persecution. — In the
diocese of Vienne, the holy martyr Ferreol, a trib-
une, who was arrested by order of the impious gov-
ernor Crispinus, most cruelly scourged, then loaded
with heavy chains, and cast into a dark dungeon.
A miracle having broken his bonds, and opened the
doors of the prison, he made his escape, but being
taken again by his pursuers, he received the palm
of martyrdom by being beheaded. — Also, the Saints
Sophia and Irene, martyrs. — At Milan, St. Eustor-
gius, first bishop of that city, highly commended by
blessed Ambrose. — At Gortyna, in Crete, St. Eume-
nus, bishop and confessor.

SEPTEMBER. 289

Cfte jQtneteemj) Dap of

4 T Puzzoli, in Campania, the holy martyrs Janu-
•^ arius, bishop of Benevento, Festus, his deacon,
and Desiderius, lector, together with Sosius, deacon
of the church of Misenum, Proculus, deacon of Puz-
zoli, Eutychius and Acutius, who were bound and
imprisoned and then beheaded during the reign of
Diocletian. The body of St. Januarius was brought
to Naples, and buried in the church with due honors,
where even now the blood of the blessed martyr is
kept in a vial, and when placed close to his head, is
seen to become liquid and, bubble up as if it were
just taken from his veins. — At Nocera, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Felix and Constantia, who suf-
fered under Nero. — In Palestine, the holy martyrs
Peleus, Nilus, and Elias, bishops in Egypt, who were,
with many others of the clergy, consumed by fire for
the sake of Christ during the persecution of Diocle-
tian.— The same day, the holy martyrs Trophimus,
Sabbatius, and Dorymedon, senator, under the em-
peror Probus. By command of the governor Atti-
cus, at Antioch, Sabbatius was scourged until he
expired. Trophimus was sent to the governor Peren-
nius at Synnada, where he and the senator Doryme-
don consummated their martyrdom by decapitation,
after enduring many torments. — At Cordova, in the
Arabian persecution, St. Pomposa, virgin and mar-
tyr.— At Canterbury, the holy bishop Theodore, who

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290 SEPTEMBER.

was sent to England by pope Vitalian, and was
renowned for learning and holiness. — At Tours, St.
Eustochius, bishop, a man of great virtue. — In the
diocese of Langres, St. Sequanus, priest and con-
fessor.— At Barcelona, in Spain, blessed Mary de
Cervellione, virgin, of the Order of Our Lady of
Ransom. She is commonly called Mary of Help on
account of the prompt assistance she renders to
those who invoke her.

Cfte CtoenttetJ) Dap of September*

nPHE vigil of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist—
-*• At Rome, the holy martyrs Eustachius, and Theo-
pistes, his wife, with their two sons, Agapitus and
Theopistus. Under the emperor Adrian, they were
condemned to be cast to the beasts, but through the
power of God, being uninjured by them, they were
shut up in a burning brazen ox, and thus terminated
their martyrdom. — At Cyzicum, on the sea of Mar-
mora, the birthday of the holy martyrs Pausta,
virgin, and Evilasius, in the time of the emperor
Maximian. Fausta had her head shaved to shame
her, and was hanged up and tortured by Evilasius,
then a Pagan priest ; but when he wished to have her
body cut in two, the executioners could not inflict
any injury on her. Amazed at this prodigy, Evila-
sius believed in Christ; and whilst he was cruelly

SEPTEMBER. 291

tortured by order of the emperor, Fausta had her
head bored through, and her whole body pierced
with nails. She was then laid on a burning pan,
and being called by a celestial voice, went in com-
pany with Evilasius to enjoy the blessedness of
heaven. — In Phrygia, the holy martyrs Denis and
Privatus. — Also, St. Priscus, martyr, who, after
having had his body pierced all over with daggers,
was beheaded. — At Pergen, in Pamphylia, the Saints
Theodore, his mother Philippa, and their fellow mar-
tyrs, under the emperor Antoninus. — At Carthage,
St. Candida, virgin and martyr; who, having all her
body lacerated with whips, was crowned with mar-
tyrdom, under the emperor Maximian. — Also, the
holy martyr Susanna, daughter of Arthemius, a
Pagan priest, and Martha. — The same day, pope St.
Agapitus, whose sanctity is attested by blessed
Gregory the Great. — At Milan, St. Clicerius, bishop
and confessor.

Cfje Ctoemp*ftr0t Dap of

FTRHE birthday of St. Matthew, apostle and evan-
- gelist, who suffered martyrdom in Ethiopia,
while engaged in preaching. The Gospel written
by him in Hebrew was, by his own revelation, found
in the time of the emperor Zeno, together with the
relics of the blessed apostle Barnabas. — In the land

292 SEPTEMBER.

of Saar, the holy prophet Jonas, who was buried in
Geth.— At Rome, St. Pamphilus, martyr.— At twenty
miles from Eome, on the Claudian way, the martyr-
dom of St. Alexander, bishop, in the time of the em-
peror Antoninus. For the faith of Christ he was
loaded with fetters scourged, tortured, burned with
torches, torn with iron hooks, exposed to the beasts
and cast into the flames, but having overcome all
these torments, he was finally beheaded, and so at-
tained the glory of eternal life. His body was after-
wards carried into the city by the blessed pope Dam-
asus, on the 26th of November, on which day his
feast is to be celebrated by order of the same Pon-
tiff. — In Phoenicia, St. Eusebius, martyr, who, of his
own accord, went to the prefect, and declaring him-
self a Christian, was subjected by him to many tor-
ments, and finally beheaded. — In Cyprus, St. Isacius,
bishop and martyr. — In the same place, St. Meletius,
bishop and confessor. — In Ethiopia, St. Iphigenia,
virgin, who being baptized and consecrated to God
by the blessed apostle Matthew, ended her holy life
in peace.

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AT Valencia, in Spain, St. Thomas, of Villanova,
•^ archbishop and confessor, whose birthday is the
8th of September. — At St. Maurice, near Sion, in
Switzerland, the birthday of the holy Theban mar-

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tyrs Maurice, Exuperius, Candidus, Victor, Innocent,
and Yitalis, with their companions of the same le-
gion, whose martyrdom for the faith, in the time of
Maximian, filled the world with the glory of their
sufferings. — At Eome, the martyrdom of the holy
virgins and martyrs Digna and Emerita, under Vale-
rian and Gallienus. Their relics are kept in the
church of St. Marcellus. — At Arpajon, near Paris,
St. Jonas, priest and martyr, who went to France
with St. Denis, and after being scourged by order of
the prefect Julian, ended his martyrdom by the
sword. — At Ratisbon, in Bavaria, St. Emmeramus,
bishop and martyr, who, to deliver others, endured
patiently a most cruel death for the sake of our Lord.
— At Antinoopolis, in Egypt, the holy martyrs Irais,
an Alexandrian virgin, and her companions. Hav-
ing gone out to draw water at a fountain near by,
aand seeing a boat loaded with Christian confessors,
she immediately left her vessel and joined them.
Being conducted to the city with them, after many
torments, she was the first to have her head struck
off; and after her, priests, deacons, virgins, and all
others underwent the same kind of death. — At
Meaux, blessed Sanctinus, bishop, disciple of St.
Denis, the Areopagite, who, being consecrated by
him bishop of that city, was the first to preach the
Gospel there. — In the territory of Coutances, St.
Lauto, bishop. — In Poitou, the holy priest Floren-
tius. — In the territory of Bourges, St. Sylvanus, con-
fessor.—At Laon, St. Salaberga, abbess.

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A T Rome, St. Linus, pope and martyr, who governed
** the Roman church next after the blessed apostle
Peter. He was crowned with martyrdom, and buried
on the Vatican hill beside the same apostle. — At Ico-
nium, in Lycaonia, St. Thecla, virgin and martyr,
who was converted to the faith by the apostle St.
Paul. Under the emperor Nero, she was victorious
over the flames and the beasts to which she was ex-
posed for the faith of Christ, and after many com-
bats endured for the instruction of others, she went
to Seleucia, where she ended her days in peace. Her
memory has been eulogized by the Holy Fathers. — In
Campania, the commemoration of blessed Sosius, dea-
con of the church of Misenum. The holy bishop
Januarius, seeing a flame arise from his head as he
was reading the Gospel in the church, foretold that
he would be a martyr; and not many days after,
when he was thirty years of age, he and the holy
bishop suffered martyrdom by decapitation. — In
Africa, the holy martyrs Andrew, John, Peter, and
Anthony. — In the diocese of Coutances, St. Paternus,
bishop and martyr. — At Ancona, St. C.onstantius,
sacristan of the Church, renowned for the gift of
miracles. — In Spain, the holy women Xantippa and
Polyxena, who were disciples of the Apostles.

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fT)HE feast of our Lady of Ransom. — At Autun,
the birthday of the holy martyrs, Andochius,
priest, Thyrsus, deacon, and Felix, who were sent
from the East by blessed Polycarp, bishop of Smyr-
na, to preach in Gaul, where they were most severely
scourged, hanged up a whole day by the hands, and
cast into the fire. Remaining uninjured, they had
their necks broken with heavy bars, and thus won a
most glorious crown. — In Egypt, the holy martyrs
Paphnutius and his companions. Whilst leading a
solitary life, St. Paphnutius heard that many Chris-
tians were kept in bonds, and, moved by the spirit of
God, he voluntarily offered himself to the prefect,
and freely confessed the Christian faith. By him he
was bound with iron chains, and a long time tortured
on the rack. Then, being sent with many others to
Diocletian, he was fastened by his order to a palm
tree, and the rest were struck with the sword. — At
Chalcedon, forty-nine holy martyrs, who, after the
martyrdom of St. Euphemia, under the emperor Dio-
cletian, were condemned to be devoured by the beasts,
but being miraculously delivered, were finally struck
with the sword, and went to heaven. — In Hungary,
St. Gerard, bishop and martyr, called the Apostle of
the Hungarians. He belonged to the nobility of
Venice, and was the first to shed upon his country
the glory of martyrdom. — At Clermont, in Auvergne,

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the departure out of this life of St. Rusticus, bishop
and confessor. — In the diocese of Beauvais, St. Gere-
marus, abbot.

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4 T Emmaus, the birthday of blessed Cleophas, dis-
ciple of Christ. It is related that he was killed
by the Jews, for the confession of our Lord, in the
same house in which he had entertained Him, and
where he was honorably buried. — At Rome, under
the emperor Antoninus, St. Herculanus, soldier and
martyr, who, being converted to Christ by the
miracles wrought during the martyrdom of the,
blessed bishop Alexander, was put to the sword, after
enduring many torments. — At Amiens, in France, in
the persecution of Diocletian, blessed Firmin, bishop.
Under the governor Rictiovarus, after various tor-
ments, he suffered martyrdom by being beheaded. —
At Damascus, the holy martyr Paul, Tata, his wife,
and Sabinian, Maximus, Rufus, and Eugenius, their
sons. Accused of professing the Christian religion,
they were scourged, and tortured in other ways, until
they gave up their souls to God. — In Asia, the holy
martyrs Bardomian, Eucarpus, and twenty-six
others. — The same day, St. Anathalon, bishop, who
was a disciple of the blessed apostle Barnabas, and
succeeded him in the See of Milan. — At Lyons, the

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decease of St. Lupus, at one time an anchoret, but
later a bishop. — At Auxerre, St. Anacharius, bishop
and confessor. — At Blois, St. Solemnius, bishop of
Chartres, renowned for miracles. — The same day, St.
Principius, bishop of Soissons, brother of the blessed
bishop Remigius. — At Anagni, the holy virgins Aure-
lia and Neomisia. — At San Severino, the decease of
St. Pacificus of St. Severin, confessor, of the Order
of the Reformed Minorites of the Observance of St.
Francis, illustrious by his extraordinary patience
and love of solitude. He was placed in the calendar
of saints by pope Gregory XVI.

Cfte Ctoemp*0t£tj) Dap of

A T Nicomedia, the birthday of the holy martyrs
^ Cyprian, and Justina, virgin. Under the em-
peror Diocletian and the governor Eutholmius.
Justina suffered much for the faith of Christ and
converted Cyprian, who, while a magician, endeav-
ored to bring her under the influence of his magical
practices. She afterwards suffered martyrdom with
him. Their bodies being exposed to the beasts, were
taken away in the night by some Christian sailors,
and carried to Rome. They were subsequently taken
into the Constantinian basilica, and deposited near
the baptistery. — At Rome, the holy martyr Callistra-
tus, and forty-nine other soldiers, who endured mar-

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tyrdorn together, in the persecution of Diocletian.
The companions of Callistratus were converted to
Christ on seeing him miraculously delivered from
drowning in the sea, where he had been thrown
sewed up in a bag. — Also, at Rome, pope St. Euse-
bius. — At Bologna, St. Eusebius, bishop and con-
fessor.— At Brescia, St. Vigilius, bishop. — At Albano,
St. Senator. — In the territory of Frascati, the blessed
abbot Mlus, founder of the monastery of Crypta-
Ferrata, a man of eminent sanctity. — At Citta-di-
Castello, St. Amantius, a priest distinguished for
the gift of miracles.

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A T 2Egea, during the persecution of Diocletian,
-^ the birthday of the holy martyrs Cosmas and
Damian, brothers. After miraculously overcoming
many torments from bonds, imprisonment, fire, cruci-
fixion, stoning, arrows, and from being cast into the
sea, they received capital punishment. With them
are said to have also suffered three of their brothers,
Anthimus, Leontius, and Euprepius. — At Koine, St.
Epicharis, wife of a senator, who, in the same perse-
cution, was scourged with leaded whips, and struck
with the sword. — At Todi, the holy martyrs Fiden-
tius and Terence, under the same Diocletian. — At
Cordova, the holy martyrs Adulphus and John,

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brothers, who won the martyr's crown in the Ara-
bian persecution. — At Sion, in Switzerland, St.
Florentinus, martyr, who was put to the sword with
blessed Hilary, after his tongue had been cut out. —
At Byblos, in Phoenicia, St. Mark, bishop, who is
also called John by blessed Luke. — At Milan, the
holy bishop Caius, a disciple of the blessed apostle
Barnabas, who passed calmly to rest after suffering
severely in the persecution of Nero. — At Ravenna,
St. Aderitus, bishop and confessor. — At Paris, St.
Vincent de Paul, priest, and founder of the Congre-
gation of the Mission and of the Daughters of
Charity, an apostolic man and a father to the poor.
His feast is celebrated on the 19th of July. — In the
same city, St. Eleazar, count. — In Hainaut, St. Hil-
trude, virgin.

Cfte Ctoentp*eigJ)t!) Dap of September*

TN Bohemia, St. Wenceslas, duke of Bohemia and
•*• martyr, renowned for holiness and miracles.
Being murdered in his brother's house, he went
triumphantly to heaven. — At Rome, St. Privatus,
martyr, who was cured of ulcers by the blessed pope
Callistus. For the faith of Christ he was scourged
to death with leaded whips, in the time of the em-
peror Alexander. — In the same place, St. Stacteus,
martyr. — In Africa, the Saints Martial, Lawrence,

300 SEPTEMBER.

and twenty other martyrs. — At Antioch, in Pisidia,
the holy martyrs Mark, shepherd, Alphius, Alexan-
der, and Zosimus, his brothers, Nicon, Neon Heli-
odorus, and thirty soldiers, who were converted to
Christ on seeing the miracles of blessed Mark, and
were crowned with martyrdom in different places
and in various manners. — The same day, the martyr-
dom of St. Maximus, under the emperor Decius. — At
Toulouse, St. Exuperius, bishop and confessor. St.
Jerome bears to this blessed man a memorable testi-
mony, relating how severe he was towards himself
and how liberal towards others. — At Genoa, St. Solo-
mon, bishop and confessor. — At Brescia, St. Silvinus,
bishop. — The same day, the holy virgin Eustochium,
daughter of blessed Paula, who was brought up at
the manger of our Lord with other virgins, and be-
ing celebrated for merits, went to our Lord. — In
Germany, St. Lioba, virgin, renowned for miracles.

C6e Ctoemg*nitttf) Dap of September,

AN Mount Gargano, the commemoration of the
" blessed archangel Michael. This festival is
kept in memory of the day, when under his invo-
cation, was consecrated a church, unpretending in
its exterior, but endowed with virtue celestial. —
In Thrace, the birthday of the holy martyrs Euty-
chius, Plautus, and Heracleas. — In Persia, under

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king Sapor, the holy martyr Gudelia. After hav-
ing converted many to the faith, and refused to
adore the sun and fire, she was subjected to numer-
ous torments. Then having the skin torn off her
head, and being fastened to a post, she deserved
an eternal triumph. — In the same country, the holy
martyrs Dadas, a blood relation of king Sapor,
Casdoa, his wife, and Gabdelas, his son. After be-
ing deprived of their dignities, and subjected to vari-
ous torments, they were for a long time imprisoned
and finally put to the sword. — In Armenia, the holy
virgins, Ripsimus and her companions, martyrs, un-
der king Tiridates. — At Auxerre, St. Fraternus,
bishop and martyr. — At Pontecorvo, near Aquino, St.
Grimoaldus, priest and confessor. — In Palestine, St.
Quiriacus, anchoret.

C&e Cftttttetj) Dap of September*

TN Bethlehem of Juda, the decease of St. Jerome,
priest and Doctor of the Church, who, excelling
in all kinds of learning, imitated the life of the most
approved monks, and disposed of many monstrous
heresies with the sword of his doctrine. Having at
length reached a very advanced age, he rested in
peace, and was buried near the manger of our Lord.
His body was afterwards conveyed to Rome, and
deposited in the basilica of St. Mary the Greater. —

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The same day, the holy martyr Leopardus, of the
household of Julian the Apostate. He was beheaded
at Rome, and his body was subsequently taken to
Aix-la-Chapelle. — At Soleure, in Switzerland, in the
time of the emperor Maximian, the passion of the
holy martyrs Victor and Ursus, of the glorius Theban
legion, who were subjected to horrid tortures; but a
heavenly light shining over them, and causing the
executioners to fall to the ground, they were de-
livered. Being then cast into the fire without sus-
taining any injury, they finally perished by the
sword. — At Piacenza, the holy martyr Antoninus,
soldier of the same legion. — The same day, St.
Gregory, bishop of Greater Armenia, who after many
sufferings under Diocletian, rested in peace. — At
Canterbury, in England, St. Honorius, bishop and
confessor. — At Rome, the birthday of St. Francis
Borgia, of the Society of Jesus. His feast is cele-
brated on the 10th of October. — In the same city,
St. Sophia, widow, mother of the holy virgins Faith,
Hope, and Charity.

OCTOBER.

Cfte Jfir0t Dap of October*

|T Rheinis, in France, St. Remigius, bishop
confessor, who converted the Franks to
Christ, regenerated Clovis, their king,
in the sacred font of baptism and in-
structed him in the mysteries of . faith. After he
had been many years bishop, and had distinguished
himself by his sanctity and the power of working
miracles, he departed this life on the 13th of Janu-
ary. His festival, however, is kept on this day, when
his sacred body was translated. — At Rome, blessed
Aretas and five hundred and four other martyrs. —
At Tomis, in Pontus, the holy martyrs Priscus,
Crescens, and Evagrius. — At Lisbon, in Portugal,
the holy martyrs Verissimus, and his sisters, Max-
ima and Julia, who suffered in the persecution of
Diocletian. — At Tournay, St. Piaton, priest and
martyr, who, with blessed Quinctinus and his com-
panions, went from Rome to Gaul to preach the
faith, and afterwards, in the persecution of Maxi-
mian, having consummated his martyrdom, passed
from earth to heaven. — At Thessalonica, St. Dom-
ninus, martyr, under the same Maximian. — At

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Ghent, St. Bavo, confessor. — At Orvieto, St. Severus,
priest and confessor.

Cfte §>econO Dap of SDctobet*

fTlHE feast of the holy Guardian Angels. — At Mco-
• media, St. Eleutherius, soldier and martyr, with
numberless others. They were falsely accused of
having set fire to the palace of Diocletian and, by
order of this most cruel emperor, were barbarously
massacred in groups. Some were put to the sword,
some consumed by fire, while others were precipi-
tated into the sea. But the principal one, Eleu-
therius, having endured long tortures, and being
found stronger after each one, terminated his vic-
torious martyrdom by fire, as well-tried gold. — In
the vicinity of Arras, the martyrdom of blessed
Leodegarius, bishop of Autun. After being sub-
jected to various insults and torments for the truth,
he was put to death by Ebroin, chief minister of
Theodoric. — Also, the holy martyr Gerinus, brother
of the blessed Leodegarius, who was overwhelmed
with stones in the same city. — At Antioch, the holy
martyrs Primus, Cyril, and Secundarius. — At Con-
stantinople, St. Theophilus, a monk, who was most
cruelly scourged by Leo the Isaurian, for the defence
of holy images, was driven into exile, and went
gloriously to heaven. — At Hereford, in England, St.
Thomas, bishop and confessor.

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Cfte ClnrD Dap of SDcto&er.

A T Koine, near the spot called Ursus Pileatus, St.
Candidus, martyr. — The same day the holy mar-
tyrs Denis, Faustus, Cains, Peter, Paul, and four
others, who suffered much under Decius; and under
Valerian, being a long time subjected to torments by
the governor JEmilian, merited the palm of martyr-
dom.— Among the ancient Saxons (in Westphalia),
two holy martyrs of the name of Ewaldus, who be-
ing priests and preaching Christ in that country,
were seized by the Pagans and put to death. Dur-
ing the night a great light appeared for a long time
over their bodies, showing where they were, and how
distinguished were their merits. — In Africa, St.
Maximian, bishop of Bagay, who, after having fre-
quently endured great cruelties from the Donatists,
was finally cast headlong from a high tower, and
left for dead. Illustrious by a glorious confession,
he afterwards rested in the Lord. — In Palestine, St.
Hesychius, confessor, disciple of St. Hilarion, and
the companion of his travels. — In Belgium, in the
diocese of Namur, St. Gerard, abbot.

Cfte Jfouttf) Dap of flDctober.

AT Assisi, in Umbria, the birthday of St. Francis,
** confessor, founder of the Order of Minorites,
whose life, filled with holy deeds and miracles, was

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.written by St. Bonaventure. — At Corinth, the birth-
day of the Saints Crispus and Cams, who are men-
tioned by the apostle St. Paul in his epistle to the
Corinthians, — In Egypt, the holy martyrs Mark and
Marcian, brothers, and an almost countless multi-
tude of both sexes and of all ages, who merited the
blessed crown of martyrdom, some after being
scourged, and others when they had suffered horrible
torment, after being delivered to the flames. Some
were precipitated into the sea ; some others were be-
headed; many were starved to death; others were
fastened to gibbets; while others were suspended by
the feet with their heads downward. — At Damascus,
St. Peter, bishop and martyr, who, being accused
before the king of the Agarenians of teaching the
faith of Christ, had his tongue, hands, and feet cut
off, and being fastened to a cross, ended his martyr-
dom.— At Alexandria, the holy priests and deacons
Caius, Faustus, Eusebius, Chseremon, Lucius, and
their companions. Some of them were martyred in
the persecution of Valerian ; others, for serving the
martyrs, received the reward of martyrs. — At
Athens, St. Hierotheus, disciple of the blessed
apostle Paul. — At Bologna, St. Petronius, bishop
and confessor, celebrated for learning, miracles and
sanctity. — At Paris, St. Aurea, virgin.

• OCTOBER. 307

C&e Jfiftf) Dap of SDctober,

A T Messina, in Sicily, the birthday of the holy
^ martyrs Placidus, monk, disciple of the blessed
abbot Benedict, and of his brothers Eutychius and
Victorinus, and Flavia, virgin, their sister; also of
Donatus, Firmatus, deacon, Faustus, and thirty
other monks, who were murdered for the faith of
Christ by the pirate Manuchas. — The same day, the
birthday of blessed Thraseas, bishop of Eumenia,
who ended his career by martyrdom at Smyrna. —
At Treves, the holy martyrs Palmatius and his com-
panions, who suffered martyrdom in the persecution
of Diocletian, under the governor Eictiovarus. — The
same day, under the emperor Diocletian and the
ex-consul Domitius, St. Charitina, a virgin, who was
exposed to the fire and thrown into the sea; but
escaping uninjured, she had her hands and feet cut
off, her teeth plucked out, and finally she yielded her
spirit in prayer. — At Auxerre, the departure from
this life of the saintly deacon Firmatus and the
virgin Flaviana, his sister. — At Ravenna, St. Marcel-
linus, bishop and confessor. — At Valence, in France,
St. Apollinaris, a bishop, who was renowned in life
for virtues, and in death for miracles and prodigies.

—The same day, St. Attilanus, bishop of Zamora,
who was ranked among the saints by Urban II. —
At Leon, in Spain, St. Froilanus, bishop of that city,
renowned for his zeal in spreading the monastic life,

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for his liberality to the poor and other virtues, and
for miracles.— At Kome, St. Galla, widow, daughter
of the consul Symmachus, who, after the death of
her husband, remained many years near the church
of St. Peter, applying to prayer, almsgiving, fasting,
and other pious works. Her most happy death has
been described by pope St. Gregory.

Cfte §>tet& Dap of SDcto&er,

TN Calabria, St. Bruno, confessor, founder of the
Carthusian Order. — At Laodicea, the blessed
bishop and martyr Sagar, one of the first disciples
of the apostle St. Paul. — At Capua, the birthday of
the holy martyrs Marcellus, Castus, ^Emilius, and
Saturninus. — At Agen, in France, the birthday of
St. Faith, virgin and martyr, whose example en-
couraged blessed Caprasius so much that he happily
terminated his combat by martyrdom. — Also, St.
Erotis, martyr, who, being inflamed with the love of
Christ, triumphed over the violence of the flames. —
At Treves, the commemoration of almost numberless
martyrs, who were put to death for the faith in
various manners, under the governor Rictiovarus, in
the persecution of Diocletian. — At Auxerre, St.
Eomanus, bishop and martyr. — At Oderzo, St. Mag-
nus, bishop, whose body rests at Venice. — At Naples,
the decease of St. Mary Frances of the Five Wounds

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of Our Lord, a nun of the Third Order of St. Francis.
On account of her reputation for virtues and the
working of miracles, she was placed among the holy
virgins by Pius IX.

Cfie Setoemft Dag of Dcto&er,

fTHE feast of the Most Holy Rosary of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, and the commemoration of Our
Lady of Victory, which the sovereign Pontiff, blessed
Pius V., on account of the great naval victory gained
by the Christians on this day, ordered to be kept
annually. — At Rome, on the Ardeatine road, the de-
mise of St. Mark, pope and confessor. — In the prov-
ince of the Euphrates, the holy martyrs Sergius and
Bacchus, noble Romans, in the time of the emperor
Maximian. Bacchus, being scourged with rough
whips until his body was completely mangled,
breathed his last in the confession of Christ. Sergius
had his feet forced into shoes full of sharp-pointed
nails, and, remaining unshaken in the faith, he was
sentenced to undergo capital punishment. The
place where he reposes is called after him Sergio-
polis, and, on account of the signal miracles wrought
in it, is honored by a great concourse of Christians.
— At Rome, the holy martyrs Marcellus and Apule-
ius, who at first followed Simon Magus, but seeing
the wonders which the Lord performed by the apostle

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Peter, abandoned Simon, and embraced the apostoli-
cal doctrine. After the death of the Apostles, under
the ex-consul Aurelian, they won the crown of mar-
tyrdom, and were buried near the city. — Also, in the
province of the Euphrates, St. Julia, virgin, who
endured martyrdom under the governor Marcian. —
At Padua, St. Justina, virgin and martyr, who was
baptized by the blessed Prosdocimus, disciple of St.
Peter. As she remained firm in the faith of Christ,
she was put to the sword by order of the governor
Maximus, and thus went to God. — At Bourges, St.
Augustus, priest and confessor. — In the diocese of
Rheims, St. Helanus, priest. — In Sweden, the trans-
lation of the body of St. Bridget, widow.

Cfie 4Eigi)tt) Dap of 2Dcto6er,

GT Bridget, widow, who, after visiting many holy
^ places by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, died
at Rome on the 23d of July. Her body was taken to
Sweden on the 7th of this month. — The same day, the
birthday of the blessed Simeon, an aged man, who,
as we read in the Gospel, took our Lord Jesus in his
arms. — At Caesarea, in Palestine, in the reign of
Decius, St. Reparata, virgin and martyr, who, re-
fusing to sacrifice to idols, was subjected to various
kinds of torments, and finally struck with the sword.
Her soul was seen to leave her body in the shape of a

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dove, and ascend to heaven. — At Thessalonica, St.
Demetrius, a proconsul, who, for having brought
many to the faith of Christ, was pierced with spears
by order of the emperor Maximian, and thus ended
his martyrdom. — In the same place, St. Nestor, mar-
tyr.— At Seville, in Spain, St. Peter, martyr. — At
Laodicea, in the time of Diocletian, St. Artemon, a
priest, who gained the crown of martyrdom by fire.
— In the diocese of Laon, St. Benedicta, virgin and
martyr. — At Ancona, Saints Palatias and Laurentia,
who were sent into exile in the persecution of Dio-
cletian, under the governor Dion, and sank under the
weight of toil and misery. — At Rouen, St. Evodius,
bishop and confessor. — At Jerusalem, St. Pelagia,
surnamed the Penitent.

Cfte JSimi) Dap of 2Dcto6er,

AT Paris, the birthday of the holy martyrs Denis
•"• the Areopagite, bishop, Rusticus, priest, and
Eleutherius, deacon. Denis was baptized by the
apostle St. Paul, and consecrated first bishop of
Athens. Then going to Rome, he was sent to Gaul
by the blessed Roman Pontiff Clement, to preach
the Gospel. He proceeded to Paris, and after hav-
ing for some years faithfully filled the office en-
trusted to him, he was subjected to the severest
kinds of torments by the prefect Fescenninus, and

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at length, being beheaded with his companions, com-
pleted his martyrdom. — The same day, the com-
memoration of the holy patriarch Abraham, father
of all believers. — At Julia (now Borgo-San-Don-
nino), near Parma, on the Claudian road, St. Domni-
nus, martyr, under the emperor Maximian. As he
was trying to escape the raging persecution, he was
overtaken by his pursuers, and being transpierced
with a sword, died gloriously. — At Cassino, St.
Deusdedit, abbot, who was cast into prison by the
tyrant Sicardus, and being there consumed with
hunger and misery, yielded up his soul. — In Hainaut,
St. Gislenus, bishop and confessor, who, resigning
his See, led the monastical life in a monastery built
by himself, and was distinguished by many virtues.
— At Valencia, in Spain, St. Louis Bertrand, of the
Order of Preachers, who, being filled with the apos-
tolic spirit, confirmed, by the innocence of his life
and the working of many miracles, the Gospel which
he had preached in America. — At Jerusalem, the
Saints Andronicus, and Athanasia, his wife. — At
Antioch, St. Publia, abbess, who, whilst Julian the
Apostate was passing by, sang with her religious
these words of David : "The idols of the Gentiles are
silver and gold;" and: "Let them that make them,
become like unto them." By the command of the
emperor, she was struck on the face and severely re-
buked.

OCTOBER. 313

Cfee Centft Dap of ^October,

A T Rome, blessed John Leonard!, confessor, founder
-** of the Congregation of Clerks Regular of the
Mother of God. He was illustrious by his labors
and miracles, and through his instrumentality mis-
sions were established by the Propaganda. — In the
island of Crete, blessed Pinytus, most noble among
the bishops. He was bishop of Gnosia, and flour-
ished under Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius
Aurelius Commodus. He left in his writings, as in
a mirror, a vivid delineation of himself. — At Cologne,
in the persecution of Maximian, St. Gereon, martyr,
with three hundred and eighteen others, who patient-
ly bowed their necks to the sword for the true re-
ligion.— In the neighborhood of the same city, the
holy martyrs Victor and his companions. — At Bonn,
in Germany, the holy martyrs Cassius and Floren-
tius, with many others. — At Nicomedia, the holy
martyrs Eulampius, and his sister, the virgin Eulam-
pia, who, hearing that her brother was tortured for
Christ, rushed through the crowd, embraced him and
became his companion. Both were cast into a
caldron of boiling oil, but being quite uninjured,
they terminated their martyrdom by decapitation
with two hundred others, who, impressed by the
miracle, had believed in Christ. — At York, in Eng-
land, the holy bishop Paulinus, disciple of the blessed
pope Gregory. Being sent thither by that pope with

314 OCTOBER.

others to preach the Gospel, he converted king Ed-
win and his people to the faith of Christ. — At
Piombino, in Tuscany, St. Cerbonius, bishop and
confessor, who, as St. Gregory relates, was renowned
for miracles, both during life and after death. — At
Verona, another St. Cerbonius, bishop. — At Capua,
St. Paulinus, bishop. — At Rome, St. Francis Borgia,
Superior General of the Society of Jesus, celebrated
for the austerity of his life, the gift of prayer, and
for the firmness with which he renounced the digni-
ties of the world, and refused those of the Church.

C|)e (Eletoentft Dap of 2Dcto6er,

AT Tarsus, in Cilicia, the birthday of the holy
-^ martyrs Tharacus, Probus, and Andronicus,
who endured a long and painful imprisonment, dur-
ing the persecution of Diocletian, and being three
times subjected to diverse punishments and tortures,
finally obtained a glorious triumph for the confession
of Christ by having their heads struck off. — In Vexin,
in the time of the governor Fescenninus, the passion
of the holy martyrs Nicasiuc, bishop of Eouen,
Quirinus, priest, Scubiculus, deacon, and Pientia,
virgin. — Also, the martyrdom of the Saints Anas-
tasius, priest, Placidus, Genesius, and their com-
panions.— In Thebais, St. Sarmata, disciple of the
blessed abbot Anthony, who was put to death for

OCTOBER. 315

Christ by the Saracens. — At Besancon, in France,
St. Germanus, bishop and martyr. — At Uzes, in Nar-
bonese Gaul, St. Firminus, bishop and confessor. — In
Ireland, St. Kenny, abbot. — At Lier, in Belgium, the
departure from this life of St. Gummarus, confessor.
—At Kennes, St. JEmilian, confessor. — At Tarsus, in
Cilicia, the holy women Zenaides and Philonilla,
sisters, who were relatives of the blessed apostle
Paul, and his disciples in the faith. — At Verona, St.
Placidia, virgin. — At Calotium, a place now in the
diocese of Asti, but formerly in that of Pavia, St.
Alexander Sauli, bishop and confessor, of the congre-
gation of Barnabites, a man illustrious by birth,
learning and miracles.

Cfie Ctoelftf) Dap of October,

A T Home, the holy martyrs Evagrius, Priscian, and
•"• their companions. — At Ravenna, on the Lauretine
road, the birthday of St. Edistius, martyr. — In Lycia,
St. Domnina, martyr, under the emperor Diocletian.

—In Africa, four thousand nine hundred and sixty-
six holy confessors and martyrs, in the persecution of
the Vandals under the Arian king Hunneric. Some
of them were bishops, some priests and deacons, with
a multitude of the faithful accompanying them, who
were driven into a frightful wilderness for the de-
fence of the Catholic truth. Many of them were
cruelly annoyed by the Moorish leaders, and with

316 OCTOBER.

sharp-pointed spears and stones forced to hasten
their march, whilst others, with their feet tied, were
dragged like corpses through rough places and man-
gled in all their limbs. They were finally tortured
in different manners, and won the honors of martyr-
dom. The principal among them were the bishops
Felix and Cyprian. — At Cilly, in Styria, St. Maxi-
milian, bishop of Lorch. — At York, in England, St.
Wilfrid, bishop and confessor, — At Milan, St. Monas,
bishop. He was chosen as head of that church, be-
cause a miraculous light from heaven surrounded
him whilst they were deliberating on the choice of a
bishop. — At Verona, St. Salvinus, bishop. — In
Syria, St. Eustachius, priest and confessor. — At
Ascoli, St. Seraphinus, confessor, of the Order of
Minorite Capuchins, distinguished by holiness of
life and humility. He was enrolled among the
saints by the Sovereign Pontiff, Clement XIII.

Cfje CfnrteentJ) Dap of SDcto&er,

TN England, St. Edward, king, who died on the
•*• 5th of January. He is specially honored on this
day, on account of the translation of his body. —
At Troas, in Asia Minor, the birthday of St. Carpus,
disciple of the blessed apostle Paul. — At Cordova, in
Spain, the birthday of the holy martyrs Faustus,
Januarius, and Martial. First tortured on the rack,

OCTOBER. 317

then having their eyelashes shaven, their teeth
plucked out, their ears and nosefe cut off, they
finished their martyrdom by fire. — At Thessalonica,
St. Florentius, a martyr, who, after enduring various
torments, was burned alive. — In Austria, St. Colman,
martyr. — At Ceuta, in Morocco, seven martyrs of the
Order of Friars Minor, Daniel, Samuel, Angelus,
Domnus, Leo, Nicholas, and Hugolinus. For preach-
ing the Gospel and refuting the errors of Mahomet,
they were reviled, bound, and scourged by the Sara-
cens, and finally won the palm of martyrdom by be-
ing beheaded. — At Antioch, the holy bishop Theo-
philus, who held the pontificate in that church, the
sixth after the blessed apostle Peter. — At Tours, St.
Venantius, abbot, and confessor. — At Subiaco, in
Italy, St. Chelidonia, virgin.

Cfte Jfoimeentf) Dap of flDcto&er,

AT Rome, on the Aurelian road, the birthday of
** blessed Callistus, pope and martyr. By order
of the emperor Alexander, after being a long time
kept in prison without food, and daily scourged
with rods, he was finally hurled from the window
of the house in which he had been shut up, and cast
into a well, and thus merited the triumph awarded
to conquerors. — At Caesarea, in Palestine, St. Fortu-
nata, virgin and martyr, during the persecution of

318 OCTOBER.

Diocletian. After having been subjected to the rack,
to fire, to the teeth of beasts and other torments, she
gave up her soul to God. Her body was afterwards
conveyed to Naples, in Campania. — Also, the Saints
Carponius, Evaristus, and Priscian, brothers of the
said blessed Fortunata, who having their throats
cut, obtained likewise the crown of martyrdom. —
Also, the Saints Saturninus and Lupus. — At Rimini,
St. Gaudentius, bishop and martyr. — At Todi, St.
Fortunatus, bishop, who, as is mentioned by blessed
Gregory, was endowed with an extraordinary gift for
casting out unclean spirits. — At Wurtzburg, St.
Burchard, first bishop of that city. — At Bruges, in
Belgium, St. Donatian, bishop of Kheims. — At
Treves, St. Rusticus, bishop. — The same day, the de-
parture out of this world of St. Dominic Loricatus.
In Italy, St. Bernard, confessor.

Cfie jFtfteemfi Dag of 2Dcto6er,

A T Avila, in Spain, St. Theresa, virgin, mother and
^ mistress of the Carmelite Brothers and Sisters
of the Strict Observance. — At Rome, on the Aurelian
road, St. Fortunatus, martyr. — At Cologne, the
birthday of three hundred holy martyrs, who termi-
nated their combat in the persecution of Maximian.
— At Carthage, St. Agileus, martyr, on whose birth-
day St. Augustine preached his panegyric. — In

OCTOBER. 319

Prussia, St. Bruno, bishop of the Euthenians and
martyr, who, preaching the Gospel in that region,
was arrested by impious men, had his hands and
feet cut off and was beheaded. — At Lyons, St.
Antiochus, bishop, who entered the heavenly king-
dom after having courageously fulfilled the duties of
the high station to which he had been called. — At
Treves, St. Severus, bishop and confessor. — At Stras-
burg, St. Aurelia, virgin. — At Cracow, St. Hedwiges,
duchess of Poland, who devoted herself to the ser-
vice of the poor, and was renowned for miracles.
She was inscribed among the saints by pope Clement
IV., and Innocent XI. permitted her feast to be
celebrated on the 17th of this month. — In Germany,
St. Thecla, abbess.

Cfce Sfeteentf) Dap of SDctofier,

TN Africa, two hundred and seventy holy martyrs
crowned together. — In the same country, the
Saints Martinian and Saturnian with their two
brothers. In the reign of the Arian king Genseric,
while the persecution of the Vandals was raging,
they were slaves belonging to a man of that race,
and being converted to the faith of Christ by
Maxima, a slave like themselves, they manifested
their attachment to the truth with such courage,
that they were beaten with rough clubs and lacer-

320 OCTOBER.

ated in all parts of their bodies to the very bone.
Although this barbarous treatment was continued
for a considerable period, their wounds were each
time healed over night, wherefore they were at
length sent into exile. There they converted many
barbarians to the faith, and obtained -from the
Roman Pontiff a priest and other ministers to bap-
tize them. Finally they were condemned to die by
being dragged through thorns, with their feet tied
behind running chariots. Maxima being miraculous-
ly delivered after enduring many tribulations, be-
came the Superioress of a large monastery of virgins,
where she ended her days in peace. — Also, the Saints
Saturninus, Nereus, and three hundred and sixty-
five other martyrs. — At Cologne, St. Eliphius, mar-
tyr, under Julian the Apostate. — Also, St. Berchar-
ius, abbot and martyr. — Near Bourges, St. Ambrose,
bishop of Cahors. — At Mayence, St. Lullus, bishop
and confessor. — At Treves, St. Florentinus, bishop.—
At Arbon, in Switzerland, St. Gall, abbot, disciple of
blessed Columban. — On Mount Cassino, blessed
Victor III., who succeeded Gregory VII. in the papal
chair and threw new lustre rounjd the Holy See by the
signal triumph he gained over the Saracens through
the divine assistance. The veneration paid to him
from time immemorial Pope Leo XIII. approved and
confirmed. — At Muro, in Lucania, St. Gerard Majella,
a professed lay brother in the Congregation of the
Most Holy Redeemer. Pius X., on account of his
reputation for miracles ranked him among the saints.

OCTOBER. 321

Cfte Sefcenteemfi Dap of 2Dcto6er*

rriHE feast of St. Hedwiges, widow, duchess of Po-
- land, who went to her rest in the Lord on the 15th
of this month. — At Antioch, the birthday of St.
Heron, disciple of blessed Ignatius. — Being made
bishop after him, he religiously followed his mas-
ter's footsteps, and, as a true lover of Christ, died
for the flock entrusted to his keeping. — The same
day, the martyrdom of the Saints Victor, Alexander,
and Marian. — In Persia, St. Mamelta, martyr, who,
being converted from idolatry to the faith by an
angel, was stoned by the Gentiles and cast into a
deep lake. — At Constantinople, during the reign of
Constantine Copronymus, St. Andrew of Crete, a
monk, who was often scourged for the worship of
holy images, and finally, after having one of his feet
cut off, breathed his last. — At Orange, in France, St.
Florentinus, bishop, who died leaving a reputation
for many virtues. — At Capua, St Victor, a bishop,
distinguished for erudition and sanctity.

Cfie (Cfg&teettti) Dap of

fTlHE birthday of blessed Luke, evangelist, who,

after having suffered much for the name of

Christ, died in Bithynia, filled with the Holy Ghost.

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322 OCTOBER.

His relics were taken to Constantinople, and thence
conveyed to Padua. — At Antioch, St. Asclepiades,
bishop, one of the celebrated troop of martyrs who
suffered gloriously under Macrinus. — In the diocese
of Beauvais, St. Justus, martyr, who, being but a
boy, was put to death in the persecution of Diocle-
tian, under the governor Kictiovarus.— At Neocse-
sarea, in Pontus, the holy and learned bishop Atheno-
dorus, brother of St. Gregory Thaumaturgus, who
underwent martyrdom in the persecution of Aure-
lian. — In Mesopotamia, on the bank of the Euphra-
tes, St. Julian, hermit. — At Koine, the birthday of
St. Paul of the Cross, confessor, founder of the Con-
gregation of the Cross and Passion of Our Lord
Jesus Christ, whom Pius IX. canonized on account
of his remarkable innocence of life and his peniten-
tial spirit, assigning the 28th of April as the day of
his festival. — At Rome, St. Tryphonia, at one time
wife of the Caesar Decius. She was buried in a
crypt, near St. Hippolytus.

Cfte J!3ineteenti) Dag of SDctoftet.

A T Arenas, in Spain, St. Peter of Alcantara, con-
•"• fessor, of the Order of Minorites, who was conon-
ized by Clement IX. on account of his admirable
penance and many miracles. — At Rome, the birthday
of the holy martyrs Ptolemy and Lucius, under Mar-
cus Antoninus. The former, as we learn from the

OCTOBER. 323

martyr Justin, having converted an immodest woman
to the faith of Christ, and taught her to practise
chastity, was accused by a profligate man before the
prefect Urbicius, and condemned to languish a long
time in a filthy dungeon. At length, as he declared
by a public confession that Christ was his master,
he was led to execution. Lucius disapproving the
sentence of Urbicius, and avowing freely that he was
a Christian, received the same sentence. To them
was added a third, who was condemned to suffer a
like punishment. — At Antioch, the holy martyrs
Beronicus, the virgin Pelagia and forty-nine others.
—In Egypt, St. Varus, soldier, under the emperor
Maximinus. He used to visit and comfort seven
saintly monks detained in prison, when one of them
happening to die, he wished to take his place, and
having suffered with them cruel afflictions, he ob-
tained the palm of martyrdom. — At Evreux, St.
Aquilinus, bishop and confessor. — In the diocese of
Orleans, the departure from this world of St. Vera-
nus, bishop. — At Salerno, St. Eusterius, bishop. — In
Ireland, St. Ethbin, abbot. — At Oxford, in England,
St. Frideswide, virgin.

Cfte Ctoentiet!) Dap of flDcto&et,

T N Poland, St. John Cantius, priest and confessor.

Being glorious for virtues and miracles, he was

inscribed among the saints by the Sovereign Pon-

324 OCTOBER.

tiff, Clement XIII. — At Abia, near Aquila, in Abruz-
zo, the birthday of blessed Maximus, deacon and
martyr, who, through the desire of suffering, pre-
sented himself to the persecutors that sought him.
After answering with great constancy, he was racked
and tortured, then beaten with rods, and finally he
died by being precipitated from an elevated place. —
At Agen, in France, St. Caprasius, martyr. As he
was hiding himself in a cavern to avoid the violence
of the persecution, the report of the blessed virgin
Faith's courage in suffering for Christ animated him
to endure torments, and he prayed to God that, if he
were deemed worthy of the glory of martyrdom,
clear water might flow from the rock of his cavern.
God having granted his prayer, he went with confi-
dence to the scene of combat, and after a valiant
struggle, merited the palm of martyrdom under
Maximian. — At Antioch, St. Artemius, imperial offi-
cer. Although he had filled high stations in the
army under Constantine the Great, Julian the Apos-
tate, whom he had reprehended for his cruelty to-
wards Christians, ordered him to be beaten with
rods, subjected to other torments, and finally be-
headed.— At Cologne, the martyrdom of the holy
virgins Martha and Saula, with many others. — At
Minden, the birthday of St. Felician, bishop and
martyr.— At Paris, the holy martyrs, George, deacon,
and Aurelius. — In Portugal, St. Irene, virgin and
martyr. — In the diocese of Kheims, St. Sindulphus,
confessor.

OCTOBER. 325

C&e €toentg*ftr0t Dag of 2Dcto6er,

TN Cyprus, the birthday of the holy abbot Hilarion.
His life, full of virtues and miracles, was writ-
ten by St. Jerome. — At Cologne, the birthday of the
Saints Ursula and her companions, who gained the
martyrs' crown by being massacred by the Huns for
the Christian religion and their constancy in keep-
ing their virginity. Many of their bodies were de-
posited at Cologne. — At Ostia, St. Asterius, priest
and martyr, who suffered under the emperor Alex-
ander, as we read in the Acts of the blessed pope
Callistus. — At Nicomedia, the birthday of the Saints
Dasius, Zoticus, Caius, and twelve other soldiers,
who, after suffering various torments, were sub-
merged in the sea. — At Maronia, near Antioch, in
Syria, St. Malchus, monk. — At Lyons, St. Viator,
deacon of blessed Justus, bishop of that city. — At
Laon, St. Cilinia, mother of blessed Kemigius, bishop
of Eheims.

Cfte Ctoemg'geconD Dap of 2Dcto6er,

IT Jerusalem, the blessed bishop Mark, a cele-
^ brated and learned man, who was the first Gentile
that governed the chuch of Jerusalem. His brief
episcopate was rewarded by the palm of martyrdom,
under the emperor Antoninus. — At Adrianople, in
Thrace, the birthday of the holy martyrs Philip,

326 OCTOBER.

bishop, Severus, priest, Eusebius, and Hermes, who,
after being imprisoned and scourged, were burned
alive, in the time of Julian the Apostate. — Also, the
holy martyrs Alexander, bishop, Heracilus, soldier,
and their companions. — At Fermo, in the Marches,
St. Philip, bishop and martyr. — At Huesca, in Spain,
the holy virgins Nunilo and Alodia, sisters, who en-
dured martyrdom by being condemned to capital
punishment by the Saracens for the confession of
the faith. — At Cologne, St. Cordula, one of the com-
panions of St. Ursula, who, being terrified at the
torments and slaughter of the other virgins, hid her-
self, but soon repenting, came forward the next day,
and last of all received the crown of martyrdom. —
At Hierapolis, in Phrygia, St. Abercius, bishop, who
flourished under the emperor Marcus Antoninus. —
At Rouen, St. Melanius, bishop, who was ordained
by pope St. Stephen, and sent thither to preach the
Gospel. — In Tuscany, St. Donatus, of Scotland,
bishop of Fiesoli. — At Verona, St. Verecundus,
bishop and confessor. — At Jerusalem, St. Mary Sa-
lome, who, as we read in the Gospel, piously attended
to the burial of our Lord.

Cfie CtoentHfnrD Dap of 2Dctobet,

IN the territory of Ossuma, in Spain, near Cadiz,
the holy martyrs Servandus and Germanus, in
the persecution of Diocletian, under the lieutenant

OCTOBER. 327

Viator. After being subjected to scourging, im-
prisonment in a foul dungeon, want of food and
drink, and the fatigue of a very long journey, which
they had to perform loaded with fetters, they at
length reached the term of their martyrdom by hav-
ing their heads stricken off. Germanus was buried
at Merida, and Servandus at Seville. — At Antioch, in
Syria, the birthday of the holy priest Theodore, who
was arrested in the persecution of the impious
Julian. After being racked, after suffering many
severe torments, and the burning of his sides with
torches, as he persevered in the confession of Christ,
he was put to the sword, and thus consummated his
martyrdom. — At Granada, in Spain, blessed Peter
Paschasius, bishop of Jaen and martyr, of the Order
of Mercedarians. He suffered on the 6th of Decem-
ber.— At Constantinople, St. Ignatius, bishop, who,
for having reproved the emperor Bardas for putting
away his wife, was subjected by him to many insults
and driven into banishment. Being restored to his
See by the Roman Pontiff Nicholas, he finally rested
in peace. — At Bordeaux, St. Severin, bishop of Co-
logne and confessor. — At Rouen, St. Romanus,
bishop. — At Salerno, St. Verus, bishop. — In Picardy,
St. Domitius, priest. — In Poitou, St. Benedict, con-
fessor.— Near Villack, in Hungary, St. John of Capis-
tran, confessor, of the Order of Minorites, illustrious
by the sanctity of his life, and his zeal for the prop-
agation of the Catholic faith. By his prayers and

328 OCTOBER.

miracles, he routed a most powerful army of Turks
and forced them to raise the seige of Belgrade.

Cfie CtoentHourtl) Dap of ffl)cto&er,

A T Venosa, in Basilicata, the birthday of the holy
•"• martyrs Felix, African bishop, Audactus and
Januarius, priests, Fortunatus and Septimus, lectors.
In the time of Diocletian, after having been a long
time loaded with fetters, and imprisoned in Africa
and Sicily by the governor Magdellian, as Felix re-
fused absolutely to deliver the sacred books, accord-
ing to the emperor's edict, they finally closed their
lives by being beheaded. — At Nagran, in Arabia
Felix, the passion of the Saint Aretas and his com-
panions, to the number of three hundred and forty,
in the time of the emperor Justin, under the Jewish
tyrant Dunaan. After them was burned alive a
Christian woman, whose son, five years old, con-
fessed Christ lisping, and as he could neither by
caresses nor threats be stopped, he rushed into the
fire in which his mother was burning. — At Cologne,
St. Evergistus, bishop and martyr. — At Constanti-
nople, St. Proclus, bishop. — In Bretagne, the de-
parture from this life of St. Maglorious, bishop,
whose body rests at Paris. — In Campania, St. Mark,
solitary, whose renowned actions have been recorded
by St. Gregory.

OCTOBER. 329

Dag of 2Dcto6et»

AT Rome, the holy martyrs Chrysanthus, and his
**• wife Daria. After many sufferings endured
for Christ, under the prefect Celerinus, they were
ordered by the emperor Numerian to be thrown
into a sandpit on the Salarian road, where, being
overwhelmed with earth and stones, they were
buried alive. — Also, at Eome, the birthday of forty-
six holy soldiers, who were baptized together by
pope Denis, and soon after beheaded by order of
the emperor Claudius. They were buried on the
Salarian way, with one hundred and twenty-one
other martyrs. Among them are named four sol-
diers of Christ — Theodosius, Lucius, Mark and Peter.
—At Soissons, in France, in the persecution of Dio-
cletian, the holy martyrs Crispin and Crispinian,
noble Komans. Under the governor Rictiovarus,
after horrible torments, they were put to the sword,
and thus obtained the crown of martyrdom. Their
bodies were afterwards conveyed to Rome, and en-
tombed with due honors in the church of St.
Lawrence, in Panisperna. — At Florence, St. Minias,
a soldier, who fought valorously for the faith of
Christ and was gloriously crowned with martyrdom
during the reign of Decius. — At Torres, in Sardinia,
the holy martyrs Protus, priest, and Januarius, dea-
con, who, being sent to that island by pope St. Caius,
were put to death, under the governor Barbarus, in

330 OCTOBER.

the reign of Diocletian. — At Constantinople, the
martyrdom of the Saints Martyrius, sub-deacon, and
Marcian, chanter, who were murdered by the heretics,
under the emperor Qonstantius. — At Eome, St.
Boniface, pope and confessor. — At Perigueux, in
France, St. Fronto, who, being made bishop by the
blessed apostle Peter, converted to Christ, with a
priest named George, a large number of the people
of that place, and, renowned for miracles, rested in
peace. — At Brescia, the birthday of St. Gaudentius,
bishop, distinguished by his learning and holiness. —
At Javols, St. Hilary, bishop.

Cfte Ctoemg'Stetl) Dap of SDctober,

AT Kome, in the time of the emperor Adrian, St.
•"• Evaristus, pope and martyr, who enriched the
Church of God with his blood.— In Africa, the holy
martyrs Rogatian, priest, and Felicissimus, who
received the bright crown of martyrs, in the perse-
cution of Valerian and Gallienus. They are men-
tioned by St. Cyprian in his epistle to the Confes-
sors.— At Mcomedia, the holy martyrs Lucian,
Florius and their companions. — The same day, St.
Quodvultdeus, bishop of Carthage. By the Arian
king Genseric, he and his clergy were put on board
of leaking boats without oars or sails, but beyond
all expectations he landed at Naples, and there in

OCTOBER. 331

exile died a confessor. — At Narbonne, St. Rusticus,
bishop and confessor, who flourished in the time
of the emperors Valentinian and Leo. — At Salerno,
St. Gaudiosus, bishop. — At Pavia, St. Fulk, bishop.
— At Hildesheim, in Saxony, St. Bernward, bishop
and confessor, who was ranked among the saints by
Celestine III. — Also, St. Quadragesimus, sub-dea-
con, who raised a dead man to life.

Cfie Ctoemp*0etoent|) Dap of 2Dcto6er,

fTIHE vigil of the holy apostles Simon and Jude.—
• At Avila, in Spain, the Saints Vincent, Sabina
and Christeta, who were first stretched on the rack
in such a manner that all their limbs were dislocated ;
then stones being laid on their heads, and their
brains beaten out with heavy bars, they terminated
their martyrdom under the governor Dacian. — At
Tilchatel, St. Florentius, martyr. — In Cappadocia,
the holy martyrs Capitolina, and Erotheides, her
handmaid, who suffered under Diocletian. — In India,
St. Frumentius, bishop. While he was a captive
there he was consecrated bishop by St. Athanasius,
and preached the Gospel in that country. — In Ethi-
opia, St. Elesbaan, king, who, after having defeated
the enemies of Christ and sent his royal diadem to
Jerusalem, in the time of the emperor Justin, led a
monastical life, as he had vowed, and went to his
reward.

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IT1HE birthday of the blessed apostles Simon the
Cananean, and Thaddeus, who is called Jude.
Simon preached the Gospel in Egypt, Thaddeus in
Mesopotamia. Afterwards, entering Persia together,
they converted to Christ a numberless multitude of
the inhabitants, and then underwent martyrdom. —
At Kome, in the reign of Claudius, St. Cyrilla, vir-
gin, daughter of St. Tryphonia, who was pierced
through the throat for the faith of Christ. — In the
same city, the holy martyrs Anastasia the Elder,
virgin, and Cyril. In the persecution of Valerian,
under the prefect Probus, Anastasia was bound with
chains, buffeted, subjected to fire and scourging, and,
as she remained immovable in the confession of
Christ, her breasts were cut off, her nails plucked
out, her teeth broken, and her hands, feet and head
severed from her body. Bedecked with her suffer-
ings as with so many jewels, she went to her spouse.
At her request, Cyril gave her some water to drink,
and for his reward became a martyr. — At Como, St.
Fidelis, martyr, under the emperor Maximian. — At
Mayence, St. Ferrutius, martyr. — At Meaux, SL
Faro, bishop and confessor. — At Naples, St. Gaudio-
sus, an African bishop, who came to Campania be-
cause of the persecution of the Vandals, and closed
peacefully his holy career in a monastery near that
city. — At Vercelli, St. Honoratus, bishop.

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N Lucania, the holy martyrs Hyacinthus, Quinc-
tus, Felician and Lucius. — At Sidon, in Phoe-
nicia, St. Zenobius, a priest. Whilst the last perse-
cution was raging, by exhorting others to martyrdom,
he was himself deemed worthy of it. — The same day,
the holy bishops Maximilian, martyr, and Valentine,
confessor. — At Bergamo, St. Eusebia, virgin and
martyr. — At Jerusalem, the birthday of blessed Nar-
cissus, a bishop distinguished for holiness, patience
and faith, who went to the kingdom of God at the
age of one hundred and sixteen years. — At Autun,
St. John, bishop and confessor.— At Cassiope, in the
island of Corfu, St. Donatus, mentioned by the
blessed pope Gregory. — At Vienne, the departure
from this world of blessed Theodore, abbot.

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TN Africa, the birthday of two hundred and twenty
holy martyrs. — At Tangier, in Morocco, St. Mar-
cellus, a centurion, who endured martyrdom by be-
ing beheaded under the vice-prefect Agricolaus. — At
Alexandria, in the reign of Decius, thirteen holy
martyrs, who suffered with Saints Julian, Eunus
and Macarius. — In the same place, St. Eutropia,

334 OCTOBER.

martyr, who visited the martyrs, and was so cruelly
tortured with them that she breathed her last. — At
Cagliari, in Sardinia, St. Saturninus, martyr, who
was beheaded under the governor Barbarus, during
the persecution of Diocletian. — At Apamea, in Phry-
gia, St. Maximus, martyr, under the same Diocle-
tian.— At Leon, in Spain, the holy martyrs Claudius,
Lupercus, and Victorius, sons of the centurion St.
Marcellus, who were condemned to decapitation, in
the persecution of Diocletian and Maximian, under
the governor Diogenian. — At 2Egea, in Cilicia, the
martyrdom of the Saints Zenobius, bishop, and Zeno-
bia, his sister, under the emperor Diocletian and the
governor Lysias. — At Altino, St. Theonestus, bishop
and martyr, who was killed by the Arians. — At
Paris, St. Lucanus, martyr. — At Antioch, St. Sera-
pion, a bishop very celebrated for his learning. — At
Capua, St. Germanus, bishop and confessor, a man
of great sanctity, whose soul, at the hour of death,
was seen by St. Benedict taken to heaven by angels.
—At Potenza, in Basilicata, St. Gerard, bishop.—
At Palma, in the island of Majorca, St. Alphonsus
Rodriguez, a lay brother of the Society of Jesus,
whom Leo XII. beatified and Leo XIII. canonized
on account of his remarkable humility and constant
love of mortification.

OCTOBER. 335

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mHE vigil of All Saints.— At Rome, the birthday
• of blessed Nemesius, deacon, and his daughter,
the virgin Lucilla. As they could not be prevailed
upon to abandon the faith of Christ, they were be-
headed on the 25th of August by order of the em-
peror Valerian. Their bodies were buried by the
blessed pope Stephen, and afterwards more decently
entombed on this day, on the Appian road, by
blessed Xystus. Gregory V. translated them into
the sacristy of Santa Maria Nova, together with the
Saints Symphronius, Olympius, tribune, Exuperia,
his wife, and Theodulus, his son, who, being all con-
verted by the exertions of Symphronius, and bap-
tized by the same St. Stephen, had been crowned
with martyrdom. These holy bodies were found
there during the Pontificate of Gregory XIII., and
placed more honorably beneath the altar of the same
church, on the 8th of December. — The same day, the
Saints Ampliatus, Urbanus and Narcissus, who are
mentioned by St. Paul in his epistle to the Romans.
They were put to death by the Jews and Gentiles for
the Gospel of Christ. — At Saint-Quentin, in France,
St. Quinctinus, Roman citizen and senator, who en-
dured martyrdom under the emperor Maximian. By
the revelation of an angel, his body was found incor-
rupt after the lapse of fifty-five years. — At Constanti-
nople, St. Stachis, bishop, who was consecrated first

336 OCTOBER.

bishop of that city by the blessed apostle Andrew. —
At Milan, St. Antoninus, bishop and confessor. — At
Ratisbon, St. Wolfgang, bishop.

NOVEMBER.

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HE Festival of All Saints, which pope
Boniface IV., after the dedication of the
Pantheon, ordained to be kept generally
and solemnly every year, in the city of
Rome, in honor of the blessed Virgin Mary, Mother
of God, and of the holy martyrs. It was afterwards
decreed by Gregory IV. that this feast, which was
then celebrated in many dioceses, but at different
times, should be on this day perpetually and
solemnly kept by the whole Church in honor of all
the Saints. — At Terracina, in Campania, the birth-
day of St. Caesarius, deacon, who was for many
days detained in prison, afterwards put into a sack
with St. Julian, priest, and then precipitated into
the sea. — At Dijon, St. Benignus, a priest, who
was sent to France by blessed Polycarp to preach
the Gospel. After he had been subjected to many
most grievous torments, by the judge Terentius,
under the emperor Marcus Aurelius, he was finally
condemned to have his neck struck with an iron
bar and his body pierced with a lance. — The same
day, St. Mary, handmaid. Accused of professing
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the Christian religion, in the time of the emperor
Adrian, she was subjected to cruel scourging, to
torture on the rack, and the lacerating of her body
with iron hooks, and thus completed her martyr-
dom.— At Damascus, the martyrdom of the Saints
Csesarius, Dacius and five others. — In Persia, under
king Sapor, the holy martyrs John, bishop, and
James, priest. — At Tarsus, the Saints Cyrenia and
Juliana, under the emperor Maximian. — At Cler-
mont, in Auvergne, St. Austremonius, first bishop
of that city. — At Paris, the decease of St. Marcel-
lus, bishop.— At Bayeux, St. Vigor, bishop, in the
time of Childebert, king of the Franks.— At Tivoli,
St. Severin, monk. — In Gatinais, St. Maturin, con-
fessor.

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fPHE Commemoration of all the faithful departed.
- — The same day, the birthday of St. Victorinus,
bishop of Poitiers, who, after writing many works,
as is attested by St. Jerome, was crowned with mar-
tyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian. — At Trieste,
blessed Justus, who consummated his martyrdom in
the same persecution, under the governor Manatius.
— At Sebaste, the Saints Carterius, Styriacus, To-
bias, Eudoxius, Agapius, and their companions,
martyrs, under the emperor Licinius. — In Persia, the
holy martyrs Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphtonius, El-

NOVEMBER. 339

pidephorus and Anempodistus, with their numerous
companions.— In Africa, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Publius, Victor, Hermes, and Papias. — At
Tarsus, in Cilicia, in the reign of Julian the Apos-
tate, St. Eustochium, virgin and martyr, who
breathed her last in prayer in the midst of severe
torments. — At Laodicea, in Syria, St. Theodotus, a
bishop, powerful in words, and adorned with good
works and virtues. — At Vienne, St. George, bishop.
— In the monastery of St. Maurice, in Switzerland,
St. Ambrose, abbot. — At Cyrus, in Syria, St. Mar-
cian, confessor.

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rTHE birthday of St. Quartus, disciple of the
L apostles. — At Csesarea, in Cappadocia, the holy
martyrs Germanus, Theophilus, Csesarius and Vi-
talis, who became illustrious martyrs in the perse-
cution of Decius. — At Saragossa, under Dacian,
governor of Spain, innumerable holy martyrs, who
laid down their lives for Christ with admirable
fervor. — At Viterbo, during the persecution of
Maximian, the holy martyrs Valentine, priest, and
Hilary, deacon. For attachment to the faith of
Christ, they were cast into the Tiber with a stone
tied to them, but being miraculously rescued by
an angel, they were beheaded, and thus were
crowned with the glory of martyrdom. — In Eng-

340 NOVEMBER.

land, St. Winefride, virgin and martyr. — In the
monastery of Clairvaux, the decease of St. Malachy,
bishop of Armagh, in Ireland, who won renown in
his own days for his many virtues, and whose life
was written by the abbot St. Bernard. — The same
day, St. Hubert, bishop of Tongres. — At Vienne, St.
Domnus, bishop and confessor. — Also, the departure
from this life of St. Pirminus, bishop of Meaux. —
At Urgel, in Spain, St. Hermengaudus, bishop. — At
Borne, St. Sylvia, mother of pope St. Gregory.

C&e Jfourti) Dap of Ji3otiem&er,

AT Milan, St. Charles Borromeo, cardinal, and
•**• bishop of that city, who was ranked among the
Saints by Paul V. on account of the holiness of
his life and his renown for miracles. — At Bologna,
the holy martyrs Vitalis and Agricola. The former
was first the servant of the latter, and afterwards
his partner and colleague in martyrdom. He was
subjected by the persecutors to all kinds of tor-
ments, so that there was no part of his body with-
out wounds. After having suffered with constancy,
he yielded up his soul to God in prayer. Agricola
was put to death by being fastened to a cross with
many nails. St. Ambrose relates that being present
at their translation, he took the martyr's nails, his
glorious blood, and the wood of his cross, and de-

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posited them under the consecrated altars. — The
same day, the birthday of the Saints Philologus and
Patrobas, disciples of the apostle St. Paul. — At
Autun, St. Proculus, martyr. — In Vexin (in the
North of France), St. Clarus, priest and martyr. —
At Ephesus, St. Porphyry, martyr, under the em-
peror Aurelian. — At Myra, in Lycia, the holy mar-
tyrs Nicander, bishop, and Hermas, priest, under
the governor Libanius. — The same day, the birthday
of St. Pierius, priest of Alexandria, who, being
deeply versed in the sacred Scriptures, leading a
very pure life, and freed from all impediments in
order to apply to Christian philosophy, taught the
people with great renown, and published various
treatises, under the emperors Carus and Diocletian,
when Theonas governed the church of Alexandria.
After the persecution, he spent the remainder of his
life at Borne, where he rested in peace. — At Bhodez,
in France, blessed Amantius, bishop, whose life was
resplendent with sanctity and miracles. — In Bithy-
nia, St. Joannicius, abbot. — In Hungary, at Alba-
Begale, the demise of St. Emeric, confessor, son of
St. Stephen, king of Hungary. — In the monastery
of Cerfroid, in the diocese of Meaux, St. Felix de
Valois, founder of the Order of the Most Holy
Trinity for the Bedemption of Captives. His feast
is celebrated on the 20th of this month by order of
Innocent XI. — At Treves, St. Modesta, virgin.

342 NOVEMBER.

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CT. ZA CHARY, priest and prophet, father of
^ blessed John the Baptist. — Also, St. Elizabeth,
mother of the same most holy precursor. — At Ter-
racina, in Campania, the birthday of the holy mar-
tyrs, Felix, priest, and Eusebius, monk. The latter
having buried the holy martyrs Julian and Csesarius,
and converted to the faith of Christ, many whom the
priest St. Felix baptized, was arrested with him,
and both being led to the tribunal of the judge, who
could not succeed in intimidating them, they were
shut up in prison, and as they refused to offer sacri-
fice, were beheaded that same night. — At Emesa, in
Phoenicia, during the persecution of Decius, the holy
martyrs Galation, and Epistemis, his wife, who were
scourged, had their hands, feet and tongue severed
from their bodies, and finally consummated their
martyrdom by decapitation. — Also, the holy mar-
tyrs Domninus, Theotimus, Philotheus, Silvanus,
and their companions, under the emperor Maxi-
minus. — At Milan, St. Magnus, bishop and confes-
sor.— At Brescia, St. Dominator, bishop. — At Treves,
St. Fibitius, who was made bishop of that city while
filling the office of abbot. — At Orleans, in France,
St. Lsetus, priest and confessor.

NOVEMBER. 343

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AT Tunis, in Africa, the birthday of St. Felix,
^ martyr, who, having confessed Christ, was sent
to prison, his execution being deferred. But the
next day he was found dead, as is related by St.
Augustine, in his exposition of a psalm to the people
on the feast of the saint. — At Theopolis, ten holy
martyrs, who are reported to have been put to death
by the Saracens. — At Barcelona, St. Severus, bishop
and martyr, who had his head pierced with a nail,
and thus received the crown of martyrdom for the
faith. — In Phrygia, St. Atticus. — At Berg, the de-
parture from this life of St. Winoc, abbot, who was-
renowned for virtues and miracles, and for a long
time served his brethren, even those who were sub-
ject to him. — At Fundi, in Campania, St. Felix,
monk. — At Limoges, in Aquitaine, St. Leonard, con-
fessor, disciple of the blessed bishop Remigius, who
was born of a noble family, and chose to lead a
solitary life. He was celebrated for holiness and
miracles, but his miraculous gift shone particularly
in the deliverance of captives.

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AT Padua, the demise of St. Prosdocimus, first
•"• bishop of that city, who was ordained bishop
by the blessed apostle Peter, and sent thither to

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preach the word of God, where, celebrated for many
virtues and prodigies, he happily ended his life. —
At Perugia, St. Herculanus, bishop and martyr. —
The same day, St. Amaranthus, martyr, who was
buried in the city of Albi, after the termination of
combats faithfully sustained, but lives in eternal
glory. — At Melitine, in Armenia, the martyrdom of
the Saints Hieron, Meander, Hesychius, and thirty
others, who were crowned in the persecution of Dio-
cletian, under the governor Lysias. — At Amphipolis,
in Macedonia, the holy martyrs Auctus, Taurio and
Thessalonica. — At Ancyra, the passion of the Saints
Melasippus, Anthony and Carina, under Julian the
Apostate. — At Cologne, St. Engelbertus, bishop, who
did not hesitate to suffer martyrdom in defence of
ecclesiastical liberties, and for obedience to the Ro-
man Church. — At Alexandria, blessed Achillas, a
bishop renowned for erudition, faith and purity of
life. — In Friesland, the decease of St. Willibrord,
bishop of Utrecht, who was consecrated bishop by the
blessed pope Sergius, and preached the Gospel in
Friesland and Denmark. — At Metz, St. Eufus, bish-
op and confessor. — At Strasburg, St. Florentius,
bishop.

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Cfie OBisfitft Dap of Jl3otoem6er«

fTIHE Octave of All Saints. — At Eome, on the Lavi-
•*• can road, three miles from the city, the martyr-
dom of the Saints Claudius, Mcostratus, Symphor-

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ian, Castorius and Simplicius, who were first sent
to prison, then scourged with whips set with metal,
and as they could not be made to forsake the faith
of Christ, Diocletian ordered them to be thrown into
the river. — Also, on the Lavican way, the birthday
of the saintly brothers, Severus, Severian, Carpo-
phorus and Victorinus, called the Four Crowned,
who were scourged to death with leaded whips, dur-
ing the reign of the same emperor. As their names,
known some years afterwards by revelation, could
not then be ascertained, it was ordered that their
anniversary should be commemorated with the pre-
ceding five, under the name of the Four Saints
Crowned. This appellation was retained by the
Church, even after their names had been revealed. —
At Home, St. Deusdedit, pope, whose merit was so
great that he cured a leper by kissing him. — At
Bremen, St. Willehad, first bishop of that city, who,
in conjunction with St. Boniface, whose disciple he
was, spread the Gospel in Friesland and Saxony. — •
At Soissons, in France, St. Godfrey, bishop of
Amiens, a man of great holiness. — At Verdun, St.
Maurus, bishop and confessor. — At Tours, St. Clarus,
priest, whose epitaph was written by St. Paulinus.

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AT Home, the dedication of the Basilica of our

Saviour. — At Amasea, in Pontus, the birthday

of St. Theodore, a soldier, in the time of the em-

346 NOVEMBER.

peror Maximian. For the confession of Christ, he
was severely scourged and sent to prison, where
he was comforted by an apparition of our Lord,
who exhorted him to act with courage and constancy.
He was finally stretched on the rack, lacerated with
iron hooks till his intestines were laid bare, and
then cast into the flames to be burned alive. His
glorious deeds have been celebrated in a magnificent
oration by St. Gregory of Nyssa. — At Tyana, in
Cappadocia, the martyrdom of St. Orestes, under the
emperor Diocletian. — At Thessalonica, St. Alexan-
der, martyr, during the reign of Maximian. — At
Bourges, St. Ursinus, confessor, who was ordained
at Rome by the successors of the apostles and ap-
pointed first bishop of that city. — At Naples, in
Campania, St. Agrippinus, a bishop renowned for
miracles. — At Constantinople, the holy virgins
Eustolia, a native of Rome, and Sopatra, daughter
of the emperor Maurice. — At Berytus, in Syria, the
Commemoration of the Image of our Saviour, which
being fastened to a cross by the Jews, poured out
blood so copiously that the Eastern and Western
Churches received abundantly of it.

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A T Naples, in Campania, the birthday of St. An-
•"• drew Avellini, Clerk Regular, very celebrated for
his sanctity, and his zeal in procuring the salvation

NOVEMBER. 347

of souls. Being renowned for miracles, he was in-
scribed on the catalogue of saints by Clement XI. —
The birthday of the holy martyrs Tryphon and Ke-
spicius, and the virgin Nympha. — In the diocese of
Agde, the holy martyrs Tiberius, Modestus, and
Florentia, who, after being subjected to various tor-
ments, consummated their martyrdom in the time of
Diocletian. — At Antioch, the Saints Demetrius,
bishop, Anian, deacon, Eustosius, and twenty other
martyrs. — At Ravenna, St. Probus, a bishop, re-
nowned for miracles. — At Orleans, St. Monitor,
bishop and confessor. In England, St. Justus,
bishop, who was sent by pope Gregory with Augus-
tine, Mellitus, and others to preach the Gospel in
that country. There he went to his repose in the
Lord, celebrated for sanctity. — At Melun, St. Leo,
confessor. — At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy women
Tryphenna and Tryphosa, who profited by the preach-
ing of blessed Paul and the example of Thecla to
make great progress in Christian perfection. — In the
island of Paros, St. Theoctistes, virgin.

Cfte <&lt\*tntb Dap of H3otoem6cr*

AT Tours, in France, the birthday of blessed Mar-
•^ tin, bishop and confessor, whose life was so re-
nowned for miracles that he received the power to
raise three persons from the dead. — At Cotya3um, in

348 NOVEMBER.

Phrygia, during the persecution of Diocletian, the
celebrated martyrdom of St. Mennas, Egyptian sol-
dier, who cast off the military belt and obtained the
grace of serving the King of heaven secretly in the
desert. Afterwards coming out publicly, and freely
declaring himself a Christian, he was first subjected
to dire torments ; and finally kneeling in prayer, and
giving thanks to our Lord Jesus Christ, he was
struck with the sword. After his death, he was re-
nowned for many miracles. — At Ravenna, the holy
martyrs Valentine, Felician and Victorinus, who
were crowned in the persecution of Diocletian. — In
Mesopotamia, St. Athenodorus, martyr, who was sub-
jected to fire and other torments under the same
Diocletian and the governor Eleusius. He was at
length sentenced to capital punishment, but the exe-
cutioner having fallen down and no other person
daring to strike him with the sword, he passed to
his repose in the Lord whilst praying. — At Lyons,
St. Veranus, bishop, whose life was illustrated by his
faith and other virtues. — In the monastery of
Crypta-Ferrata, near Frascati, the holy abbot,
Bartholomew, companion of blessed Nilus, whose life
he wrote. — In the province of Abruzzo, blessed
Mennas, solitary, whose virtues and miracles are
mentioned by pope St. Gregory.

NOVEMBER. 349

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rPHE birthday of St. Martin, pope and martyr.
Because he had convoked a council at Rome, and
condemned the heretics Sergius, Paul and Pyrrhus,
he was taken prisoner treacherously by order of the
heretical emperor Constans, carried to Constanti-
nople and banished to Chersonesus, where he ended
his life, consumed with afflictions endured for the
Catholic faith, and with a reputation for many
miracles. His body was subsequently transferred to
Rome, and deposited in the church of the Saints
Silvester and Martin. — -In Asia, the martyrdom of
the Saints Aurelius and Publius, bishops. — In the
diocese of Sens, St. Paternus, martyr. — At Ghent, St.
Livinus, bishop and martyr. — In Poland, the holy
martyrs Benedict, John, Matthew, Isaac and Chris-
tinus, hermits. — At Witebsk, in Poland, the martyr-
dom of St. Josaphat, of the Order of St. Basil, arch-
bishop of Polotzk, who was cruelly murdered by the
schismatics, through hatred of Catholic unity and
truth. He was cononized by Pius IX. in 1867. — At
Avignon, St. Rufus, first bishop of that city. — At
Cologne, the decease of St. Cunibert, bishop. — At
Tarazona, in Spain, blessed ^Emilian, a priest who
wrought numberless miracles, and whose wonderful
life was written by St. Braulio, bishop of Sara-
gossa. — At Constantinople, St. Nilus, abbot who re-
signed the office of governor of the city to become a

350 NOVEMBER.

monk, and was distinguished for learning and sanc-
tity, in the time of Theodosius the Younger. — Also,
at Constantinople, St. Theodore Studita, who be-
came celebrated throughout the whole Catholic
Church by his vigorous defence of the faith against
the Iconoclasts. — At Alcala, in Spain, St. Didacus,
confessor, of the Order of Minorites, who was re-
nowned for his humility. Inscribed on the cata-
logue of the saints by Sixtus V., his feast is kept on
the thirteenth of this month.

Cfte Cfiitteentj) Dap of

. DIDACUS, confessor, of the Order of Minor-
ites, whose birthday occurred on the twelfth
of this month. — At Eavenna, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Valentine, Solutor and Victor, who
suffered under the emperor Diocletian. — At Aix, in
Province, St. Matrius, a most renowned martyr. —
At Ca3sarea, in Palestine, the martyrdom of the
Saints Antoninus, Zebina, Germanus and Ennatha,
virgin. Ennatha was scourged under Galerius
Maximian, and burned alive, while the others, for
boldly reproaching the governor Firmilian for his
idolatry in sacrificing to the gods, were beheaded.—
In Africa, the holy martyrs Arcadius, Paschasius,
Probus and Eutychian, Spaniards, who refused abso-
lutely to vield to the Arian perfidy, during the perse-

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cution of the Vandals. Accordingly they were pro-
scribed by the Arian king Genseric, driven into exile,
and finally, after being subjected to fearful tortures,
were put to death in various manners. Then was
also made manifest the constancy of the small boy
Paulillns, brother of the Saints Paschasius and
Eutychian. As he could not be seduced from the
Catholic faith, he was a long time beaten with rods,
and condemned to a base servitude. — At Rome, pope
St. Nicholas, distinguished for the apostolic spirit. —
At Tours, St. Brice, bishop, disciple of the blessed
bishop Martin. — At Toledo, St. Eugenius, bishop.—
At Clermont, in Auvergne, St. Quinctian, bishop. —
At Cremona, St. Homobonus, confessor, renowned
for miraqles. He was ranked among the saints by
Innocent III.

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fin HE festival of St. Josaphat, bishop and martyr,—
- At Heraclea, in Thrace, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Clementinus, Theodotus and Philomenus.—
At Alexandria, St. Serapion, martyr, whom the per-
secutors, under the emperor Decius, subjected to
torments so cruel that all his limbs were disjointed.
He became a martyr of Christ by being hurled down
from the upper part of his house. — At Troyes, in
France, St. Venerandus, martyr, under the emperor
Aurelian. — Also, in France, the holy virgin Veneran-

352 NOVEMBER.

da, who received the crown of martyrdom under the
emperor Antoninus and the governor Asclepiades. —
At Gangres, in Paphlagonia, St. Hypatius, bishop?
who on his way home from the great council of Nice,
was attacked with stones by the Novatian heretics,
and died a martyr. — At Algiers, in Africa, blessed
Serapion, of the Order of Our Blessed Lady of Ran-
som. For the redemption of the faithful in captivity
and the preaching of the Christian faith, he was the
first of his Order to deserve the palm of martyrdom
by being crucified and cut to pieces.— At Emesa, the
passion of many holy women, who were barbarously
tortured and massacred under Mady, a savage Ara-
bian chief. — At Bologna, St. Jucundus, bishop and
confessor. — In Ireland, St. Lawrence, bishop of
Dublin.

C6e Jfifteemf) Dap of j[2ofcem&er,

T. GERTRUDE, virgin, whose birthday is the 17th
of this month. — The same day, the birthday of
St. Eugenius, bishop of Toledo, and martyr, disciple
of blessed Denis the Areopagite. Having consum-
mated his martyrdom near Paris, he received from
our Lord a crown for his blessed sufferings. His
body was afterwards conveyed to Toledo. — At Nola,
in Campania, blessed Felix, bishop and martyr, who
was renowned for miracles from the fifteenth year of
his age. He terminated the combats of his martyr-

NOVEMBER. 353

dom with thirty others, under the governor Marcian.
— At Edessa, in Syria, the holy martyrs Gurias and
Samonas, under the emperor Diocletian and the
governor Antoninus. — In the same place, the martyr-
dom of St. Abibus, deacon, who was torn with iron
hooks, and cast into the fire in the time of the em-
peror Licinius and the governor Lysanias. — In
Africa, the holy martyrs Secundus, Fidentian, and
Varicus. — In Bretagne, the birthday of St. Malo,
bishop, who was glorious for miracles from his early
years. — At Verona, St. Luperius, bishop and con-
fessor.— In Austria, St. Leopold, margrave of that
country, who was inscribed among the saints by In-
nocent VIII.

C6e Steteent!) Dap of

TN Africa, the holy martyrs Rufinus, Mark, Valer-
ius and their companions. — The same day, the
holy martyrs Elpidius, Marcellus, Eustochius, and
their companions. Elpidius being a senator, and
having perseveringly confessed the Christian faith
before Julian the Apostate, was, with his com-
panions, first tied to wild horses and dragged by
them, and then being thrown into the fire, ended a
glorious martyrdom. — At Lyons, the birthday of St.
Eucherius, bishop and confessor, a man of extraordi-
nary faith and learning. He renounced the senator-
ial dignity to embrace the religious life, and for a

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long time voluntarily shut himself up in a cavern,
where he served Christ in prayer and fasting. After-
wards, through the revelation of an angel, he was
solemnly installed in the episcopal chair of the city
of Lyons. — At Padua, St. Fidentius, bishop. — At
Canterbury, in England, St. Edmund, archbishop
and confessor, who was sent into exile for having
maintained the rights of his church. He died near
Provins, in France, and was canonized by Innocent
IV. — The same day, the departure from this world
of St. Othmar, abbot.

Cfte §>etoenteentf) Dap of

A T NeocaBsarea, in Pontus, the birthday of St.
•"• Gregory, bishop, illustrious by his learning and
sanctity. The prodigies and miracles which he
wrought to the great glory of the Church gained for
him the surname of Wonder-worker. — In Palestine,
the holy martyrs Alpha?us and Zacchaeus, who in the
first year of the persecution of Diocletian, after
many torments underwent capital punishment. — At
Cordova, during the same persecution, the holy mar-
tyrs Acisclus, and Victoria, his sister, who were
most cruelly tortured by order of the governor Dion,
and thus merited to be crowned by our Lord for
their glorious sufferings. — At Alexandria, St. Denis,
bishop, a man of the most profound learning. Ke-

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nowned for having often confessed the faith, and il-
lustrious by the various sufferings and torments he
had endured, full of days he rested in peace a con-
fessor, in the time of the emperors Valerian and
Gallienus. — At Orleans, St. Anian, bishop, whose
precious death in the sight of the Lord is attested by
frequent miracles. — In England, St. Hugh, bishop,
who was called from a Carthusian monastery to the
government of the church of Lincoln. He ended his
holy life in peace, renowned for many miracles. — At
Tours, St. Gregory, bishop. — At Florence, St. Eu-
genius, confessor, deacon of blessed Zenobius, bishop
of that city. — In Germany, St. Gertrude, virgin, of
the Order of St. Benedict, who was renowned for the
revelations she received. Her festival is celebrated
on the 15th of this month.

Cfte (Eigftteentf) Dap of Ji2ofcem&er,

AT Rome, the Dedication of the basilicas of the
•"• holy apostles Peter and Paul. The former, hav-
ing been enlarged, was on this day solemnly conse-
crated by Urban VIII.; while the latter, more
sumptuously rebuilt after its total destruction by
the flames, was solemnly dedicated on the 10th of
December by Pius IX., though the festival in com-
memoration of that event was transferred to this

356 NOVEMBER.

day. — At Antioch, the birthday of St. Romanus,
martyr, in the time of the emperor Galerius. When
the prefect Asclepiades broke into the churches and
strove to destroy them completely, Komanus ex-
horted the Christians to resist him, and after being
subjected to dire torments and the cutting out of
his tongue (without which, however, he spoke the
praises of God), he was strangled in prison and
crowned with a glorious martyrdom. Before him
suffered a young boy named Barula, who being asked
by him whether it was better to worship one God or
several gods, and having answered that we must be-
lieve in the one God whom the Christians adore, was
scourged and beheaded. — Also, at Antioch, the holy
martyr Hesychius, a soldier. Hearing the order
that anyone refusing to sacrifice to idols, should lay
aside his military belt, he immediately took off
his. For this reason, he was precipitated into the
river with a large stone tied to his right hand. — The
same day, the Saints Oriculus and his companions,
who suffered for the Catholic faith, in the persecu-
tion of the Vandals. — At Mayence, St. Maximus,
bishop, who, after suffering much from the Arians,
died a confessor, in the time of Constantius. — At
Tours, the departure from this life of blessed Odo,
abbot of Cluny. — At Antioch, St. Thomas, a monk
honored with an annual solemnity by the people of
Antioch, for having obtained the cessation of a
pestilence by his prayers. — At Lucca, in Tuscany, the
translation of St. Frigdian, bishop and confessor.

NOVEMBER. 357

Cfte jQtneteemi) Dap of Ji2otom&er, •

A T Marburg, in Germany, the demise of St. Eliza-
*** beth, widow, daughter of Andrew, king of Hun-
gary, of the Third Order of St. Francis. After a
life passed in the performance of pious works, she
went to heaven, having a reputation for miracles. —
Tie same day, the birthday of St. Pontian, pope and
martyr, who, with the priest Hippolytus, was trans-
ported to Sardinia,, by the emperor Alexander, and
there, being scourged to death with rods, consum-
mated his martyrdom. His body was conveyed to
Home by the blessed pope Fabian, and buried in the
cemetery of Callistus. — At Samaria, the holy prophet
Abdias. — At Rome, on the Appian road, the birth-
day of St. Maximus, priest and martyr, who suf-
fered in the persecution of Valerian, and was buried
near St. Xystus. — At Caesarea, in Cappadocia, St.
Barlaam, martyr, who, though unpolished and igno-
rant, yet armed with the wisdom of Christ, overcame
the tyrant, and, by the constancy of his faith, sub-
dued fire itself. On his birthday, St. Basil the
Great delivered a celebrated discourse. — At Ecijo,
the blessed bishop Oispinus, who obtained the
glory of martyrdom by decapitation. — At Vienne,
the holy martyrs Severinus, Exuperius and Felician.
Their bodies, after the lapse of many years, were
found through their own revelation, and being taken
up with due honors by the bishop, clergy and people

358 NOVEMBER.

of that city, were buried with becoming solemnity. —
The same day, St. Faustus, deacon of Alexandria,
who was. first banished with St. Denis, in the perse-
cution of Valerian; later, in the persecution of
Diocletian, being far advanced in age, he consum-
mated his martyrdom by the sword. — In Isauria, the
martyrdom of Saint Azas and his military com-
panions, to the number of one hundred and fifty,
under the emperor Diocletian and the tribune
Aquilinus.

Cfie Ctoemietf) Dag of j!3otiem&er,

CT. FELIX DE VALOIS, confessor.— At Messina,
^ in Sicily, the holy martyrs Ampelus and Caius.
— At Turin, the holy martyrs Octavius, Solutor and
Adventor, soldiers of the Theban Legion, who fought
valiantly for the faith under the emperor Maximian,
and were crowned with martyrdom. — At Caesarea, in
Palestine, in the time of the emperor Galerius Maxi-
mian, the holy martyr Agapius, who was condemned
to be devoured by the beasts; but being unhurt by
them, he was cast into the sea with stones tied to
his feet. — In Persia, the martyrdom of the holy bish-
op Nersas and his companions. — At Dorostorum, in
Mysia, St. Dasius, bishop, who, for refusing to con-
sent to the impurities practised on the feast of Sa-
turn, was put to death, under the governor Bassus.
At Nicsea, in Bithynia, the holy martyrs Eustachius,

NOVEMBER. 359

Thespesius and Anatolius, in the persecution of
Maximinus. — At Heraclea, in Thrace, the holy mar-
tyrs Bassus, Denis, Agapitus and forty others. — In
England, St. Edmund, king and martyr. — At Con-
stantinople, St. Gregory of Decapolis, who suffered
many tribulations for the worship of holy images. —
At Milan, St. Benignus, a bishop, who, amidst the
serious troubles caused by the barbarians, governed
the church entrusted to him with the greatest con-
stancy and piety. — At Chalons, St. Silvester, a bish-
op, who went to God in the forty-second year of
his priesthood, full of days and virtues. — At Verona,
St. Simplicius, bishop and confessor.

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TN the temple at Jerusalem, the Presentation of
the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God. —
The same day, the birthday of blessed Rufus, men-
tioned by the apostle St. Paul in his epistle to the
Romans. — At Rome, the martyrdom of the Saints
Celsus and Clement. — At Ostia, the holy martyrs
Demetrius and Honorius. — At Rheims, St. Albert,
bishop of Liege and martyr, who was put to death for
defending the liberties of the Church. — In Spain, the
holy martyrs Honorius, Eutychius and Stephen. —
In Pamphylia, St. Heliodorus, martyr, in the perse-
cution of Aurelian, under the governor Aetius.

360 NOVEMBER.

After his death his executioners were converted to
the faith and thrown into the sea. — At Rome, St.
Gelasius, pope, distinguished for learning and
sanctity. — At Verona, St. Maurus, bishop and con-
fessor. — In the monastery of Bobio, the departure
from this life of St. Columban, abbot, who founded
many convents and governed a large number of
monks. He died at an advanced age, celebrated for
many virtues.

C&e Ctoemp*0econfl Dap of U3otiem&er,

AT Borne, St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr, who
""• brought to the faith of Christ her spouse Valer-
ian and his brother Tiburtius, and encouraged them
to martyrdom. After their death, being arrested by
order of Almachius, prefect of the city, and exposed
to the fire, from which she came out uninjured, she
terminated her glorious sufferings by the sword, in
the time of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Sevens s
Alexander. — At ColossaB, in Phrygia, during the
reign of Nero, Saints Philemon and Apphias, dis-
ciples of St. Paul. When the Gentiles rushed into
the church on the feast of Diana, they were arrested
whilst the other Christians fled, and by the command
of the governor Artocles, were scourged, let down
into a pit up to their waist, and overwhelmed with
stones. — Also, at Kome, St. Maurus, martyr, who,
coming from Africa to visit the tombs of the Apostles,

NOVEMBER. 361

was condemned to die, under the emperor Numerian,
Celerinus being prefect of the city. — At Antioch, in
Pisidia, the martyrdom of the Saints Mark and
Stephen, under the emperor Diocletian. — At Autun,
St. Pragmatius, bishop and confessor.

Cfte Ctoemp*t|)irD Dap of

rilHE birthday of pope St. Clement, wno held the
• sovereign Pontificate the third after the blessed
apostle Peter. In the persecution of Trajan, he was
banished to Chersonesus, where, being precipitated
into the sea with an anchor tied to his neck, he was
crowned with martyrdom. His body was taken to
Rome during the pontificate of Nicholas I., and
placed with due honors in the church which had been
previously built under his invocation. — At Rome, St.
Felicitas, mother of seven sons, martyrs. After
them she was beheaded for Christ, by order of the
emperor Marcus Antoninus. — At Merida, in Spain,
St. Lucretia, virgin and martyr, who consummated
her martyrdom in the persecution of Diocletian, un-
der the governor Dacian. — At Cyzicum, in Helles-
pont, St. Sisinius, martyr, who, after many tor-
ments, was put to the sword, in the same persecu-
tion.— At Iconium, in Lycaonia, the holy bishop
Amphilochius, who was the companion of St. Basil
and St. Gregory Nazianzen in the desert, and their
colleague in the episcopate. After many combats

362 NOVEMBER.

for the Catholic faith, he rested in peace, with the
reputation of a holy and learned prelate. — At Gir-
genti, the decease of St. Gregory, bishop. — In the
village of Hasbein, St. Tron, priest and confessor. —
At Mantua, blessed John the Good, of the Order of
Augustinians, whose celebrated life was written by
St. Antoninus.

Cfte CtoemHourtf) Dap of

GT. JOHN OF THE CROSS, confessor, whose birth-
^ day is the 14th of December. — The same day, the
birthday of St. Chrysogonus, martyr. After a long
imprisonment in chains for the constant confession
of Christ, he was by order of Diocletian taken to
Aquileia, where he terminated his martyrdom by be-
ing beheaded and thrown into the sea. — At Korne, St.
Crescentian, martyr, whose name is mentioned in the
Acts of the blessed pope Marcellus. — At Amelia, in
Umbria, during the persecution of Diocletian, ST.
Firmina, virgin and martyr, who, after being sub-
jected to various torments, to hanging, and to burn-
ing with flaming torches, yielded up her spirit. — At
Corinth, St. Alexander, martyr, who fought unto
death for the faith of Christ, under Julian the Apos-
tate and the governor Sallust. — At Cordova, the
saintly virgins and martyrs Flora and Mary, who
were for a long time confined in prison and slain
with the sword, in the persecution of the Arabs. — At

NOVEMBER. 363

Perugia, St. Felicissimus, martyr. — At Milan, St.
Protasius, bishop, who defended the cause of Athana-
sius before the emperor Constans, in the council of
Sardica. Having sustained many labors for the
church entrusted to him and for religion, he departed
this life to go to the Lord. — In the castle of Blaye,
St. Romanus, a priest, whose holiness is proclaimed
by glorious miracles. — In Auvergne, St. Portian, an
abbot, who was renowned for miracles in the time
of king Theodoric.

Cfte Ctoentgsfifti) Dap of H3otoem6er*

HHHE birthday of St. Catharine, virgin and martyr,
under the emperor Maximinus. For the confes-
sion of the Christian faith, she was cast into prison
at Alexandria, and afterwards endured a long
scourging with whips garnished with metal, and
finally ended her martyrdom by decapitation. Her
body was miraculously conveyed by angels to Mount
Sinai, where pious veneration is paid to it by a great
concourse of Christians. — At Rome, St. Moses, priest
and martyr, who, with others detained in prison,
was often consoled by the letters of St. Cyprian.
After he had withstood with unbending courage not
only the Gentiles, but also the Novatian schismatics
and heretics, he was finally, in the persecution of
Decius, crowned with a martyrdom which fills the
mind with admiration, according to the words of

364 NOVEMBER.

pope St. Cornelius. — At Antioch, St. Erasmus, mar-
tyr.— At Csesarea, in Cappadocia, St. Mercury, sol-
dier, who vanquished the barbarians and triumphed
over the cruelty of Decius through the protection of
his guardian angel. Finally, having acquired great
glory from his sufferings, he was crowned with mar-
tyrdom and went to reign forever in heaven. — In
Emilia, a province of Italy, St. Jucunda, virgin.

Cfte Ctoentp^fetfi Dap of i!3otoember*

A T Fabriano, in the Marches, blessed Silvester,
• abbot, founder of the Congregation of the Silves-
trine monks. — At Alexandria, the birthday of St.
Peter, bishop of that city, adorned with all virtues,
who was beheaded by the command of Galerius Max-
imian. — There suffered also at Alexandria, in the
same persecution, the holy martyrs Faustus, priest,
Didius and Ammonius ; likewise, Phileas, Hesychius,
Pachomius and- Theodore, Egyptian bishops, with
six hundred and sixty others, whom the sword of
persecution sent to heaven. — At Nicomedia, in the
time of Constantius, St. Marcellus, a priest, who
died a martyr by being hurled down from a rock. —
At Padua, St. Bellinus, bishop and martyr. — At
Rome, St. Siricius, pope and confessor, celebrated
for his learning, piety and zeal for religion, who
condemned various heretics, and published salutary
laws concerning ecclesiastical discipline. — At Autun,

NOVEMBER. 365

St. Amator, bishop. — At Constance, St. Conrad,
bishop. — In the diocese of Kheims, the birthday of
St. Basolus, confessor. — At Adrianople, in Paphla-
gonia, St. Stylian, anchoret, renowned for miracles.
— In Armenia, St. Nicon, monk. — At Rome, St. Leon-
ard, of Port Maurice, confessor, of the Friars Minor
of St. Francis, of the strict observance. He was
remarkable for zeal, for he spent several years with
extraordinary success in conducting his holy expe-
ditions through Italy for the conquest of souls. He
was ranked among the blessed by Pius VI., and
among the saints by Pius IX. during the solemnities
connected with the eighteenth centenary of the
princes of the Apostles, Sts. Peter and Paul.

C&e Ctoemp^etjentft Dap of H2otoem&er*

AT Antioch, the holy martyrs Basileus, bishop,
^* Auxilius, and Saturninus. — In Persia, St. James
Intercisus, a distinguished martyr. In the time of
Theodosius the Younger, he denied Christ to please
king Isdegerdes, but his mother and his wife having
for that reason withdrawn from his company, he
entered into himself, and returned to the king to
declare his faith in our Lord, whereupon the irri-
tated monarch condemned him to be cut to pieces
and beheaded. Countless other martyrs suffered at
this time in the same country. — At Sebaste, in Ar-
menia, the holy martyrs Hirenarchus, Acacius, priest,

366 NOVEMBER.

and seven women. Struck with the constancy of
these women, Hirenarchus was converted to Christ,
and with Acacius died under the axe, in the reign of
the emperor Diocletian and under the governor Max-
imus. — In Galicia, on the river C«a, the Saints Fa-
cundus and Primitivus, who suffered under the gov-
ernor Atticus. — At Aquileia, St. Valerian, bishop. —
At Riez, in France, St. Maximus, bishop and con-
fessor, who, from his tender years, was endowed with
every grace and virtue. Being first superior of the
monastery of Lerins, and afterwards bishop of the
church of Riez, he was celebrated for the working
of miracles and prodigies. — At Salzburg, in Austria,
St. Virgilius, bishop, and apostle of Carinthia, in-
scribed among the saints by Sovereign Pontiff Greg-
ory IX. — In India, on the confines of Persia, the
Saints Barlaam and Josaphat, whose wonderful
deeds were written by St. John Damascene. — At
Paris, the departure from this world of St. Severin,
monk and solitary.

Cfte Ctoentp*eigi)ti) Dap of

A T Rome, St. Rufus, who, with all his family, was
^ made a martyr by Diocletian. — At Corinth, the
birthday of St. Sosthenes, disciple of the blessed
apostle Paul, who is mentioned by that apostle in
his epistle to the Corinthians. He was chief of the
synagogue when converted to Christ, and, as a glori-

NOVEMBER. 367

ous beginning, consecrated the first fruits of his faith
by being scourged in the presence of the proconsul
Gallio. — In Africa, under the Arian king Genseric,
in the persecution of the Vandals, the holy martyrs
Papinian and Mansuetus, bishops, who, for the Cath-
olic faith, were burned in every part of their bodies
with hot plates of iron, and thus ended their glori-
ous combat. At this time also, other holy bishops.
Valerian, Urban, Crescens, Eustachius, Cresconius,
Crescentian, Felix, Hortulanus, and Florentian, ter-
minated the course of their lives in exile. — At Con-
stantinople, in the time of Constantine Copronymus,
the holy martyrs Stephen the Younger, Basil, Peter,
Andrew and their companions, numbering three
hundred and thirty-nine monks, who were subjected
to various torments for the worship of holy images,
and confirmed the Catholic truth with the shedding
of their blood. — At Kome, blessed pope Gregory III.,
who departed for heaven with a reputation for sanc-
tity and miracles. — At Naples, the departure from
this world of St. James of La Marca, confessor, of
the Order of Minorites, celebrated for the austerity
of his life, his apostolic manner of preaching, and
his many legations undertaken for the success of the
affairs of Christianity. His name was added to the
calendar of saints by the Sovereign Pontiff, Benedict
XIII.

368 NOVEMBER.

Cfie Ctoentpmintft Dap of Ji2otoem6er*

FT1HE vigil of St. Andrew, apostle. — At Kome, on
-*• the Salarian road, the birthday of the holy mar-
tyr Saturninus, an aged man, and the deacon Sis-
inius, in the time of the emperor Maximian. After
a long imprisonment, they were, by order of the pre-
fect of the city, placed on the rack, distended with
ropes, scourged with rods and whips garnished with
metal, then exposed to the flames, taken down from
the rack and beheaded. — At Toulouse, in the time of
Decius, the holy bishop Saturninus, who was con-
fined by the Pagans in the capitol of that city, and
from the highest part of the building precipitated
down the stairs; by which fall, having his head
crushed, his brains dashed out and his whole body
mangled, he rendered his worthy soul to our Lord. —
Also, the martyrdom of the Saints Paramon and his
companions, to the number of three hundred and
seventy-five, under the emperor Decius and the gov-
ernor Aquilinus. — At Ancyra, St. Philomenus, mar-
tyr. During the persecution of the emperor Aure-
lian, under the governor Felix, he was first exposed
to the flames, then having his hands, feet and head
pierced with nails, consummated his martyrdom. —
At Veroli, the holy martyrs Blasius and Demetrius.
— At Todi, St. Illuminata, virgin.

NOVEMBER. 369

C6e Cfiittietf) Dap of H3otoem&er*

A T Patras, in Achaia, the birthday of the apostle
•"• St. Andrew, who preached the gospel of Christ
in Thrace and Scythia. Being apprehended by the
proconsul ^Egseas, he was shut up in prison, severely
scourged, and finally, being suspended on a cross, he
lived two days on it, teaching the people. Having
besought our Lord not to permit that he should be
taken down from the cross, he was surrounded with
a great brightness from heaven, and when the light
disappeared he breathed his last. — At Eome, the mar-
tyrdom of the Saints Castulus and Euprepis. — At
Constantinople, St. Maura, virgin and martyr. — Also,
St. Justina, virgin and martyr. — At Saintes, the
holy bishop Trojanus, a man of great sanctity, who
shows by many miracles that he lives in heaven,
though buried on earth. — At Rome, St. Constantius,
confessor, who strongly opposed the Pelagians, and
by enduring many injuries from them, gained a place
among holy confessors. — In Palestine, blessed Zosi-
mus, confessor, who was distinguished by sanctity
and miracles in the time of the emperor Justin.

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DECEMBER.

C&e jFfwt Dap of December*

| HE prophet Nahum, who was buried in Bega-
bar. — At Rome, the holy martyrs Diodorus,
priest, and Marian, deacon, with many oth-
ers, who by the command of the emperor
Numerian, were made partakers of the glory of mar-
tyrdom.— In the same city, the martyrdom of the
saints Lucius, Rogatus, Cassian, and Candida, — The
same day, St. Ansanus, martyr, who confessed Christ
at Rome, and was cast into prison, in the time of the
emperor Diocletian. Being afterwards conducted to
Siena, in Tuscany, he there ended the course of his
martyrdom by decapitation. — At Amelia, in Umbria,
St. Olympias, ex-consul, who was converted to the
faith by blessed Firmina, and being tortured on the
rack, consummated his martyrdom under Diocle-
tian.— At Arbele, in Persia, St. Ananias, martyr.—
At Narni, St. Proculus, bishop and martyr, who
after performing many good works, was beheaded by
order of Totila, king of the Goths. — At Casale, St.
Evasius, bishop and martyr. — At Milan, St. Castri-
tian, bishop, who was eminent for virtues and the
practice of pious and religious deeds in very troub-

DECEMBER. 371

lous times for the Church. — At Brescia, St. Ursicinus,
bishop. — At Noyon, St. Eligius, bishop, whose life is
rendered illustrious by a considerable number of
miracles. — At Verdun, St. Agericus, bishop. — The
same day, St. Natalia, wife of the blessed martyr
Adrian, under the emperor Diocletian. For a long
time she served the holy martyrs detained in prison
at Nicomedia, and when their combats were at an
end, she repaired to Constantinople, where she went
peacefully to her repose in the Lord. .

Cfie Seconti Dap of December,

A T Rome, the martyrdom of the saintly virgin
^*- Bibiana, under the sacrilegious emperor Julian.
For the sake of our Lord, she was scourged with
leaded whips until she expired. — In the same place,
the holy martyrs Eusebius, priest, Marcellus, deacon,
Hippolytus, Maximus, Adria, Paulina, Neon, Mary,
Martana, and Aurelia, who consummated their mar-
tyrdom in the persecution of Valerian, under the
judge Secundian. — Also, at Rome, St. Pontian, mar-
tyr, with four others. — In Africa, the birthday of the
holy martyrs Severus, Securus, Januarius, and Vic-
torinus, who were there crowned with martyrdom. —
At Aquileia, St. Chromatius, bishop and confessor. —
At Imola, St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop of Ravenna,
celebrated for his learning and sanctity. — His feast

372 DECEMBER.

is celebrated on the 4th of this month. — At Verona,
St. Lupus, bishop and confessor. — At Edessa, St.
Nonnus, bishop, by whose prayers the penitent Pela-
gia was converted to Christ. — At Troas, in Phrygia,
St. Silvanus, renowned for miracles. — At Brescia,
St. Evasius, bishop. — In Sancian, a Chinese island,
St. Francis Xavier, of the Society of Jesus, renowned
for the conversions he made among the Gentiles,
and for supernatural gifts and miracles. Pius X.
selected and appointed this holy man to be the
heavenly patron of the Society for the Propagation
of the Faith and its work. His festival, however,
is kept on the 3d of this month by order of Alexan-
der VII.

Cfie Cin'rD Dap of Decem&er,

. FRANCIS XAVIER, confessor, of the Society of
Jesus, who died on the 2d of this month. — In Ju-
dea, the holy prophet Sophonias. — At Rome, the holy
martyrs Claudius, tribune, and Hilaria,his wife, with
Jason and Maurus, their sons, and seventy soldiers.
By the command of the emperor Numerian, Claudius
was fastened to a large stone and precipitated into
the river ; the soldiers and the sons of Claudius were
condemned to capital punishment. But blessed
Hilaria, after having buried the bodies of her sons,
and whilst praying at their tomb, was arrested by
the Pagans, and shortly after departed for heaven. —

DECEMBER. 373

At Tangier, in Morocco, St. Cassian, martyr. After
having been a recorder for a long time, at length,
through the inspiration of heaven, he deemed it an
execrable thing to contribute to the massacre of the
Christians, and therefore abondoned his office, and
making profession of Christianity, deserved to ob-
tain the triumph of martyrdom. — Also, in Africa,
the holy martyrs Claudius, Crispinus, Magina, John,
and Stephen. — In Hungary, St. Agricola, martyr. —
At Nicomedia, the Saints Ambicus, Victor and Ju-
lius.— At Milan, St. Mirocles, bishop and confessor,
sometimes mentioned by St. Ambrose. — In England,
St. Birinus, first bishop of Dorchester. — At Coire, in
Switzerland, St. Lucius, king of the Britons, who
was the first of those kings who received the faith of
Christ, in the time of pope Eleutherius. — At Siena,
in Tuscany, St. Galganus, hermit.

Cfte Jfoiirti) Dap of December*

. PETER CHRYSOLOGUS, bishop, confessor,
and doctor of the church, who is mentioned on the
2d of this month. — At Nicomedia, the passion of St.
Barbara, virgin and martyr, in the persecution of
Maximinus. After a series of sufferings, a long im-
prisonment, burning with torches and the cutting
off of her breasts, she terminated her martyrdom by
the sword. — At Constantinople, the saints Theo-
phanes and his companions. — In Pontus, blessed

374 DECEMBER.

Meletius, bishop and confessor, who joined to an emi-
nent gift of knowledge the more distinguished glory
of fortitude and integrity of life. — At Bologna, St.
Felix, bishop, who previously had been deacon of
the church of Milan, under St. Ambrose. — In Eng-
land, St. Osmund, bishop and confessor. — At Cologne,
St. Annan, bishop. — In Mesopotamia, St. Maruthas,
bishop, who restored the churches of God that had
been ruined in Persia by the persecution of king
Isdegerdes. Being renowned for many miracles, he
merited to be honored even by his enemies. — At
Parma, St. Bernard, cardinal and bishop of that
city. He belonged to the Congregation of Vallum-
brosa, of the Order of St. Benedict.

Cfie jftftf) Dap of Decem&er,

AT Mutala, in Cappadocia, St. Sabas, abbot, who
**• was renowned in Palestine for admirable ex-
amples of sanctity. He labored courageously in de-
fending the Catholic faith against those who attacked
the holy council of Chalcedon. — At Thebesta, in
Africa, during the time of Diocletian and Maximian,
St. Chrispina, a woman of the highest nobility, who
refused to sacrifice to idols, and was beheaded by
order of the proconsul Anolinus. Her praises are
often celebrated by St. Augustine. — At Thagura, in
Africa, the holy martyrs Julius, Potamia, Crispinus,
Felix, Gratus, and seven others. — At Nicaea, near the

DECEMBER. 375

river Var, St. Bassus, bishop. In the persecution of
Deems and Valerian, he was tortured by the governor
Perennius for the faith of Christ, burned with hot
plates of metal, beaten with rods and whips gar-
nished with pieces of iron, and thrown into the fire.
Having come out of it unhurt, he was transfixed with
two spikes, and thus terminated an illustrious mar-
tyrdom. — At Pavia, St. Dalmatius, bishop and mar-
tyr,. who suffered in the persecution of Maximian. —
At Pelino, in Abruzzo, St. Pelinus, bishop of Brin-
disi. Under Julian the Apostate, because by his
prayers he caused a temple of Mars to fall to the
ground, he was most severely scourged by the idol-
atrous priests, and being pierced with eighty-five
wounds, merited the crown of martyrdom. — Also, St.
Anastasius, martyr, who, thirsting for martyrdom,
voluntarily offered himself to the persecutors. — At
Treves, St. Nicetius, bishop, a man of great sanctity.
— At Polybotum, in Asia, St. John, bishop, surnamed
Wonder-worker.

Cfte Sfetft Dap of Decem&er*

AT Myra, the metropolis of Lycia, the birthday of
St. Nicholas, bishop and confessor, of whom it is
related, among other miracles, that, while at a great
distance from the emperor Constantine, he appeared
to him in a vision and moved him to mercy so as to
deter him from putting to death some persons who
had implored his assistance. — In Africa, in the per-

376 DECEMBER.

secution of the Vandals, and under the Arian king
Hunneric, the saintly women Dionysia, Dativa,
Leontia, a religious man named Tertius, ^Emilian, a
physician, and Boniface, with three others, who were
subjected to numberless most painful torments for
the Catholic faith, and thus merited to rank among
the confessors of Christ. — In the same country, St.
Majoricus, son of St. Dionysia, who, being quite
young and dreading the torments, was strengthened
by the looks and words of his mother, and becoming
stronger than the rest, expired in torments. His
mother took him in her arms, and having buried him
in her own house, was wont to pray assiduously at
his sepulchre. — The same day St. Polychronius,
priest, who, in the time of the emperor Constantius,
was attacked by the Arians and put to death while
at the altar saying Mass. — At Granada, in Spain, the
passion of blessed Peter Paschasius, martyr, of the
Order of Mercedarians, and bishop of Jaen, whose
festival is celebrated on the 23d of October, by order
of pope Clement X. — At Home, St. Asella, virgin,
who, according to the words of St. Jerome, being
blessed from her mother's womb, lived to old age
in fasting and prayer.

Cfte §>etoentj) Dap of December*

A T Milan, the consecration of St. Ambrose, bishop

and doctor of the Church, who has ennobled the

universal Church by his holiness and teaching. — At

DECEMBER. 377

Alexandria, the birthday of blessed Agatho, soldier.
In the persecution of Decius, as he was preventing
some people from insulting the bodies of the martyrs,
a sudden outcry was raised against him by all the
populace, and being brought before the judge and
persisting in the confession of Christ, he was con-
demned to capital punishment as a reward for his
humanity. — At Antioch, the holy martyrs Polycarp
and Theodore. — At Tuburbum, in Africa, during the
persecution of the Vandals, under the Arian king
Hunneric, St. Servus, martyr, who, being for a very
long time beaten with rods, lifted up on high with
pulleys and suddenly dropped on flint-stones with
his whole weight, and rubbed over with sharp stones,
obtained the palm of martyrdom. — At Teano, in
Campania, St. Urban, bishop and confessor. — At
Saintes, in France, St. Martin, abbot, at whose tomb
God works frequent miracles. — In the diocese of
Meaux, St. Fara, virgin.

Cfte OEisfttj) Dag of December,

FT! HE Immaculate Conception of the glorious and
ever Virgin Mary, Mother of God. On this day
Pius IX. solemnly declared her to have been pre-
served by a special privilege of God free from the
stain of original sin. — At Eome, blessed Eutychian,
pope, who with his own hands buried in various
places three hundred and forty -two martyrs. Under

378 DECEMBER.

the emperor Numerian he became their companion,
being crowned with martyrdom and buried in the
cemetery of Callistus. — At Alexandria, in the time
of Decius, St. Macarius, martyr, whose constancy in
professing the faith increased with the efforts made
by the judge to persuade him to deny Christ. He
was finally condemned to be burned alive. — At
Treves, St. Eucharius, disciple of the blessed apostle
Peter, and first bishop of that city. — In Cyprus, the
holy bishop Sophronius, who was a devoted protector
of orphans and widows, and a friend to the poor and
the oppressed. — In the monastery of Luxeuil, St.
Komaricus, abbot, who left the highest station at the
court of king Theodobert, renounced the world, and
surpassed others in the observance of monastic dis-
cipline.— At Constantinople, St. Patapius, solitary,
renowned for virtues and miracles. — At Verona, the
ordination of St. Zeno, bishop.

Cfte Jl2im|) Dap of December*

AT Gray, in Burgundy, St. Peter Fourier, Canon
^ Kegular of Our Saviour, and founder of the Can-
onesses Regular of Our Lady for the education of
girls. Because of his brilliant virtues and miracles
Leo XIII. placed him in the catalogue of Saints.—
At Toledo, in Spain, the birthday of the holy virgin
Leocadia, a martyr, in the persecution of the em-
peror Diocletian. By Dacian, prefect of Spain, she

DECEMBER. 379

was condemned to a cruel imprisonment, where she
was pining away, when, hearing of the barbarous
tortures of blessed Eulalia and the other martyrs,
she knelt down to pray, and yielded up her undefiled
spirit to Christ. — At Carthage, St. Restitutus, bishop
and martyr, on whose feast St. Augustine delivered a
discourse to the people in which he set forth his
praises. — Also, in Africa, the holy martyrs Peter,
Successus, Bassian, Primitivus and twenty others. —
At Limoges, in France, St. Valeria, virgin and mar-
tyr.— At Verona, during the persecution of Diocle-
tian, St. Proculus, bishop, who was buffeted, scourged
with rods and driven out of the city. Being at
length restored to his church, he rested in peace. —
At Pavia, St. Syrus, first bishop of that city, who
was renowned for miracles and virtues worthy of an
apostle. — At Apamea, in Syria, blessed Julian, bish-
op, who was distinguished for holiness in the time
of Severus. — At Perigueux, in France, the holy abbot
Cyprian, a man of great sanctity. — At Nazianzus, St.
Gorgonia, sister of blessed Gregory the Theologian,
who has related her virtues and miracles.

Cfte Cent!) Dag of Decem&er,

A T Kome, pope St. Melchiades, who, having suffered
•"• much in the persecution of Maximian, rested in
the Lord when peace was given to the Church. — The
same day, Saints Carpophorus, priest, and Abundius,

380 DECEMBER.

deacon, who became martyrs in the persecution of
Diocletian. They were first most cruelly beaten with
rods, then imprisoned and denied food and drink;
being racked a second time and again thrown into
prison, they were finally beheaded. — At Merida, in
Spain, in the time of Maximian, the martyrdom of
the holy virgin Eulalia, who, at twelve years of age,
suffered many torments for the confession of Christ,
by order of the governor Dacian. Finally she was
stretched on the rack, torn with iron hooks, had her
sides burned with flaming torches, and fire being
forced down her throat, she expired. — Again, in the
same city, St. Julia, virgin and martyr, the compan-
ion of blessed Eulalia, who would not be separated
from her when the latter went to suffer. — At Alex-
andria, the holy martyrs Mennas, Hermogenes and
Eugraphus, who suffered under Galerius Maximian.
— At Lentini, in Sicily, the holy martyrs Mercury
and his companions, soldiers, who were beheaded
under the governor Tertyllus, in the time of the em-
peror Licinius. — At Ancyra, in Galatia, St. Gemellus,
martyr, who, after severe torments, consummated his
martyrdom by being crucified, under Julian the
Apostate. — At Vienne, St. Sindulphus, bishop and
confessor. — At Brescia, St. Deusdedit, bishop. — At
Loretto, in the March of Ancona, the Translation of
the holy house of Mary, Mother of God, in which the
Word was made flesh.

DECEMBER. 381

Cfte (ZBletoentf) Dap of Decertifies

AT Borne, St. Damasus, pope and confessor, who
condemned the heresiarch Apollinaris, and re-
stored to his see Peter, bishop of Alexandria, who
had been driven from it. He also discovered the
bodies of many holy martyrs, and wrote verses in
their honor. — Also, at Rome, St. Thrason, who was
arrested by order of Maximian for devoting his
wealth to the support of the Christians who labored
in the baths and at other public works, or were con-
fined in prison. He was crowned with martyrdom
with two others, Pontian and Prsetextatus. — At
Amiens, the holy martyrs Victoricus and Fuscian,
under the same emperor. By order of the governor
Bictiovarus, they had iron pins driven into their ears
and nostrils, heated nails into their temples, and ar-
rows into their whole bodies. Being beheaded with
St. Gentian, their host, they went to our Lord. — In
Persia, St. Barsabas, martyr. — In Spain, St. Euty-
chius, martyr. — At Piacenza, St. Sabinus, a bishop
renowned for miracles. — At Constantinople, St.
Daniel the Stylite.

Cfie Ctoelftfi Dag of December*

AT Borne, the holy martyr Synesius, who was or-
•"• dained lector in the time of the blessed pope
Xystus. Having converted many to Christ, he was

382 DECEMBER.

accused before the emperor Aurelian, and being put
to the sword, received the crown of martyrdom. —
At Alexandria, in the time of Decius, the holy mar-
tyrs Epimachus and Alexander, who were kept in
chains a long time, and subjected to various tor-
ments.; but as they persevered in the faith, they were
finally consumed by fire. — In the same place, the
holy women Ammonaria, virgin, Mercuria, Dionysia,
and another Ammonaria. The first named, after
having triumphed over unheard-of torments, in the
same persecution of Decius, ended her blessed life by
the sword. As to the three others, the judge being
ashamed to be overcome by women, and fearing that
by resorting to tortues, he would be vanquished by
their constancy, he ordered them to be beheaded im-
mediately.— The same day, the holy martyrs Hermo-
genes, Donatus, and twenty-two others. — At Treves,
the holy martyrs Maxentius, Constantius, Crescent-
ius, Justinus, and their companions, who suffered in
the persecution of Diocletian, under the governor
Rictiovarus.

Cfte Cfiitteenti) Dap of December.

A T Syracuse, in Sicily, the birthday of St. Lucy,
virgin and martyr, in the persecution of Dio-
cletian. By the order of the ex-consul Paschasius,
she was delivered to profligates, that her chastity
might be insulted; but when they attempted to lead

DECEMBER. 383

her away, they could not succeed, either with ropes
or with many yoke of oxen. Then pouring hot pitch,
rosin, and boiling oil over her body without injuring
her, they finally plunged a sword into her throat, and
thus completed her martyrdom. — In Armenia, the
martyrdom of the holy martyrs Eustratius, Auxent-
ius, Eugene, Mardarius, and Orestes, in the persecu-
tion of Diocletian. Eustratius was first subjected
alone to barbarous torments under Lysias. Then he
was conducted to Sebaste, where he was tortured to-
gether with Orestes under the governor Agricolaus,
and being cast into a furnace, yielded up his soul;
but Orestes being laid on a bed of red-hot iron, ren-
dered his sould to God. The others were made to en-
dure most grievous torments among the Arabraci, un-
der the governor Lysias, and consummated their
martyrdom in different manners. Their relics were
afterwards carried to Rome, and placed with due
honors in the church of St. Apollinaris. — Near Sar-
dinia, in the island of Solta, the martyrdom of St.
Antiochus, under the emperor Adrian. — At Cambrai,
in France, St. Aubertus, bishop and confessor. — In
Ponthieu, St. Judocus, confessor. — In Alsace, St.
Othilia, abbess. — At Moulins, in France, the birth-
day of St. Jane Frances Fremiot de Chantal,
foundress of the nuns of the Visitation of St. Mary,
distinguished by the nobility of her birth, by the
holiness she constantly manifested in four different
states of life, and by the gift of miracles. She was
placed among the saints by Clement XIII. Her

384 DECEMBER.

sacred body was conveyed to Annecy, in Savoy, and
interred with great pomp in the first church of her
Order. By the command of Clement XIV., her festi-
val is kept by the whole Church on the 21st of
August.

C&e jFoitrteentl) Dap of December,

A T Alexandria, the holy martyrs Heron, Arsenius,
•^ Isidore and Dioscorus, a boy. In the persecu-
tion of Decius, the first three were subjected to all
the refinements of cruelty by the judge, who, seeing
them displaying the same constancy, ordered that
they should be cast into the fire. But Dioscorus,
after repeated scourgings, was set free through the
intervention of Providence for the consolation of
the faithful. — At Antioch, the birthday of the holy
martyrs Drusus, Zosimus and Theodore. — The same
day, the martyrdom of the Saints Justus and Abund-
ius, who were cast into ~the flames in the time of the
emperor Numerian and the governor Olybrius; but
having escaped uninjured, they were struck with the
sword. — At Eheims, the holy bishop Nicasius, his
sister, the virgin Eutropia, and their companions,
martyrs, who were put to death by barbarians hostile
to the Church. — In the island of Cyprus, the birthday
of blessed Spiridion, bishop. He was one of those
confessors who were condemned to labor in the mines,
after the plucking out of their right eye and the

DECEMBER. 385

severing of the sinews of the left knee. This prelate
was renowned for the gift of prophecy and glorious
miracles, and in the council of Nicrca he confounded
a heathen philosopher who insulted the Christian
religion and brought him to the faith. — At Bergamo,
St. Viator, bishop and confessor. — At Pavia, St.
Pompey, bishop. — At Naples, in Campania, St. Ag-
nellus, abbot. Illustrious by the gift of miracles, he
was often seen with the standard of the 'cross deliver-
ing the city besieged by enemies. — At Ubeda, in
Spain, St. John of the Cross, confessor, companion
of St. Theresa in reforming the Carmelites. His
feast is kept on the 24th of November. — At Milan, St.
Matronian, hermit.

Cfje jFifteentfc Dap of December*

fTlHE Octave of the Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. — The same day, the conse-
cration of St. Eusebius, bishop of Vercelli, whose
birthday is commemorated on the 1st of August.
His feast is kept on the 16th of this month, by order
of pope Benedict XIII. — At Rome, the holy martyrs
Irenaeus, Anthony, Theodore, Saturninus, Victor and
seventeen others, who suffered for Christ in the per-
secution of Valerian. — In Africa, the martyrdom of
the Saints Faustinus, Lucius, Candidus, Caelian,
Mark, Januarius and Fortunatus. — In the same
country, the holy bishop Valerian, who, being up-

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386 DECEMBER.

wards of eighty years old, in the persecution of the
Vandals, under the Arian king Genseric, was asked
to deliver the vessels of the church, and as he con-
stantly refused, an order was issued to drive him all
alone out of the city, and all were forbidden to allow
him to stay either in their houses or on their land.
For a long time he remained lying on the public
road, in the open air, and thus, in the confession and
defence of the Catholic verity, closed his blessed life.
— In the diocese of Orleans, St. Maximinus, confes-
sor.— In Georgia, beyond the Euxine sea, St. Chris-
tiana, who, though a slave, was so gifted with the
power of working miracles that she converted the in-
habitants of that country to the faith of Christ, in
the time of Cons tan tine.

Cfte Steteetttj) Dap of December.

ST. EUSEBIUS, bishop of Vercelli and martyr,
mentioned on the 1st of August, and also on the
15th of this month. — The young men, Ananias, Azar-
ias and Misael, whose bodies were buried in a cavern
at Babylon.— At Kavenna, the holy martyrs Valen-
tine, military officer, Concordius, his son, Navalis,
and Agricola, who suffered for Christ in the
persecution of Maximian. — At Mola-di-Gaeta, in
Campania, St. Albina, virgin and martyr, under the
emperor Decius. — In Africa, many holy virgins, who

DECEMBER. 387

reached a happy termination of their martyrdom in
the persecution of the Vandals, under the Arian king
Hunneric, by having heavy weights tied to them, and
burning plates of metal applied to their bodies. — At
Vienne, blessed Ado, bishop and confessor. — At Aber-
deen, in Scotland, St. Beanus, bishop. — At Gaza, in
Palestine, St. Irenian, bishop.

Cfte Seventeenth Dag oJ December,

AT Eleutheropolis, in Palestine, the holy martyrs
•"• Florian, Calanicus and their fifty-eight compan-
ions, who were massacred by the Saracens for the
faith of Christ, in the time of the emperor Heraclius.
— At Marseilles, in France, blessed Lazarus, bishop,
who was raised from the dead by our Lord, as we
read in the Gospel. — At Rome, St. John de Matha,
founder of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for
the Redemption of Captives. His festival is observed
on the 8th of February, according to the decree of
Innocent XI. — In the monastery of Fulda, the holy
abbot Sturmius, abbot and apostle of Saxony, who
was ranked among the saints by Innocent II., in the
second Council of Lateran. — At Bigarden, near Brus-
sels, St. Vivina, virgin, whose eminent sanctity is at-
tested by frequent miracles. — At Constantinople, St.
Olympiades, widow. — At Andenne, at the Seven
Churches, St. Begga, widow, sister of St. Gertrude. — •
The same day, the translation of St. Ignatius, bishop

388 DECEMBER.

and martyr, who, the third after the blessed apostle
Peter, governed the Church of Antioch. His body
was conveyed from Kome, where he had suffered un-
der Trajan, to Antioch, and deposited in the church
cemetery beyond the gate of Daphnis. St. John
Chrysostom, on that solemn occasion, delivered a
discourse to his people. But afterwards his relics
were carried back to Rome, and placed with the high-
est reverence in the church of St. Clement, together
with the body of that blessed pope and martyr.

Cfie OEtgftteentJ) Dap of December*

A T Philippi, in Macedonia, the birthday of the holy
•"• martyrs Ruf us and Zosimus,who were of the num-
ber of the disciples, by whom the primitive church
was founded among the Jews and the Greeks. Their
happy martyrdom is mentioned by St. Polycarp, in
his epistle to the Philippians. — At Laodicea, in Syria,
the martyrdom of the Saints Theotimus and Ba-
silian. — In Africa, the holy martyrs Quinctus,
Simplicius, and others, who suffered in the persecu-
tion of Decius and Valerian. — In the same country,
St. Moysetes, martyr. — Also, in Africa, the holy mar-
tyrs Victurus, Victor, Victorinus, Adjutor, Quartus,
and thirty others. — At Mopsuestia, in Cilicia, St.
Auxentius, bishop, who, while he was a soldier under
Licinius, preferred to surrender his military insignia

DECEMBER. 389

rather than to offer grapes to Bacchus. Having been
made bishop, he was renowned for merit, and rested
in peace. — At Tours, St. Gratian, consecrated first
bishop of that city by pope St. Fabrian. Celebrated
for many miracles, he calmly went to his repose in
the Lord.

Cfie jQineteemj) Dap of Decem&er,

A T Alexandria, in Egypt, blessed Nemesius, martyr,
**• who was first denounced before the judge as a
robber, but on being freed from that charge, was soon
after, in the persecution of Decius, accused before
the judge Emilian of being a Christian. By him he
was twice subjected to the torture, and condemned to
be burned alive with robbers, thus bearing a resem-
blance to our Saviour, who was crucified with thieves.
—At Mcsea, the Saints Darius, Zosimus, Paul, and
Secundus, martyrs. — At Nicomedia, the holy mar-
tyrs Cyriacus, Paulillus, Secundus, Anastasius, Sin-
dimius, and their companions. — In Mauritania (Bar-
bary), St. Timothy, deacon, who, after enduring a
painful imprisonment for the faith of Christ, was
cast into the fire, where he consummated his martyr
dom. — At Gaza, in Palestine, the martyrdom of the
Saints Meuris and Thea. — At Avignon, blessed Ur-
ban V., who deserved well of the Church by restoring
the Apostolic See to Rome, by bringing about a re-
union of the Latins and the Greeks, and by suppress-

390 DECEMBER.

ing heretics. Pius IX. approved and confirmed the
veneration which had long been paid to him. — At
Auxerre, St. Gregory, bishop and confessor. — At
Orleans, St. Adjutus, an abbot renowned for the
spirit of prophecy. — At Rome, St. Fausta, mother of
St. Anastasia, distinguished for noble birth and
piety.

Cfte Ctoemietft Dap of December,

fJlHE vigil of St. Thomas, apostle.— At Rome, the
• holy martyrs Liberatus and Bajulus. — At Alex-
andria, the holy martyrs Ammon, Zeno, Ptolemy,
Ingen, and Theophilus, soldiers, who, standing near
the tribunals, and seeing a Christian trembling un-
der the torture and almost on the point of apostatiz-
ing, endeavored to encourage him by their looks and
by signs, and when for this reason the whole people
raised an outcry against them, they rushed forward,
and declared themselves Christians. By their vic-
tory, Christ, who had given to them such fortitude,
triumphed most gloriously. — At Gelduba, St. Julius,
martyr. — In Arabia, the holy martyrs Eugene and
Macarius, priests. For reproving Julian the Apos-
tate for his impiety, they received a most severe
scourging, were banished to a vast desert, and finally
were put to the sword. — At Antioch, the birthday of
St. Philogonius, bishop, who was called by the will

DECEMBER. 391

of God from the practice of law to the government of
that church. With the saintly bishop Alexander
and other auxiliaries, he engaged the first combat for
the Catholic faith against Arius, and, being renowned
for merits, rested in the Lord. His festival was
commemorated by St. John Chrysostom with an ex-
cellent panegyric. — At Brescia, St. Dominic, bishop
and confessor. — In Spain, the departure from this
world of St. Dominic de Sylos, abbot, of the Order
of St. Benedict, most renowned for the miracles he
wrought for the deliverance of captives.

C&e Ctoetttg'first Dap of December,

4 T Calamina, the birthday of the blessed apostle
^ Thomas, who preached the Gospel to the Parth-
ians, the Medes, the Persians and Hyrcanians. Hav-
ing finally penetrated into India, and instructed
those nations in the Christian religion, he died trans-
pierced with lances by order of the king. His re-
mains were first taken to the city of Edessa and then
to Ortona. — In Tuscany, the holy martyrs John and
Festus. — In Lycia, St. Themistocles, martyr, who
under the emperor Decius, offered himself in the
place of St. Dioscorus, who was sought after to be
killed, and being racked, dragged about and beaten
with rods, obtained the crown of martyrdom. — At
Nicomedia, during the persecution of Diocletian, St.

392 DECEMBER.

Glycerins, a priest, who was subjected to many tor-
ments, and finally completed his martyrdom by be-
ing cast into the flames.— At Antioch, St. Anastasius,
bishop and martyr, who was cruelly murdered by the
Jews during the reign of Phocas. — At Treves, St.
Severin, bishop and confessor.

Cfie Ctoemg'0eccmD Dap of December.

A T Kome, between the two bay -trees on the Lavican
road, the birthday of thirty holy martyrs, who
were ajl on one day crownd with martyrdom, in the
persecution of Diocletian. — In the same city, St.
Flavian, ex-prefect, who, under Julian the Apostate,
was condemned to be branded for Christ, and ban-
ished to Aquae Taurinae, where he gave up his soul
to God in prayer. — At Ostia, the holy martyrs Deme-
trius, Honoratus and Florus. — At Alexandria, the
holy martyr Ischyrion. Because he dispised all the
cruelties they made him suffer to force him to sacri-
fice to idols, they transpierced his bowels with a
sharp-pointed stake, and thus put him to death. — In
Egypt, the Saint Chseremon, bishop of Mlopolis, and
many other martyrs. Some of them fled whilst the
persecution of Decius was raging, and wandering in
different directions through deserts, were killed by
wild beasts; others perished by famine, cold and
sickness; others again were murdered by barbarians

DECEMBER. 393

and robbers, and thus all were crowned with a
glorious martyrdom. — At Nicomedia, St. Zeno, sol-
dier, who derided Diocletian for sacrificing to Ceres,
wherefore he had his jawbones fractured, his teeth
plucked out and his head struck off.

Cfte Ctoemp'tfcirD Dap of SDecem&er,

A T Rome, the holy virgin Victoria, a martyr, in the
•** persecution of the emperor Decius. She had
been promised in marriage to a pagan named Eu-
gene, but because she refused to marry him and to
offer sacrifice to idols, and because by working many
miracles, she brought many virgins to the service
of God, she was, at the request of her betrothed,
stabbed in the heart with a sword by the executioner.
— At Nicomedia, the birthday of twenty holy mar-
tyrs, whom the persecution of Diocletian made mar-
tyrs for the faith of Christ, after subjecting them to
the most painful torments. — In the same place, the
Saints Migdonius and Mardonius ; one of whom was
burned alive in the same persecution, and the other
died in a pit into which he had been thrown. A
deacon of St. Anthimus, bishop of Nicomedia, suf-
fered at the same time. He was arrested by the
Gentiles when carrying letters to the martyrs, and
being overwhelmed with stones, went to our Lord. —
In Crete, the holy martyrs Theodulus, Saturninus,

394 DECEMBER.

Euporus, Gelasius, Eunician, Zeticus, Cleomenes,
Agathopus, Gelasius, and Evaristus, who were be-
headed, after suffering cruel torments, in the perse-
cution of Decius. — At Rome, blessed Servulus, of
whom St. Gregory writes, that a paralytic from his
early years to the end of his life, he remained lying
in a porch near St. Clement's Church, and being in-
vited by the chant of angels, he went to enjoy the
glory of Paradise. At his tomb, frequent miracles
are wrought by Almighty God.

Cfie Ctoemp*fourti) Dap of Decem&er,

flHHE vigil of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
— At Antioch, during the persecution of Decius,
the birthday of forty holy virgins, who suffered mar-
tyrdom by various kinds of torments.- — At Spoleto,
the holy priest Gregory. In the time of the em-
perors Diocletian and Maximian, he was first beaten
with rough clubs, and then after being exposed on
the gridiron and imprisoned, was struck on the
knees with iron carding instruments, burned on the
sides with firebrands, and finally beheaded. — At
Tripoli, the holy martyrs Lucian, Metrobius, Paulus,
Zenobius, Theotimus, and Drusus. — At Nicomedia,
during the persecution of Diocletian, St. Euthymius,
martyr, who sent many before him to martyrdom,
and being pierced with a sword, followed them to

DECEMBER. 395

share their crown. — At Bordeaux, St. Delphinus, a
bishop, who was renowned for holiness, in the time
of Theodosius. — In Poland, St. John Cantius, secular
priest and confessor, celebrated for his learning, his
zeal in propagating the faith, and for his virtues and
miracles. His feast is kept on the 20th of October.

— At Kome, the birthday of the holy virgin Tharsilla,
aunt of pope St. Gregory, who writes of her that at
the hour of her death she saw Jesus coming to her.

— At Treves, St. Irmina, virgin, daughter of king
Dagobert.

Cfte Ctoemp-fiftft Dap of Decent feet,

TN the year, from the creation of the world, when
in the beginning God created heaven and earth,
five, thousand, one hundred and ninety-nine; from
the flood, two thousand, nine hundred and fifty-
seven; from the birth of Abraham, two thousand
and fifteen; from Moses and the coming of the
Israelites out of Egypt, one thousand, five hundred
and ten; from the anointing of king David, one
thousand and thirty-two; in the sixty-fifth week,
according to the prophecy of Daniel ; in the one
hundred and ninety-fourth Olympiad; in the year
seven hundred and fifty-two from the founding of
the city of Rome; in the forty-second year of the
empire of Octavian Augustus, when the whole earth
was at peace, in the sixth age of the world, Jesus

396 DECEMBER,

Christ, eternal God, and Son of the eternal Father,
desirous to sanctify the world by His most merciful
coming, having been conceived of the Holy Ghost,
and nine months having elapsed since his conception,
is born in Bethlehem of Juda, having become man
of the Virgin Mary. — THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD
JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO THE FLESH. — The same
day, the birthday of St. Anastasia, who, in the time
of Diocletian, first suffered a severe and harsh im-
prisonment on the part of her husband Publius, in
which, however, she was much consoled and en-
couraged by the confessor of Christ, Chrysogonus.
Afterwards she was thrown into- prison again by
order of Florus, prefect of Illyria; and finally, hav-
ing her hands and feet stretched out, she was tied
to stakes, with a fire kindled about her, in the midst
of which she ended her martyrdom in the island of
Palmarola, whither she had been conveyed with two
hundred men and seventy women, who have made
martyrdom a glorious thing by the various kinds of
death they so courageously endured. — At Kome, in
the cemetery of Apronian, St. Eugenia, virgin. In
the time of the emperor Gallienus, after working
many miracles and gathering to Christ troops of
sacred virgins, and after long combats under Nice-
tius, prefect of the city, she was finally put to the
sword. — At Mcomedia, many thousand martyrs,
who had assembled for divine service on our Lord's
nativity, when the emperor Diocletian, ordering the
doors of the church to be closed, and fire to be

DECEMBER. 397

kindled here and there, as also a vessel with incense
to be put before the entrance, and a man to cry out
that those who wished to escape from the conflagra-
tion should come out and burn incense to Jupiter,
all with one voice answered that they preferred to
die for Christ. They were consumed in the fire, and
thus merited to be born in heaven on the day on
which Christ vouchsafed to be born on earth for the
salvation of the world. — At Barcelona, in Spain, the
birthday of St. Peter Nolasco, confessor, and founder
of the Order of Mercedarians, renowned for virtue
and miracles. His feast is celebrated on the 31st of
January, by order of Alexander VII.

Cfce Ctoentp*0fet|) Dap of December*

A T Jerusalem, the birthday of St. Stephen, the first
•"• martyr, who was stoned to death by the Jews
shortly after the Ascension of our Lord. — At Home,
St. Marinus, senator. In. the time of the emperor
Numerian and the prefect Marcian, he was arrested
for the Christian religion, racked and torn with iron
hooks like a slave, then thrown into a burning pan ;
but being delivered because the fire became like dew,
he was exposed to the beasts without being injured
by them, and finally being led again to the altar, the
idols of which toppled over at his prayer, he was
struct with the sword, and thus obtained the

398 DECEMBER.

triumph of martyrs. — Also, at Kome, on the Appiaii
road, the decease of pope St. Denis, who sustained
many labors for the Church, and was renowned for
his doctrinal writings. — In the same city, St. Zosir
mus, pope and confessor. — In Mesopotamia, St.
Archelaus, a bishop celebrated for learning and
sanctity. — At Majuma, St. Zeno, bishop. — At Rome,
St. Theodore, sacristan of St. Peter's church, who is
mentioned by the blessed pope Gregory.

Ctoentp^etientf) Dap of Decem&er*

AT Ephesus, the birthday of St. John, apostle and
evangelist, who, after writing his gospel, and
after enduring exile and writing the divine Apoca-
lypse, lived till the time of the emperor Trajan,
and founded and governed the churches of all Asia.
Worn out with age, he died in the sixty-eighth year
after the passion of our Lord, and was buried near
Ephesus. — At Alexandria, St. Maximus, bishop, who
became a renowned and distinguished confessor of
the faith. — At Constantinople, the holy confessors
Theodore and Theophanes, brothers, who were
brought up from their childhood in the monastery
of St. Sabbas. Afterwards, combating bravely for
the worship of holy images against Leo the Armen-
ian, they were scourged by his command and ban-
ished. After his death, they again firmly opposed

DECEMBER. 399

the emperor Theophilus, who was imbued with the
same impiety, and were scourged a second time and
driven into exile, where Theodore expired in prison.
Theophanes, after peace had at length been restored
to the Church, was made bishop of Mcsea and rested
in the Lord. — In the same city, St. Niceras, virgin,
who was renowned for sanctity, in the time of the
emperor Arcadius.

Cfte Ctoewp*eigi)t!) Dag of December*

TN Bethlehem, of Juda, the birthday of the Holy
Innocents, who were massacred for Christ by
king Herod. — At Ancyra, in Galatia, the holy mar-
tyrs Eutychius, priest, and Domitian, deacon. — In
Africa, the birthday of the holy martyrs Castor,
Victor and Rogatian. — At Mcomedia, the holy mar-
tyrs Indes, eunuch, Domna, Agapes and Theophila,
virgins, and their companions, who, after long com-
bats, attained to the crown of martyrdom by various
kinds of death during the persecution of Diocletian.
— At Neocsesarea, in Pontus, St. Troadius, martyr,
in the persecution of Decius. During his combat
St. Gregory Thaumaturgus appeared to him in spirit,
and encouraged him to undergo martyrdom. — At
Arabissus, in Lower Armenia, St. Ca3sarius, a mar-
tyr who suffered under Galerius Maximian. — At
Lyons, in France, the birthday of St. Francis of

400 DECEMBER.

Sales, bishop of Geneva, ranked among the saints by
Alexander VII., because of his most ardent zeal for
the conversion of heretics. His festival, by order of
the same Pontiff, is kept on the 29th of January,
when his sacred body was translated from Lyons
to Annecy. Pius IX. confirmed a decree of the
Sacred Congregation of Rites, declaring him Doctor
of the universal Church. — At Kome, St. Domnion,
priest. — In Egypt, St. Theodore, monk, disciple of
St. Pachomius. — In the monastery of Lerins, St. An-
thony, a monk renowned for miracles.

Cfte Ctoemp*mmft Dag of December,

A T Canterbury, in England, the birthday of St.
•"* Thomas, bishop and martyr, who, for the defence
of justice and ecclesiastical immunities, was struck
with the sword in his own basilica by a faction of im-
pious men, and thus went to Christ. — At Jerusalem,
holy David, king and prophet. — At Aries, the birth-
day of St. Trophimus, mentioned by St. Paul in his
epistle to Timothy. Being consecrated bishop by
that apostle, he was the first sent to preach the
gospel of Christ in that city. From his preaching
as from a fountain, according to the expression of
pope St. Zosimus, all Gaul received the waters of
salvation. — At Rome, the holy martyrs Callistus,
Felix and Boniface. — In Africa, the holy martyrs

DECEMBER. 401

Dominic, Victor, Primian, Lybosus, Saturninus,
Crescentius, Secundus and Honoratus. — At Vienne,
in France, St. Crescens, disciple of the blessed!
apostle Paul, and first bishop of that city. — At Con-
stantinople, St. Marcellus, abbot. — In Normandy, St.
Ebrnlphus, abbot and confessor, in the time of king
Childebert.

Cfte CJnttietj) Dag of December*

A T Spoleto, the birthday of the holy martyrs Sabi-
nus, bishop, Exuperantius and Marcellus, dea-
cons ; also of Venustian, governor, with his wife and
sons, under the emperor Maximian. Marcellus and
Exuperantius were first racked, then severely beaten
with rods; afterwards being mangled with iron
hooks, and burned in the sides, they terminated their
martyrdom. Not long after, Venustian was put to
the sword with his w-ife and sons. St. Sabinus,
after having his hands cut off, and being a long time
confined in prison, was scourged to death. The mar-
tyrdom of these saints is commemorated on the same
day, although it occurred at different times. — At
Alexandria, the holy martyrs Mansuetus, Severus,
Appian, Donatus, Honorius, and their companions.
— At Thessalonica, St. Anysia, martyr. — In the same
place, St. Anysius, bishop of that city. — At Milan,
St. Eugene, bishop and confessor. — At Ravenna, St.

402 DECEMBER.

Liberius, bishop. — At Aquila, in Abruzzo, St. Raine-
rius, bishop.

Cfie Cinrtgsfiw Dap of December*

AT Rome, the birthday of pope St. Silvester, who
•"• baptized the emperor Constantine the Great, and
confirmed the Council of Nicaea. After performing
many other holy deeds, he rested in peace. — Also, at
Rome, on the Salarian road, in the cemetery of
Priscilla, the holy martyrs Donata, Paulina, Rustica,
Nominanda, Serotina, Hilaria and their companions.
— At Sens, the blessed Sabinian, bishop, and Potent-
ian, who being sent thither by the Roman Pontiff to
preach, illustrated that metropolitan church by their
confession and martyrdom. — In the same place, St.
Columba, virgin and martyr, who after having
triumphed over fire, was beheaded, in the persecu-
tion of the emperor Aurelian. — At Retiers, St. Her-
mes, exorcist. — At Catania, in Sicily, the martyrdom
of the Saints Stephen, Pontian, Attains, Fabian,
Cornelius, Sextus, Flos, Quinctian, Minervinus and
Simplician. — The same day, St. Zoticus, Roman
priest, who went to Constantinople, and took upon
himself the care of orphans. — At Ravenna, St. P»ar-
batian, priest and confessor. — The same day, St.*
Melania the Younger, who withdrew from R< me with
her husband Pinian, and went to Jerusalem, whore

DECEMBER. 403

both embraced the religious life, she among the
women consecrated to God, and he among the monks,
and ended their career in peace.

And in other places, many other holy martyrs,
confessors, and virgins Answer: Thanks be to God.

INDEX.

A.

Aaron, St., Pr July 1

Aaron, St., M July 1

Abachum, St., M Jan. 19

Abdechalas, St., Pr., M.Apr. 21
Abdias, St., Prophet .. Nov. 19
Abdiesus, St., D., M...Apr. 22

Abdon, St., M July 30

Abercius, St., B Oct. 22

Abibo, St Aug. 3

Abibus, St., D., M Nov. 15

Abilius, St., B Feb. 22

Abraham, Hermit Men. 16

Abraham, St., C June 15

Abraham, St.,Patriarch.Oct. 9

Absalon, St., M Mch. 2

Abudemius, St., M July 15

Abundantius, St., M . . . Mch. 1
Abundantius, St., D., M.,

Sept. 16

Abundius, St., M Feb. 27

Abundius, St., B., C...Apr. 2
Abundius, St., Sacris-
tan Apr. 14

Abundius, St., Pr., M..July 11

Abundius, St., M Aug. 26

Abundius, St., Pr., M.Sept. 16
Abundius, St., D., M..Dec. 10

Abundius, St., M Dec. 14

Acacius, St., Pr., M . . . Nov. 27
Acathius, St., Centu-
rion, M May 8

Acatius, St., B Apr. 9

Acatius, St., M Apr. 28

Acatius, St., M July 28

Accursius, St., M Jan. 16

Acepsimas, St., B., M..Apr. 22

Achillas, St., B Nov. 7

Achilleus, St., D., M...Apr. 23
Achilleus, St., M May 12

Aciiidinus, St., M Apr. 29

Acindynus, St., M., and

companions Nov. 2

Acisclus, St., M Nov. 17

Acutius, St., M Sept. 19

Acyllinus, St., M July 17

Adalbert, St., B., M...Apr. 23

Adauctus, St., M Aug. 30

Adaucus, St., M., and

many others Feb. 7

Adelbert, St., C June 25

Adelphus, St., B., C. . .Aug. 29
Aderitus, St., B., C . . . Sept. 27

Adjutor, St Sept. 1

Adjutor, St., M Dec. 18

Adjutus, St., M Jan. 16

Adjutus, St., A Dec. 19

Ado, St., B., O Dec. 16

Adria, St., M Dec. 2

Adrian, St., M Mch. 1

Adrian, St., M Mch. 5

Adrian, St., M Mch. 7

Adrian, St., M Aug. 26

Adrian III, P Sept. 7

Adrian, St., M., and 23
others, commem. of.Sept. 8

Adrio, St., M May 17

Adulphus, St., M Sept. 27

Adventor, St., Sol'r,

M Nov. 20

^Edesius, St., M Apr. 8

^Emilian, St., M Feb. 8

^Emilian, St., Sol'r, M.Apr. 29

^milian, St., M July 18

JErnilian, St., B. M Aug. 8

^milian, St., B Sept. 11

^milian, St., C Oct. 11

^Bmilian, St., Pr Nov. 12

JEinilian, St., Physi-
cian, C Dec. 6

yEmiliana, St., M June 30

406

INDEX.

^milius, St., M May 22

^Emilius, St., M May 28

^milius, St., M Oct. 6

^Etherius, St., B., M..Mch. 4

^Etherius, St., B June 14

^therius, St., M June 18

vKtherius, St., B. and

G July 27

Afra, St., M May 24

Af ra, St., M Aug. 5

African, St., M Apr. 10

Agabius, St., B., M...Aug. 4
Agabus, St., Prophet.. Feb. 13

Agape, St., M Jan. 25

Agape, St., V., M Feb. 15

Agape, St., V., M Apr. 3

Agapes, St., V. M Dec. 28

Agapias, St., M Nov. 2

Agapitus, St., B Men. 24

Agapitus, St., D., M. . .Aug. 6

Agapitus, St., M Aug. 18

Agapitus, St., M Sept. 20

Agapitus, St., P Sept. 20

Agapitus St. M Nov. 20

Agapitus, St., M Men. 24

Agapius, St., M Apr. 28

Agapius, St., B., M Apr. 29

Agapius, St., M Aug. 19

Agapius, St., M Aug. 21

Agapius, St., B Sept. 10

Agapius, St., M Nov. 20

Agatha, St., V., M Feb. 5

Agathadorus, St., M...Apr. 13
Agathangelus, St., M . . Jan. 23

Agatho, St., P Jan. 10

Agatho, St., Exorc't,

M Feb. 14

Agatho, St., M July 5

Agatho, St., Sol'r, M..Dec. 7
Agathoclia, St., Ser't,

M Sept. 17

Agathodorus, St.B.,M.Mch. 4

Agathonica, St., M Apr. 13

Agathonica, St., V.. M.Aug. 10
Agathonicus, St., M.,

companions Aug. 22

Agathopodes, St., D.,

M Apr. 4

Agathopodes, St., D...Apr. 25

Agathopus, St., M Dec. 23

Agericus, St., B Dec. 1

Agga?us, St., Prophet.. July 4

Aggoeus, St., M Jan. 4

Agileus, St., M Oct. 15

Aglibertus, St., M June 24

Agnes, St., V., M Jan. 21

Agues, St., V Apr. 20

Agoardus, St., M., and
a multitude of oth-
ers June 24

Agricola, St., B Men. 17

Agricola, St., M Nov. 4

Agricola, St., M Dec. 3

Agricola, St., M Dec. 16

Agrippina, St., V., M..Jun. 23

Agrippinus, St., B Nov. 9

Agritius, St., B Jan. 13

Aguellus, St., A Dec. 14

Aichard, St., A Sept. 15

Aidan, St., B Aug. 31

Aigulphus, St., A., and

companion monks, M.Sep. 3
Aithalas, St., Pr., M. . .Apr. 22

Alban, St., M June 21

Alban, St., M., and a

soldier June 22

Albert, St., C Aug. 7

Albert, St., B. M Nov. 21

Albina, St., V., M Dec. 16

Albinus, St., B Feb. 5

Albinus, St., B. and C.Mch. 1

Albinus, St., B Sept. 15

Aldegundes, St., V Jan. 30

Aldhelm, St., B May 25

Alexander, St., B., M..Jan. 11

Alexander, St., M Jan. 30

Alexander, St., M Feb. 9

Alexander, St., M., and

38 others Feb. 9

Alexander, St., M Feb. 18

Alexander, St., B Feb. 26

Alexander, St., M Feb. 27

INDEX.

407

Alexander, St., M Mch. 10

Alexander, St., M Mch. 17

Alexander, St., B., M..Mch. 18

Alexander, St., M Mch. 24

Alexander, St., M Mch. 24

Alexander, St., Soldier,

M Mch. 27

Alexander, St., M Mch. 28

Alexander, St., M., and

34 others Apr. 24

Alexander, St., P., M . . May 3
Alexander, St., Sol'r, M.May 3

Alexander, St., M May 20

Alexander, St., M May 29

Alexander, St., M June 2

Alexander, St., B June 4

Alexander, St., B., M.June 6
Alexander, St., M., and

companions June 6

Alexander, St., M July 9

Alexander, St., M July 10

Alexander, St., Sol., M.July 21

Alexander, St., M Aug. 1

Alexander, St., B., M.Aug. 11

Alexander, St., M Aug. 26

Alexander, St., B., M.Aug. 28

Alexander, St., M Sept. 9

Alexander, St., B., M.Sept. 21

Alexander, St., M Sept. 28

Alexander of Saul, St.,

B Oct. 1.1

Alexander, St., M Oct. 17

Alexander, St., B., M.,

and companions Oct. 22

Alexander, St., M Nov. 9

Alexander. St., M Nov. 24

Alexander, St., M Dec. 12

Alexandra, St., M Mch. 20

Alexandra. St.. V., M.May 18
Alexius Falconieri, St.,

C .Feb. 17

Alexius, St., C July 17

Alipius, St., B Aug. 15

All Saints, festival of. Nov. 1

Almachius, St., M Jan. 1

Alodia, St., V., M Oct. 22

Aloysius Gonzaga, St. June 21

Alphseus, St., M Nov. 17

Alphius, St. M May 10

Alphius, St., M May 10

Alphius, St., M Sept. 28

Alphonsus, Maria de

Liguori, St Aug. 2

Alphonsus, Rodriguez,

St., O. Oct. 30

Alpinian, St, Pr June 30

Amaudus, St., B Feb. 6

Amandus, St., B. and

C June. 18

Amantius, St., M Feb. 10

Amantius, St., D Mch. 19

Amantius, St., B. and

C Apr. S

Amantius, St., M June 10

Amantius, St., Pr Sept. 26

Amantius, St., B Nov. 4

Amaranthus, St., M...NOV. 7

Amatius, St., M June 6-

Amator, St., Pr., M Apr. 30

Amator, St., B., O May 1

Amator, St., B ..Nov. 26

Amatus. St., B. and

C Sept. 13

Amatus, St., Pr. and

A Sept. 13

Ambicus, St., M Dec. 8

Ambrose, St., O. P Mch. 20

Ambrose, St., B. and C.Apr. 4
Ambrose. St., Cenfh,

M. Aug. 16

Ambrose, St., B Oct. 16

Ambrose, St., A Nov. 2

Ambrose, St., B. and

Doctor .• Dec. 7

Amelberga, St., V July 10

Amideus. St Apr. 18

Ammia, St Aug. 31

Ammian, St., M Sept. 4

Ammon, St., D. M., and

40 holy virgins Sept. 1

Ammon. St., M., and

others Sept. 8

408

INDEX.

Ammon, St., Sol'r., M..Dec. 20
Aminonaria, St., M...Dec. 12
Ammonaria, St., M . . . Dec. 12

Ammonius, St., M Jan. 18

Ammonius, St., M Feb. 9

Ammonius, St., Infant.Feb. 12
Ammonius, St., M . . . . Feb. 14
Ammonius, St., Lector,

M Mch. 26

Ammonius, St., M . . . . Nov. 26
Amos, St., Prophet, M.Mch. 31
Ampelius, St., M., and

companions Feb. 11

Ampelus, St., M Nov. 20

Amphian, St., M Apr. 2

Amphilochius, St., Offi-
cer, M Mch. 27

Amphilochius, St., B..Nov. 23
Amphion, St., B. and

C June 12

Ampliatus, St., M Oct. 31

Anacharius, St., B. and

C Sept. 26

Anacletus, St., P., M..July 13
Ananias, St., Pr., M..Apr. 21

Ananias, St., M Dec. 1

Ananias, St.,Youth, M.Dec. 16

Ananias, St., M Jan. 25

Anastasia, St., M Apr. 15

Anastasia, the Elder,

St., V., M Oct. 28

Anastasia, St., M., and

270 other women . . . Dec. 25

Anastasius, St., M Jan. 9

Anastasius, St., Monk,

M., and companions. Jan. 11
Anastasius, St., Monk,

M., and companions . Jan. 22
Anastasius Sinaita, St.

B Apr. 21

Anastasius, St., P Apr. 27

Anastasius, St., M., and

companions May 11

Anastasius, St., B May 20

Anastasius, St., B May 30

Anastasius, St., Pr., M.Jun. 14

Anastasius, St., Soldier,

M June 2<J

Anastasius (2 of name)
MM., and many

others Aug. 13

Anastasius, St., B. and

C Aug. 17

Anastasius, St., Secre-
tary, M ,. .Aug. 21

Anastasius, St., M Sept. 7

Anastasius, St., Pr., M.,

and companions Oct. 11

Anastasius, St., M....Dec. 5

Anastasius, St., M Dec. 19

Anastasius, St., B., M.Dec. 21

Anathalon, St., B Sept. 21

Anatolia, St., V., M...Jnly 9

Anatolius, St., M Mch. 20

Anatolius, St., B .Tally 8

Anatolius, St., M Nov. 20

Andeol, St., Subd'n,

M May 1

Andochius, St., Pr.,

M Sept. 24

Andrew Corsini, St., B.Feb. 4
Andrew, St., B. and C.Feb. 26

Andrew, St., M May 15

Andrew, St., Tribune,
M., and military

companions Aug. 19

Andrew, St., Pr., M..Aug. 29

Andrew, St., M Sept. 23

Andrew of Crete, St..

Monk, M Oct. 17

Andrew Avellini, St.,

Regular Clerk Nov. 10

Andrew, St., Monk,

M Nov. 28

Andrew, St., Apostle,

M., birthday of Nov. 30

Andronicus, St Oct. 9

Andronicus, St., M Oct. 11

Anectus, St., M Mch. 10

Anectus, St., M June 27

Anempodistus, St., M.Nov. 2

INDEX.

409

Anesius, St., M Mch. 31

Angela Merici, St.,

V., May 31

Angelus, St., Pr., M...May 5

Angelus, St., M Oct. 13

Anian, St., B Apr. 25

Anian, St., D., M Nov. 10

Anian, St., B Nov. 17

Anicetus, St., P., M...Apr. 17
Anicetus, St., Count, M.,

and many others. . .Aug. 12
Ann, St., mother of

Mary, mother of

'God July 26

Anna, St., Prophetess. Sept. 1

Annon, St., B Dec. 4

Annunciation of the

B. V. M Mch. 25

Ansanus, St., M Dec. 1

Ansbert, St., B Feb. 9

Anscharius, St., B Feb. 3

Anslem, St., B Apr. 21

Ansovinus, St., B. and

C Mch. 13

Anterus, St., P., M Jan. 3

Anthelmus, St., B June 20

Anthes, St., M Aug. 28

Anthia, St., M Apr. 18

Anthimus, St., B., M.,

and others Apr. 27

Anthimus, St., Pr., M.May 11

Anthimus, St., M Sept. 27

Antholian, St., M Feb. 6

Anthony, St., Pr., M . . Jan. 9
Anthony, St., Monk... Jan. 17

Anthony, St., A Jan. 17

Anthony, St., B Feb. 12

Anthony, St., M Feb. 14

Anthony, St., A Feb. 14

Anthony, St., C June 13

Anthony, Mary C July 5

Anthony, St., M Sept. 23

Anthony, St., M Nov. 7

Anthony, St., M Dec. 15

Anthony, St., Monk... Dec. 28
Anthusa, St., V., M...July 27

Anthusa, St., M Aug. 22

Anthusa the Younger,

St., M Aug. 27

Antidius, St., B., M...June 25

Antigonus, St., M Feb. 27

Antinogenes, St., M . . . July 24
Antiochus, St., Tribune,

M May 21

Antiochus, St., Physi-
cian, M July 15

Antiochus, St., B Oct. 15

Antiochus, St., M Dec. 13

Antipas, St., M Apr. 11

Antonia, St., V., M Apr. 29

Antonia, St., M May 4

Antonia, St., M Mch. 1

Antonina, St., V., M..May 3

Antonia, St., M .-June 12

Antoninus, St., M Apr. 20

Antoninus, St., M Apr. 26

Antoninus, St., C. and

Arch May 10

Antoninus, St., M., and

others July 6

Antoninus, St., M July 29

Antoninus, St., M Aug. 2*2

Antoninus, St., M Sept. 2

Antoninus, St.,Boy,M.Sept. 3
Antoninus, St., Soldier,

M Sept. 30

Antoninus, St., B. and

C Oct. 31

Antoninus, St., M . . . . Nov. 13

Anysia, St., M Dec. 30

Anysius, St., B Dec. 30

Apelles, St Apr. 22

Apellius, St., M Sept. 10

Aper, St., B Sept. 15

Aphraates, St., An-
choret Apr. 7

Aphrodisius, St., M..Mch. 14
Aphrodisius, St., M.;.Apr. 28
Aphrodisius, St., Pr.,

M., and 30 others . . . Apr. 30

Aphtonins, St., M Nov. 2

Apodemius, St., M Apr. 16

410

INDEX.

Apollinaris, St., V Jan. 5

Apollinaris, St., B Jan. 8

Apollinaris, St., M . . . June 21
Apollinaris, St., B., M.July 23

Apollinaris, St., M Aug. 23

Apollinaris, St., B Oct. 5

Apollo, St., M Apr. 21

Apollonia, St., V., M..Feb. 9

Apollonius, St., M Feb. 14

Apollonius, St., D., M.Mch. 8

Apollonius, St., B Mch. 19

Apollonius, St., Pr., M.,

and 5 others Apr. 10

Apollonius, St., Sena-
tor, M Apr. 18

Apollonius, St., M June 5

Apollonius, St., B. and

C July 7

Apollonius, St., M July 10

Apollonius. St., M July 23

Apphias, St., M Nov. 22

Appian, St., M Dec. 30

Apronian, St., Notary,

M Feb. 2

Apuleius, St., M Oct. 7

Aquila, St., M Jan. 23

Aquila, St., M Mch. 23

Aquila, St., M May 20

Aquila, St July 8

Aquila, St., M. Aug. 1

Aqiiilina, St., V., M...June 13

Aquiliiia, St., M July 24

Aquilinus, St., M Jan. 4

Aquilinus, St., Pr., M.Jan. 29

Aquilinus, St., M Feb. 4

Aquilinus, St., M May 15

Aquilinus, St., M May 17

Aquilinus, St.,B. and C.Oct. 19

Arabia, St., M Mch. 13

Arator, St., Pr., M Apr. 21

Arbogastus, St., B . . . . July 21

Arcadius, St., M Jan. 12

Arcadius, St., B., M..Mch. 4

Arcadins, St., M Nov. 13

Archelaus, St., M Mch. 4

Archelaus. St., D., M..Aug. 23

Archelaus, St., B Dec. 26

Archipus, St., Mch. 20

Arcontius, St., M Sept. 5

Ardalion, St., Comedian,

M Apr. 14

Aresius, St., M., and

others June 10

Aretas, St., M., and 504

others Oct. 1

Aretas, St., M., and

340 companions Oct. 24

Aretius, St., M June 4

Argeus, St., M Jan. 2

Argymirus, St., Monk,

M June 28

Ariadna, St., M Sept. 17

Arian, St., Governor,

M., and others Mch. 8

Aristaeus, St., B., M..Sept. 3
Aristarchus, St., B.

M Aug. 4

Aristides, St Aug. 31

Aristion, St Feb. 22

Aristobulus, St., M...Mch. 15

Ariston, St., M July 2

Aristonicus, St., M...Apr. 19
Arinentarius, St., B.

and O. Jan. 30

Armogastes, St., Count,

C Mch. 29

Arnulf, St., B July 18

Arnulf, St., B. and C. .Aug. 15

Arsacius, St, C Aug. 16

Arsenius, St., D July 19

Arsenius, St., M Dec. 14

Artemius, St., Imperial

Officer, M Oct. 20

Artemius, St., M June 6

Artemon, St., Pr., M..Oct. 8

Asaph, St., B May 1

Asclas, St., M Jan. 23

Asclepiades, St., B., M.Oct. 18
Asclepiodotns. St., M.Sept. 15

Asella, St., V Dec. 6

Aspren, St., B Aug. 3

INDEX.

411

Assumption of the B.

V. Mary Aug. 15

Asteria, St., V., M...Aug. 10
Asterius, S/t, Senator,

M Men. 3

Asterius, St., M May 20

Asterius, St.,B. and C.June 10

Asterius, St., M Aug. 23

Asterius, St., Pr., M..Oct. 21

Asyncritus, St Apr. 8

Athanasia, St., Widow. Aug. 14

Athansia, St Oct. 9

Athanasius, St., Notary,

M Jan. 3

Athanasius, St., B May 2

Athanasius, St., D., M.July 5

Athanasius, St., B July 15

Athanasius, St., B., M.Aug. 22
Athenodorus, St., B.,M.Oct. 18
Athenodorus, St., M. . . Nov. 11
Athenogenes, St, M..Jan. 18
Athenogenes, St., M., and

10 disciples July 16

Attalas, St., A Men. 10

Attalus, St., M June 2

Attains, St., M Dec. 31

Attho, St May 22

Atticus, St Nov. 6

Attilanus, St., B Oct. 5

Attius, St., M Aug. 1

Aubertus, St.,B. and C.Dec. 13

Auctus, St., M Nov. 7

Audactus, St., Pr., M. .Oct. 24
Audas, St., B., M. and

7 Priests, 9 Deacons.

and 7 Virgins May 16

Audax, St., M July 9

Audifax, St., M Jan. 19

Audry, St., V., Queen. June 23
Augulus, St., B., M...Feb. 7
Augurius, St, D., M..Jan. 21
Angustalus, St., B. and

C Sept. 7

Augustine, St, M May 7

Augustine, St., B. and

Doctor Aug. 28

Augustus, St., M May 7

Augustus, St Sept. 1

Augustus, St., Pr. and

C Oct. 7

Aurea, St, V., M July 19

Aurea St., V., M Aug. 24

Aurea, St., V Oct. 4

Aurelia, St, V Sept. 25

Aurelia, St., V Oct. 15

Aurelia, St, M Dec. 2

Aurelian, St., B June 16

Aurelius, St., M July 27

Aurelius, St., M Oct. 20

Aurelius, St, B., M...Nov. 12
Aureus, St., M., and

others June 16

Austreberta, St, V Feb. 10

Austregisil, St., B. and

C May 20

Austremonius, St., B..Nov. 1
Austriclinian, St, Pr.June 30
Autonomus, St, B., M.Sept 12

Auxanus, St., B Sept. 3

Auxentius, St., A Feb. 14

Auxentius, St, M Dec. 13

Auxentius, St., B Dec. 18

Auxibius, St., B Feb. 19

Auxilius, St., M Nov. 27

Aventine, St, C Feb. 4

Avitus, St, M Jan. 27

Avitus, St, B. and C. .Feb. 5
Avitus. St., Pr. and C.June 17
Azadan, St., D., M., and

other clerics Apr. 22

Azades, St., Eunuch,

M Apr. 22

Azarias, St., Youth, M.Dec. 16
Azas, St., M., and 150

military companions.Nov. 19

Babylas, St., B., M. . . .Jan. 24

Bacchus, St., M Oct. 7

Bajulus, St., M Dec. 20

412

INDEX.

Balbina, St., V Mch. 3.1

Baldomer, St Feb. 27

Baracblsius, St., M...Mch. 29
Barbara, St., V. M.... Dec. 4
Barbatian, St., Fr. and

C Dec. 31

Barbatus, St., B Feb. 19

Barbea, St., M Jan. 29

Bardomian, St., M., and

others Sept 25

Barlaam, St., M Nov. 19

Barlaam, St Nov. 27

Barnabas, St., Apostle,

M June 11

Barontius, St., C Mch. 25

Barsabas, St., M Dec. 11

Barsanuphius, St., An-
choret Apr. 11

Barsen, St., B Jan. 30

Barsimaeus, St., B., M.Jan. 30
Bartholomew, St.,

Apostle, M Aug. 24

Bartholomew, St., A.. Nov. 11

Barula, St., M Nov. 18

Basil, St., C Feb. 27

Basil, St., B., M Mch. 4

Basil, St., B Mch. 6

Basil, St., Pr., M Mch. 22

Basil, St May 30

Basil, St., B., of June 14

Basil, St., Monk, M...NOV. 28

Basileus, St., M Mch. 2

Basileus, St., B., M...Apr. 26

Basileus, St., M May 23

Basileus, St., B., M...Nov. 27

Basilian, St., M Dec. 18

Basilica of Our Saviour,

dedication of Nov. 9

Basilides, St., M., and

others June 10

Basilides, St., Soldier,

M June 12

Basilides, St., M June 30

Basilides, St., M Dec. 23

Basiliscus, St., M Mch. 3

Basiliscus, St., M May 22

Basilissa, St., V Jan. 9

Basilissa, St., M Mch. 22

Basilissa, St., M Apr. 15

Basilissa, St., V., M..Sept. 3

Basilla, St., M May 17

Basilla, St., V., M....May 20

Basilla, St Aug. 29

Basolus, St., O Nov. 26

Bassa, St., V., M Aug. 10

Bassa, St., M Aug. 21

Bassian, St., B., C Jan. 19

Bassian, St., Lector, M.Feb. 14

Bassian, St., M Dec. 9

Bassus, St., M Feb. 14

Bassus, St., M May 11

Bassus, St., M., and

others Nov. 20

Basstus, St., B., M Dec. 5

Bathildis, St., Queen. Jan. 26

Baudelius, St., M May 20

Bavo, St., C Oct. 1

Beanus, St., B Dec. 16

Beata, St Mch. 8

Beatrix, St., M July 29

Beatus, St., C May 9

Bede, Venerable, St.

Pr May 27

Begga, St., Widow.. .Dec. 17
Bellinus, St., B., M...Nov. 26
Benedict, St., A., C...Jan. 12

Benedict, St., B Mch. 11

Benedict, St., A Mch. 21

Benedict, St., Monk.. Mch. 23
Benedict of St. Phila-

delphus, St., C Apr. 3

Benedict, Jos. Labre, St.,

C Apr. 16

Benedict, St., P. and C.May 7
Benedict, XI, St., P.. July 7

Benedict, St., C Oct. 23

Benedict, St., Hermit,

M Nov. 12

Benedicta, St., M Jan. 4

Benedicta, St., V May 6

Benedicta, St., V June 29

Benedicta, St., V., M. .Oct. 8

INDEX.

413

Benignus, St., M Feb.

Benignus, St., M Apr.

Benignus, St., B., M . . June

Benignus, St., Pr., M..Nov.

Benignus, St., B Nov.

Benildes, St., M June

Benjamin, St., D., M . . Mch.

Benno, St., B June

Benvenutus, St., B . . . Mch.

Berard, St., M Jan.

Bercharius, St., A., M.Oct.

Bernard, St.,B. and C.Mch.

Bernard of Menthon,
St., C June

Bernard, St., A., Doc-
tor of the Church.. Aug.

Bernard Ptolemy, St.,
A Aug.

Bernard, St., C Oct.

Bernard, St., B. and
Card Dec.

Bernardine of Siena,
St May

Bernward, St., B. and
C Oct.

Beronicus, St., M., and
others Oct.

Bertin, St., A Sept.

Besas, St., Soldier, M.Feb.

Bessarion. St., Ancht.Jime

Bianor, St., M July

Bibiana, St., V Dec.

Biblis, St., M June

Bicor, St., B., M Apr.

Birillus, St., B Mch.

Ririnus, St., B Dec.

Balnda, St., M May

Blandina. St., M June

Blasius, St., B., M...Feb.

Blasius, St., M Nov.

Blood, Mrt. Pricions. .July

Bona, St.. V Apr.

Bonajunota, St., C Aug.

Bonaventure, St., Card,
and B., C. and Doc-
tor July

13 Bonfilius, St., C Jan. 1

3 Boniface, St., M May 14

28 Boniface, St., B May 14

1 Boniface IV, St., P...May 25

20 Boniface, St., B., M..June 5

15 Boniface, St., M June 19

31 Boniface, St., D.. M..Aug. 17

.10 i Boniface, St Aug. 30

22 I Boniface, St.. P. and C.Oct. 25
10 Boniface, St., C .Dec. 6

16 Boniface, St., M Dec. 29

12 Bonitus, St., B. and C.Jan. 15

Bononius, St., A Aug. 30

15 1 Bonosa, St., M Joily 15

Bonosus, St., M Aug. 21

20 Bonus, St., P., M. and

others Aug. 1

21 ; Braulio, St., B. and C.Mch. 20

14 Brendan, St., A May 10

Bretannion, St., B Jan. 25

Brice, St., B Nov. 13

Bridget, St., V Feb. 1

20 Bridget, St., Widow... Oct. 8
Brixius, St., B July 9

26 Bruno, St., B. and C..May 17
Bruno, St., B. and C..July 18

19 Bruno, St., C Oct. 6

Bruno, St., B. and M..Oct. 15

Burchard, St., B Oct. 14

Burgundofora, St., Ab-
bess, V Apr. 3

C.

Csecilian, St., M Apr. 16

CaBciliois, St., B May 15

Caicilius, St., Pr June 3

Ca3lian, St., M Dec. 15

Cserealis, St., M Feb. 28

29 Cserealis, St., M June 10

1 Ca?realis, St., Soldier.

24 1 M Sept. 14

31 1 Caesarius, St Feb. 25

Csesarius, St., M Apr. 20

I Ca?sarius, St., B Aug. 27

14,(>sarius. St.. D.. ..Nov. 1

414

INDEX.

Csesarius, St., M., and

others Nov. 1

Csesarius, St., M Nov. 3

Csesarius, St., M Dec. 28

Caesidius, St., Pr., M.,

and companions ...Aug. 31

Caius, St., M Jan. 4

Caius, St., M Feb. 28

Caius, St., M., and 27

others Mch. 4

Caius, St., M Mch. 10

Caius, St., M Apr. 16

Caius, St., M , Apr. 19

Caius, St. P., M Apr. 22

Caius, St. Pr June 30

Caius, St. M Aug. 28

Caius, St B Sept. 27

Caius, St. M Oct. 3

Caius, St Oct. 4

Caius, St., M., and com-
panions Oct. 4

Caius, St., Soldier, M.Oct. 21

Caius, St., M Nov. 20

Cajetan of Tiene. St.,C.Aug. 7

Calanious, St., M Dec. 17

Calepodius, St., Pr. and

M ...May 10

Calimerius, St., B., M.July 31

Callinica, St., M Mch. 22

Callinicus, St., M Jan. 28

Callinicus, St., M July 29

Calliopa, St., M June 8

Calliopius, St.. M Apr. 7

Callista, St., M Sept. 2

Callistratus, St., M., and

49 other soldiers . . . Sept, 26
Callistus, St., M., and

others Apr. 16

Callistus, St., M Apr. 25

Callistus, St., B. M...Aug. 14

Callistus, St., P., M...0ct. 14

Callistus, St. M Dec. 29

Calocerus, St., B. and

C Feb. 11

Calocerus, St., M. . . . .Apr. 18

Calocerus, St., M May 19

Calogerus, St., Hermit. June 18
Camillus de Lellis, St.,

C July 18

Candida, St., M June 6

Candida, St., V., M...Aug. 29

Candida, St Sept. 4

Candida, the Younger,

St Sept. 4

Candida, St., V., M..Sept. 20

Candida, St., M Dec. 1

Candidus, St., M Feb. 2

Candidus, St., Sol'r, M.Mch. 9
Candidus, St., M., and

others Mch. 11

Candidus, St., M Sept. 22

Candidus, St., M Oct. 3

Candidas, St., M Dec. 15

Canion, St Sept. 1

Canon. St., M., and son. May 29

Cantian, St., May 31

Cantianilla. St., M May 31

Cantidian, St., M Aug. 5

Cantidius, St., M Aug. 5

Cantius, St., M May 31

Canute, St., King, M..Jan. 7

Capito, St, B. M Mch. 4

Capito. St., M July 24

Capitolina, St., M Oct. 27

Caprasius, St., A June 1

Caprasius, St., M Oct. 20

Caralippus, St., M Apr. 28

Caraunas, St., M May 28

Carponius, St., M Oct. 14

Carpophorus, St., M..Aug. 7
Carpophorus, St., Pr..

M Dec. 10

Carpois, St., B., M. and

others Apr. 13

Carpus, St Oct. 13

Carterius, St., M., and

companions Nov. 2

Casdoa, St., M Sept. 29

Casimir, St Mch. 4

Cassia, St.. M July 20

Cassian, St., M., and

others Mch. 26

INDEX.

415

Cassian, St., B Aug. 5

Cassian, St., M Aug. 13

Cassian, St., B., M...Aug. 13

Cassian, St., M Dec. 1

Cassian, St., M Dec. 3

Cassius, St., M., and

companions May 15

Cassius, St., B June 29

Cassius, St., M Aug. 7

Cassius, St., M., and

many others Oct. 10

Castor, St., M Men. 28

Castor, St., M Apr. 27

Castor, St., M Dec. 28

Castorius, St., M July 7

Castorius, St., M Nov. 8

Castrensis, St., B Feb. 11

Castrensis, St Sept. 1

Castritian, St., B Dec. 1

Castoilus, St., M Jan. 12

Castulus, St., M Feb. 15

Castulus, St., M Mch. 26

Castulus, St., M Nov. 30

Castus, St., M May 22

Castus, St., B., M July 1

Castus, St., M Sept. 4

Castus, St., M Oct. 6

Cataldus, St., B Oct. 6

Cataldus, St., B May 10

Catherine de Ricci, St.,

V Feb. 13

Catherine, St., V Mch. 9

Catherine, St., V Mch. 22

Catherine, St., Widow.Mch. 22
Catherine of Siena, St.,

V Apr. 30

Catherine, St., V., M..Nov. 25
Catulinus, St., D., M— July 15

Catus, St., M Jan. 19

Cecilia, St., V., M Nov. 22

Celerina, St., M Feb. 3

Celerinus, St., D., M. .Feb. 3

Celestin, St, P Apr. 6

Celestin V, St., P May 19

Celestine, St., M TMay 2

Celsus, St., Boy, M Jan. 9

Celsus, St., B Apr. 6

Celsus, St., Boy, M...July 28

Celsus, St., M ..Nov. 21

Censurius, St., B....June 10

Centolla, St., M .Aug. 13

Cerbonius, St., B Oct. 10

Cerbonius, St., B. and

C Oct. 10

Chad, St., B Mch. 2

Chseremon, St.. M Oct. 4

Chair of St. Peter,

Apostle at Rome Jan. 18

Chaeremon, St., M Oct. 4

Chaeremon, St., B., M..

and others Dec. 22

Chair of St. Peter,

Apostle at Antioch . . Feb. 22

Charisius, St., M. . Apr. 16

Charitina, St., V., M..Oct. 5

Chariton, St., M Sept. 3

Charity, St., V.. M...Aug. 1
Charles Borromeo, St.,

Card, and B Nov. 4

Cheledonius, St., M..Mch. 3

Chelidonia, St., V Oct. 15

Chionia. St., V., M Apr. 3

Christeta, St.. M Oct. 27

Christiana, St., Hand-
maid Dec. 15

Christina, St., V., M..Mch. 13
Christina, St., V.. M..July 24
Christinus, St., Hermit

M .Nov. 12

Christopher, St., M...July 25
Christopher, St.. Monk,

M Aug. 20

Chromatius, St., B. and

C Dec. 2

Chronidas, St., Notary.

M Mch. 27

Chryanthus, St., M Oct. 24

Chrysogonus, St.. M..Nov. 24
Chrysophoinis, St., M.Apr. 20
Chrysotelus, St., Pr.,

M Apr. 22

Cilinia, St Oct. 21

416

1 NDEX.

Cindeus, St., Pr., M...July 11
Circumcision of our

Lord Jan. 1

Cisellus, St., M Aug. 21

Clare, St., V Aug. 12

Clare, St., V., Nun... Aug. 18
Clarence, St., B. and C.Apr. 26
Clarus, St., Pr., M...Nov. 4

Clarus, St., Pr Nov. 8

Classicus, St., M Feb. 18

Clateus, St., B., M June 4

Claude, St., B June 6

Claudia, St., M Mch. 20

Claudia, St., V., M May 18

Claudian, St., M Feb. 25

Claudian, St., M Feb. 26

Claudius, St., M Feb. 18

Claudius, St., M Apr. 26

Claudius, St., Boy, M.June 3

Claudius, St., M July 7

Claudius, St., M Aug. 23

Claudius, St., M., and

companions July 21

Claudius, St., M Oct. 30

Claudius, St., M Nov. 8

Claudius, St., Tribune

M. and others Dec. 3

Claudius, St., M Dec. 3

Clement, St., B., M...Jan. 23
Clement, Mary Hofbauer

F. C Mch. 15

Clement, St., M Sept. 10

Clement, St., M Nov. 21

Clement, St., P., M...NOV. 23
Clementinus, St., M...NOV. 14

Cleomenes, St., M Dec. 23

Cleonious, St.,Sol'r, M.Mch. 3

Cleophas, St.. M Sept. 25

Clerus, St., D., M Jan. 7

Cletus. St., P., M Apr. 26

Clicerius, St., B. and

C Sept. 20

Clodulphns, St., B June 8

Clotilda, St.. Queen.. June 3
Cloud, St., Pr. and C.Sept. 7
Cointha, St., M Feb. 8

Colotte, St., V Mch. 6

Codratus, St., M Mch. 10

Colman, St., Pr., M...July 8

Colman, St., M Oct. 13

Columba, St., Pr. and

C June 9

Columba, St., V., M..Sept. 17
Columba, St., V., M...Dec. 31

Cokimban, St., A Nov. 21

Concessa, St., M Apr. 8

Concessus, St., M Apr. 9

Concordia, St., M Aug. 13

Concordius, St., Pr., M.Jan. 1
Concordius, St., M...Sept. 2

Concordius, St., M Dec. 16

Conon, St., M Feb. 26

Conon, St., M Mch. 6

Conrad, St., B Nov. 26

Consortia, St., V June 22

Constantia, St., M...Sept. 19
Constantine, St., C...Mch. 11
Constantine, St., B. and

C Apr. 12

Constantine, St., M . . . July 27
Constantius, St., B., M.Jan. 29
Constantius, St., M...Aug. 26

Constantius, St., B Sept. 1

Constantius, St., Man-

sionary Sept. 23

Constantius, St., C.-.Nov. 30
Constantius, St., M...Dec. 12

Corpes, St., M July 9

Corbinian, St., B Sept. 8

Cordula, St., V., M....Oct. 22
Corebus, St., Prefect.

M Apr. 18

Cornelia, St., M Mch. 31

Cornelius, St., Centu-
rion, B Feb. 2

Cornelius, St., P., M.Sept. 16

Cornelius, St., M Dec. 31

Corona, St., M May 14

Cosmas, St., M Sept. 27

Cottidus, St., D., M.,

and companions Sept. 6

Craton, St., M Feb. 15

INDEX.

417

Crementius, St., M... Apr. 16

Crescens, St., M Mch. 10

Crescens, St., M Apr. 15

Crescens, St., M May 28

Crescens, St., B., M..June 27

Crescens, St., M July 18

Crescens, St., M Oct. 1

Grescens, St., B Nov. 28

Crescens, St., B Dec. 29

Crescent, St., C Apr. 19

Crescentia, St., M June 15

Crescentian, St., M . . . May 31
Crescentian, St., Soldier,

M June 1

Crescentian, St., M...July 2
Crescentian, St., M...Aug. 12
Crescentian, St., M...Sept. 14
Crescentian, St., M...Nov. 24
Crescentian, St., B...Nov. 28
Crescentiana, St., M..May 5
Crescentiois, St., Boy,

M Sept. 14

Crescentius, St., M...Dec. 12
Crescentius, St., M...Dec. 29

Cresconius, St., B Nov. 28

Crispin, St., B. and C.Jan. 7

Crispin, St., M Oct. 25

Crispina, St., M Dec. 5

Crispinian, St., M Oct. 25

Crispinus, St., B., M..Nov. 19

Crispinus, St., M Dec. 3

Crispinus, St., M Dec. 5

Crispulus, St., M May 30

Crispulus, St., M June 10

Crispus, St., M Aug. 18

Crispus, St Oct. 4

Cross, Holy, Finding

of May 3

Cross, Holy, Exaltation

of Sept. 4

Crotates, St., M Apr. 21

Ctesiphon, St., B May 15

Oucuphas, St., M July 25

Culmatius, St., D., M.June 19
Cunegundes, St., Em-

, Mch. 3

Cunibert, St., B Nov. 12

Curcodomus, St., D...May 4
Curonotus, St., B., M.Sept. 12

Cuthbert, St., B Mch. 20

Cutias, St., M Feb. 18

Cyprian, St., M Mch. 10

Cyprian, St., M July 11

Cyprian, St., B., M...Sept. 16

Cyprian, St., M Sept. 26

Cyprian, St., B., M...Oct. 12

Cyprian, St., A Dec. 9

Cyra, St Aug. 3

Cyrenia, St., M Nov. 1

Cyria, St., M June 5

Cyriaca, St., M Mch. 20

Cyriaca, St., V., M...May 19
Cyriaca, St., Widow,

M Aug. 21

Cyriacus, St., M., and

companions Jan. 31

Cyriacus, St., M Feb. 8

Cyriacus, St., M. and 10

others Apr. 7

Cyriacus, St., M May 2

Cyriacus, St., B., M...May 4

Cyriacus, St., M June 5

Cyriacus, St., M June 18

Cyriacus, St., M June 20

Cyriaous, St., M June 21

Cyriacus, St. Soldier,

M June 24

Cyriacus, St., M July 15

Cyriacus, St., D., M.,

and others Aug. 8

Cyriacus, St., M., and

companions Dec. 19

Cyril, St., B Feb. 9

Cyril St., M Mch. 4

Cyril, St., B Mch. 8

Cyril, St., B Mch. 9

Cyril, St., B Mch. 18

Cyril, St., M Mch. 20

Cyril, St., D., M Mch. 29

Cyril and Methodius,

Sts., B., C July 5

Cyril, St., B., M July 9

27

418

INDEX.

Cyril, St., B July 22

Cyril, St., M Aug. 1

Cyril, St., M Oct. 2

Cyril, St., M Oct. 28

Cyrilla, St., M July 5

Cyrilla, St., V., M....Oct 28

Cyrinus, St., M Jan. 3

Cyrinus, St., M Apr. 26

Cyrimus, St., M May 10

Cyrinus, St., Soldier,

M June 12

Cyrion,St, Pr., M Feb. 14

Cyrion, St., Sol'r, M..Mch. 9

Cyrus, St., M Jan. 31

Cyrus, St., B July 14

Cythinus, St., M July 17

D.

Dacian, St., M June 4

Dacius, St., M Nov. 1

Dadas, St., M Apr. 13

Dadas, St., M Sept. 29

Dafrosa, St., M Jan. 4

Dalmatius, St., B., M. .Dec. 5
Damasus, St., P., C...Dec. 11
Damian, St., Sol'r, M.Feb. 12

Damian, St., M Sept. 27

Daniel, St., M Jan. 3

Daniel, St., M Feb. 16

Daniel, St., M July 10

Daniel, St., Prophet. .July 21

Daniel, St., M Oct. 13

Daniel the Stylite, St. Dec. 11

Daria, St., M Oct. 25

Darius, St., M Dec. 19

Dasius, St., Soldier, M.,

and others Oct. 21

Dasiois, St., B Nov. 20

Dathus, St., B. and C.July 3
Datius, St., B. and C.Jan. 14
Datius, St., M., and

companions Jan. 27

Dativa, St., C Dec. 6

Dativus, St., M., and

others . . . Jan. 27

Dativus, St., M Feb. 11

Dativus, St., M Sept. 10

David, St., Hermit ... June 26
David, St., King and

Prophet Dec. 29

Davinus, St., C June 3

Decorosus, St., B. and

C Feb. 15

Deicola, St., A Jan. 18

Delphinus, St., B Dec. 24

Demetria, St., V., M..June 21

Demetrius, St., M Aoig. 14

Demetrius, St., M., and

companions Apr. 9

Demetrius, St., Procon-
sul, M Oct. 8

Demetrius, St., B., M.,

and others Nov. 10

Demetrius, St., M Nov. 21

Demetkis, St., M Nov. 29

Demetrius, St., M Dec. 22

Democritus, St., M... July 31

Denis, St., M Feb. 8

Denis, St., M Feb. 14

Denis, St., M Mch. 10

Denis, St., M Mch. 24

Denis, St., M Mch. 24

Denis, St Apr. 8

Denis, St., M Apr. 19

Denis, St., B., C May 8

Deuis, St., M May 12

Denis, St., B. M May 25

Denis, St., Boy, M June 3

Denis, St., Holy Sleep-
er, M July 27

Denis, St., M July 31

Denis, St., M Sept. 20

Denis, St., M., and

others Oct. 3

Denis the Areopagite,

St., B., M Oct. 9

Denis, St., B Nov. 17

Denis, St., M Nov. 20

Denis, St., P ...Dec. 26

Deogratian, St., B Mch. 22

INDEX.

419

Derphuta, St., M., and

her sister Mch. 20

Desiderius, St., B., M.Feb. 11

Desiderkis, St., C Mch. 25

Desiderius, St., B., M.May 23
Desiderius, St., B., B.May 23
Desiderius, St., Lector,

M Sept. 19

Deusdedit, St., G Aug. 10

Deusdedit, St., A., M..Oct. 9

Deusdedit, St., P Nov. 8

Deusdedit, St., B Dec. 10

Didacus, St. C Nov. 13

Didimtis, St., M Sept. 11

Didius, St., M Nov. 26

Didymus, St., M Apr. 28

Digna, St., V., M June 14

Digna, St., V Aug. 11

Digna, St., Maid-ser-
vant, M Aug. 12

Digna, St., V., M Sept. 22

Diodes, St., M . . .May 24

Diocletras, St., M May 11

Diodorus, St., M Feb. 26

Diodorus, St., M May 3

Diodorus, St., M Sept. 11

Diodorus, St., Pr., M..Dec. 1

Diogenes, St., M Apr. 6

Diomedes, St., Physi-
cian, M Aug. 16

Diomedes, St., M Sept. 2

Diomedes, St., M Sept. 11

Dion, St., M July 6

Dionysia, St., M May 15

Dionysia, St., C., and

others Dec. 6

Dionysia. St., M Dec. 12

Dioscorides, St., M... May 10
Dioscorides, St., M... May 28

Dioscorus, St., M Feb. 25

Dioscorus, St., Lectoir,

M May 18

Dioscorus, St., Boy, M.Dec. 14

Doda, St., V Apr. 24

Dolors, seven of,B.V.M.Sep. 15

Dometius, St., Monk,

M Aug. 7

Dominator, St., B Nov. 5

Dominic, St., A Jan. 22

Dominic, St., C May 12

Dominic, St., C., O. P.,

feast of Aug. 4

Dominic Loricatus, St. Oct. 14
Dominic, St., B., C...Dec. 20
Dominic de Sylos, St.,

A Dec. 20

Dominic, St., M Dec. 29

Dominica, St., V., M..July 6

Domitian, St., A July 1

Domitian, St., M A>ug. 1

Domitian, St., D., C..Aug. 9
Domitian, St., D., M..Dec. 28

Domitius, St., M Mch. 23

Domitius, St., M July 5

Domitius, St., Pr Oct. 23

Domna, St., V., M Dec. 28

Domnina, St., V., M..Apr. 14

Domnina, St., M Oct. 12

Domninus, St., M Mch. 21

Domninus, St., M., and

companions Mch. 30

Domninus, St., M Oct. 1

Domninus, St., M Oct. 9

Domninus, St., M., and

companions Nov. 5

Domnio, St., M July 16

Domnion, St., B., M.,

and 8 others Apr. 11

Domnion, St., Pr Dec. 28

Domnolus, St., B May 16

Domnus, St., M Oct. 13

Domnus, St., B., C Nov. 3

Donata, St., M July 17

Donata, St., M., and

companions Dec. 31

Donatian, St., M May 24

Donatian, St., B A<ug. 7

Donatian, St., B., M . . Sept. 6

Donatian, St., B Oct. 14

Donatilla, St., V., M. . July 30
Donatus, St., M Jan. 25

420

INDEX.

Donatus, St., M Feb. 4

Donatus, St., M Feb. 9

Donatus, St., M., and

others Feb. 17

Donatus, St., M., and

companions Feb. 25

Donatus, St., M Men. 1

Donatus, St., M Apr. 7

Donatus, St., B Apr. 30

Donatus, St., M May 21

Donatus, St., B., M. . . .Aug. 7
Donatus, St., Pr., C..Aug. 19

Donatus, St., M Amg. 23

Donatus, St., M Sept. 5

Donatus, St., Monk, M.,

and others Oct. 5

Donatus, St., B Oct. 22

Donatus, St Oct. 29

Donatus, St., M Dec. 12

Donatus, St., M Dec. 30

Donvina, St., M Aug. 28

Dorothea, St., V., M . . Sept. 3

Dorotheus, St., M Mch. 28

Dorotheus, St., Pr., M.June 5

Dorotheus, St., M Sept. 9

Dorothy, St., V., M Feb. 6

Dorymedon, St., Sena-
tor, M Sept. 19

Droctoveus, St., A... Mch. 10
Drodorus, St., Pr., M..Jan. 17

Drodorus, St., M July 6

Drogo, St., O Apr. 16

Drusus, St., M Dec. 14

Drusus, St, M Dec. 24

Dula, St., Servant, M.Mch. 25

Dulas, St., M June 15

Dunstan, St., B May 19

Dympna, St., V., M...May 15

Eadbert, St., B May 6

Ebrulphus, St., A., O..Dec. 29

Edelburga, St., V July 7

Edistius, St., M Oct. 12

Editha, St., V Sept. 16

Edmund, St., Arch., C.Nov. 16
Edmoind, St., King, M.Nov. 20
Edward, St., King, M.Mch. 18
Edward, St., King, feast

of Oct. 13

Egbert, St., Pr., and

Monk Apr. 24

Egdunus, St., Pr., M.,

and 7 others Mch. 12

Eleazar, St., M., and

his 8 sons Aug. 23

Eleazar, St., Count. . .Sept. 27
Elesbaan, St., King. . .Oct. 27
Eleuchadius, St., B., C.Feb. 14
Eleusippus, St., M....Jan. 17
Eleutherius, St., B.,C.Feb. 20
Eleutherius, St., B., M.Feb. 20
Eleutherius, St., B., M.Apr. 18
Eleutherius, St., P., M.May 26

Eleutherius, St., C May 29

Eleutherius, St., Sena-
tor, M Aug. 4

Eleutherius, St., M...Aug. 8
Eleutherius, St., B...Aug. 16
Eleutherius, St., A... Sept. 6
Eleutheriois, St., Soldier,

M., and others Oct. 2

Eleutherius, St., D., M.Oct. 9

Elias, St., M Feb. 16

Elias, St., Pr., M Apr. 17

Elias, St., B., M July 4

Elias, St., Prophet July 20

Elias, St., B., M Sept. 19

Eligius, St., B Dec. 1

Eliphius, St., M Oct. 16

Eliseus, St., Pr June 14

Elizabeth, St., V June 18

Elizabeth, St., Queen.. July 8

Elizabeth, St Nov. 5

Elizabeth, St., Widow.Nov. 19

Elphege, St. B., M Apr. 19

Elpidephorus, St., M..Nov. 2
Elpidius, St., B., M...Mch. 4

Elpidius, St Sept. 1

Elpidinis, St., A Sept. 2

Elpidius, St., B., C...Sept. 2

INDEX.

421

Elpidius, St., Senator,

M., and companions. Nov. 16
Emerentiana, St., V.,

M Jan. 23

Emeric, St., O Nov. 4

Emerita, St., V., M..Sept 22

Emilas, St., D., M Sept. Ib

Emiliana, St., V Jan. 5

Emmanuel, St., M Men. 26

Emmelia, St May 30

Emmeramus, St., B.,

M Sept. 22

Emygdius, St., B., M..Aug. 5
Encratis, St., V., M...Apr. 16

Eneco, St., A June 1

Engelbertus, St., P., M.Nov. 7
Ennatha, St., V., M...Nov. 13
Ennodius, St., B., O..July 17

Eobanus, St., M .Time 5

Epagathus, St., M June 2

Epaphras, S., B., M . . . July 19
Epaphrodifcus, St., B..Mch. 22

Eparchius, St., M Men. 23

Eparchius, St., A July 1

Epeditus, St., M Apr. 19

Ephebus, St., M Feb. 14

Ephisius, St., M Jan. 15

Ephrem, St., D Feb. 1

Ephrem, St., B Men. 4

Epicharis, St., M Sept. 27

Epictetus, St., M Jan. 9

Epictetus, St., M Aug. 22

Epigmenius, St., Pr.,

M Men. 24

Epimachus, St., M....May 10

Epimacbus, St., M Dec. 12

Epiphana, St., M July 12

Epiphanius, St., B., C.Jan. 21
Epiphanius, St., B., M.,

and others Apr. 7

Epiphaniois, St., B May 12

Epiphany of our Lord. Jan. 6

Epipodius, St., M Apr. 22

Epistemis, St., M Nov. 5

Epitacins, St., B., M..May 23
Epolonius, St., M Jan. 24

Equitius, St., A Aug. 11

Erasma, St., V., M . . . Sept.
Erasmus, St., B., M..June 2

Erasmus, St., M Nov. 25

Erastus, St., B., M...July 26

Erconwald, St., B Apr. 30

Eric, St., King, M May 18

Ermius, St., B., C Apr. 25

Erotheides, St., M Oct. 27

Erotis, St., M Oct. 6

Esdras, St., Prophet. .July 13

Ethbin, St., A Oct. 19

Ethelbert, St., King... Feb. 24

Ethelwald, St., B Aug. 1

Eoibulus, St., M Mch. 7

Eucarpius, St.,M Mch. 18

Eucarpus, St., M Sept. 25

Eucharius, St., B Dec. 8

Eucherius, St., B Feb. 20

Eucherius, St., Sena-
tor, B., C Nov. 16

Eudoxius, St., Soldier,
M., and companions. Sept. 5

Eudoxius, St., M Nov. 2

Eudocia, St., M Mch. 1

Bugendus, St., A Jan. 1

Eugenia, St., V., M...Dec. 25

Eugenian, St., M Jan. 8

Eugenius, St., M Jan. 4

Eugenius, St., M Jan. 24

Eugenius, St., B., M..Mch. 4

Eugenius, St., M Mch. 20

Eugenius, St., P., C..June 2
Eugenius III, St., P...J<uly 8
Eugenius, St., B., C, and

about 500 clergy July 13

Eugenius, St., M July 18

Eugenius, St., M July 23

Eugenius, St., M., and

companions July 29

Eoigenius, St., M Sept. 6

Eugenius, St., M Sept. 25

Eugenius, St., B Nov. 13

Eugenius, St., B., M..Nov. 15

Eugenius, St., O Nov. 17

Eugenius, St., M Dec. 13

422

INDEX.

Eugenius, St., Pr., M..Dec. 20
Eugenius, St., B., C. ..Dec. 30

Eugraphms, St., M Dec. 10

Eulalia, St., V., M Feb. 12

Eulalia, St., V., M....Dec. 10
Eulampia, St., V., M..Oct. 10

Eulampius, St., M Oct. 10

Eulogius, St., D., M...Jan. 21

Eulogius, St., Pr Mch. 31

Eulogius, St., B., C May 5

Eulogius, St., M., "and

companions July 3

Enilogius, St., B Sept. 13

Eurnenus, St., B., C..Sept. 11

Eunician, St., M Dec. 23

Eunomia, St., Maid-ser-
vant, M Aug. :i2

Eunus, St., M Feb. 27

Euphebius, St., B May 23

Eupbemia, St., M Mcb. 20

Euphemia, St., V., M.Sept. 3
Eupbemia, St., V., M.Sept. j(T

Euphrasia, St., V Mcb. 13

Eupbrasia, St., M Mch. 20

Euphrasia, St., V., M.May 38
Eoiphrasius, St., B....Jan. 14

Euphrasius, St., B May 15

Euphronius, St., B., C.Aug. 3

Euphronius, St., B Aug. 4

Euphronsina, St., V., M.May 7
Euphrosyna, St., V ... Jan. 1
Euplius, St., D., M...Aug. 12

Euporus, St., M Dec. 23

E<uprepia, St., M Aug. 12

Euprepis, St., M Nov. 30

Euprepius, St., B., C. .Aug. 21

Euprepius, St., M Sept. 27

Eupsychius, St., M Apr. 9

Eupsychius, St., M...Sept. 7

Eusebia, St., V., M Oct. 29

Eusebius, St., M., and

9 others Mch. 5

Eusebius, St., M Apr. 24

Eoisebius, St., M Apr. 28

Eusebius, St., B., M..June 21
Eusebius, St., B., C...Aug. 12

Eusebius, St., Pr., M.Aug. 14

Eusebius, St., M Aug. 25

Eusebius, St., M Sept. 8

Eusebius, St., M Sept 21

Eusebius, St., B., O...Sept. 26

Eusebius, St., P Sept. 26

Eusebius, St., M Oct. 4

Eusebius, St., M Oct. 22

Eusebius, St., Monk,M.Nov. 5
Eusebius, St., Pr., M..Dec. 2
Eusebius, St., B., M.,

feast of ....Dec. 16

Eoisignius, St., Soldier,

M Aug. 6

Eustachius, St., M... Sept. 20
Eustachius, St., Pr., O.Oct. 12
Eustachius, St., M....NOV. 20

Eustachius, St., B Nov. 28

Eustasius, St., A Mch. 29

Eustathius, St., B., C. .July 16
Eoistathius, St., M....July 28

Eusterius, St., B Oct. 19

Eustochium, St., V ... Sept. 28
Eustochium, St., V., M.Nov. 2

Eustochius, St., B Sept. 19

Eustocbius, St.. M....NOV. 16

Eustolia, St., V Nov. 9

Eustorgius, St., Pr Apr. 11

Eustorgius II, St.,B.,C.June 6

Eutosius, St., M Nov. 10

Eustratius, St., M Dec. 13

Euthalia, St., V., M...Aug. 27

Euthymius, St., A Jan. 20

Euthymras, St., B., M.Mch. 11
Euthymius, St., D., M.May 5

Euthymius, St., M Aug. 29

Euthymius, St., M Dec. 24

Eutropia, St., Girl, M.June 15
Eutropia, St., Widow. Sept. 15

Eutropia, St., M Oct. 30

Eutropia, St., V., M. .Dec. 14
Eutropius, St., Reader,

M Jan. 12

Eutropius, St., B., M..Apr. 30
Eutropius, St., Soldier,

M. Mch. 3

INDEX.

423

Eutropius, St., B May 27

Eutropius, St., M July 15

Eutyches, St., M Apr. 15

Eutychian, St., M July 2

Eutychian, St., M Aug. 17

Eutychian, St., M Sept. 2

Enitychian, St., M Nov. 13

Eutychian, St., P., M..Dec. 8

Eutychius, St., M Feb. 4

Eutychius, St., Patri-
cian, M., and com-
panions Mch. 14

Eutychius, St., M., and

others Mch. 26

Eutychius, St., M Apr. 15

Eutychius, St., D., M.May 21
Eutychius, St., Monk. May 23

Eutychius, St., M A<ug. 24

Eutychius, St., M Sept. 19

Eutychius, St., M Sept. 29

Eutychius, St., M Oct. 5

Eutychius, St., M Nov. 21

Eutychius, St., M Dec. 11

Eutychius, St., Pr., M.Dec. 28

Evagrius, St., B Mch. 6

Evagrmis, St., M Apr. 3

Evagrius, St., M Oct. 1

Evagrius, St., M., and

companions Oct. 12

Evaristus, St., M Oct. 14

Evaristus, St., P., M..Oct. 26

Evaristus, St., M Dec. 23

Evasius, St., B., M Dec. 1

Evasius, St., B Dec. *

Evellius, St., M May 11

Eventius, St., M Apr. 16

Eventius, St., Pr., M..May 3
Evergistus, St., B.,

M Oct. 24

Evilasius, St., M Sept. 20

Evodins, St., M Apr. 25

Evodius, St., B., M....May 6

Evodius, St., M Aoig. 2

Evodius, St., M Sept. 2

Evodins, St., B., C Oct. 8

Evortius, St., B Sept. 7

Ewald'us, St., Pr., M.

(two of this name) ..Oct. 3

Exanthus, St., M Aug. .

Exuperantia, St., V...Apr. 26
Exuperantius, St., B.,

O May 30

Exuperantius, St., D.,

M Dec. 30

Exuperia, St., M July 26

Exuperia, St., M Oct. 31

Exaiperius, St., M May 2

Exuperius, St., M... .Sept. 22
Exuperius, St., B., C.Sept. 28

Exuperius, St., M Nov. 19

Ezechiel, St., Prophet. Apr. 10

F.

Fabian, St., P., M Jan. 20

Fabian, St., M Dec. 31

Fabius, St., M May 11

Fabius, St., M July 31

Fabrician, St., M Aug. 22

Facundus, St., M Nov. 27

Faina, St., V., M May 18

Faith, St., V., M Aug. 1

Faith, St., V., M Oct. 6

Faithful Departed,

commemoration of . .Nov. 2
Fandila, St., Pr., and

Monk, M June 13

Fantin-us, St., C Aug. 30

Fara, St., V Dec. 7

Faro, St., B., C Oct. 28

Fausta, St., V., M Sept. 20

Fausta, St Dec. 19

Faustinian, St., B Feb. 26

Faustinus, St., M Feb. 15

Faustinus, St., B., C..Feb. 16
Faustinus, St., M., and

40 others Feb. 17

Faustinus, St., M May 22

Faustinus, St., M June 5

Faustinas, St., M July 29

Faustinus, St.. C .July 29

Faustinus, St., M Dec. 15

424

INDEX.

Faustus, St., M., and

23 others June 24

Faustus, St., M July 16

Faustus, St., M Aug. 1

Faoistus, St., Sol'r, M.Aug. 7
Faustus, St., Pr., M.,

and companions Sept. 6

Faustus, St., M Sept. 3

Faustus, St., M Oct. 3

Faustus, St., M Oct. 4

Faustus, St., Monk, M.Oct. 5

Faustus, St., M Oct. 13

Faustus, St., D., M...Nov. 19
Faustus, St., Pr., M.,

and others Nov. 2(5

Febronia, St., V., M..June 25
Felician, St., B., M...Jan. 24
Felician, St., M., and

others Jan. 30

Felician, St., M . '. June 9

Felician, St., M July 21

Felician, St., B., M....Oct. 20

Felician, St., M Oct. 29

Felician, St., M Nov. 11

Felician, St., M Nov. 19

Felicissima, St., V., M.Aug. 12
Felicissimus, St., M...May 26
Felicissimus, St., M...July 2
Felicissimus, St,D.,M.Aug. 6
Felicissimus, St., M...Oct. 26
Felicissimais, St., M...NOV. 24

Felicitas, St., M Mch. 6

Felicitas, St. Mch. 8

Felicitas, St., M., mother
of 7 sons, martyrs . . Nov. 23

Felicula, St., M Feb. 14

Felicula, St., V., M...June 13
Felimis, St., Sold'r, M.June 1

Felix, St., M Jan. 7

Felix, St., M Jan. 9

Felix, St., Pr Jan. 14

Felix, St., P Jan. 30

Felix, St., M., and com-
panions Feb. 3

Felix, St., B Feb. 3

Felix, St., M Feb. 11

Felix, St., M Feb. 21

Felix, St., B Feb. 21

Felix, St., B Feb. 23

Felix III, St., P Feb. 25

Felix, St., M Feb. 26

Felix, St., M., and com-
panions Mch. 3

Felix, St., B Mch. 8

Felix, St Mch. 8

Felix, St., D., M Mch. 18

Felix, St., M., and 20

others Mch. 23

Felix, St., B Mch. 26

Felix, St., M Mch. 31

Felix, St., M Apr. 16

Felix, St., M Apr. 21

Felix, St., Pr., M Apr. 23

Felix, St., D., M. . May 2

Felix, St., M May 10

Felix, St., M May 16

Felix, St., C May 18

Felix, St., B., M May 18

Felix, St., M May 24

Felix, St., M May 28

Felix, St., P., M May 30

Felix, St., M June 11

Felix, St., Monk, M..June 14

Felix, St., M June 17

Felix, St., Fr., M June 23

Felix, St., M July 2

Felix, St., M July 10

Felix, St., M July 10

Felix, St., M July 12

Felix, St., B July 14

Felix, St., B., M July 15

Felix, St., M July 17

Felix, St., B July 19

Felix, St., M July 25

Felix, St., M July 27

Felix, St., M July 27

Felix II, St., P., M... July 29

Felix, St., M Aug. 1

Felix, St., M Aug. 22

Felix, St., Pr., C Aug. 26

Felix, St., Pr., M Aug. 30

Felix, St., B., M Sept. 10

INDEX.

425

Felix, St., M Sept. 10

Felix, St., M Sept. 19

Felix, St., M Sept. 24

Felix, St., B., M Oct. 12

Felix, St., B., M Oct. 24

Felix, St., Pr., M Nov. 5

Felix, St., M Nov. 6

Felix, St., Monk Nov. 6

Felix, St., B., M., and

30 others Nov. 15

Felix de Valois, St.,

C Nov. 20

Felix, St., B Nov. 28

Felix, St., B Dec. 4

Felix, St., M Dec. 5

Felix, St., M Dec. 29

Ferdinand III, St.,

King May 30

Ferreol, St., M Sept. 18

Ferreolus, St., Pr., M.June 16
Ferrution, St., D., M. .June 16

Ferrutius, St., M Oct. 28

Festus, St., D., M Sept. 19

Festus, St., M Dec. 21

Fiaere, St., O Aug. 30

Fibitius, St., B Nov. 5

Fidelius, St., M Men. 23

Fidelhis, St., M Apr. 24

Fidelius, St., M Aug. 21

Fidelius, St., M Oct. 28

Fidentian, St., M Nov. 15

Fidentius, St., M Sept. 27

Fidentius, St., B Nov. 16

Fidolus, St., C May 16

Fintan, St., Pr., C Feb. 17

Firmatus, St., D., M. . .Oct. 5

Firmatus, St., D Oct. 5

Firmin, St., A Mch. 11

Firmin, St., B., C Aug. 18

Firmin, St., B., M Sept. 25

Firmina, St., V., M...NOV. 24
Firminus, St., Soldier,

M June 24

Firminus, St., B., C...Oct. 11

Firmus, St Mch. 11

Firmus, St., M June 1

Firnras, St., Sold'r, M.June 24

Firmus, St., B July 31

Firmus, St., M Aug. ' 9

Flavia Domitilla, St.,

V., M May 7

Flavia, St., V., M Oct. 5

Flavian, St., M Jan. 28

Flavian, St., B., M....Feb. 18

Flavian, St., M Feb. 24

Flavian II, St., B., M.July 4

Flavian, St., B Aug. 23

Flavian, St Dec. 22

Flaviana, St., V Oct. 5

Flavius, St., M May 7

Flavius Clemens, St.,

Ex-Consul, M June 22

Flocellus, St., Boy, M.Sept. 17

Flora, St., V., M July 29

Flora, St., V., M Nov. 24

Florentia, St., M Nov. 10

Florentian, St., B Nov. 28

Florentina, St., V Jnine 20

Florentinus, St., M... Sept. 27

Florentinus, St., B Oct. 16

Florentinus, St., B Oct. 17

Florentinus, St., B., M.Jan. 3

Florentius, St., C Feb. 23

Florentius, St., M May 11

Florentius, St., Monk. May 23

Florentius, St., M July 15

Florentius, St., M July 25

Florentius, St., M June 5

Florentius, St., Pr...Sept. 22

Florentius, St., M Oct. 10

Florenti-us, St., M Oct. 13

Florentius, St., M Oct. 27

Florentius, St., B Nov. 7

Florian, St., M May 4

Florius, St., M Oct. 26

Florian, St., M., and

companions Dec. 17

Florus, St., M Aug. 18

Florus, St., M Dec. 22

Flos, St., M Dec. 31

Flosculus, St., B Feb. 2

Fortunata, St., V., M..Oct. 14

426

INDEX.

Fortunatus, St.. M . . . . Jan. 9

Fortunatus, St., M Feb. 2

Fortunatus, St., M....Feb. 21
Fortunatus, St., M.,

and others Feb. 26

Fortunatus, St., M Feb. 27

Fortunatus, St., M Men. 3

Fortunatus, St., M Apr. 17

Fortunatus, St., M Apr. 21

Fortunatus, St., D., M.Apr. 23
Fortunatus, St., Pr . . . June 1
Fortunatus, St., M...J"unell
Fortunatus, St., M... June 13
Fortunatus, St., D., M.July 12
Fortunatus, St., M... Aug. 28

Fortunatus, St., B Oct. 14

Fortunatus, St., M Oct. 15

Fortuuatus, St., Lector,

M Oct. 24

Fortunatus, St., M Dec. 15

Four Saints Crowned. Nov. 8
Frances, St., Widow.. Mch. 9
Firancis of Sales, St.,

B Jan. 29

Francis of Paula, St.. .Apr. 2
Francis Girolamo, St.,

C May 11

Francis, St., C May 25

Francis, St., C June 4

Francis, St., Impres-
sion of Sacred

Wounds on Sept. 17

Francis, St., C., birth-
day of Oct. 4

Francis Borgia, St.,

feast of Oct. 10

Francis Xavier, St Dec. 3

Fraternus, St., B., M.Sept. 29
Frederic, St., B., M...July 18

Frideswide, St., V Oct. 19

Frigdian, St., B., C.,

feast of Nov. 18

Froilanus, St.. B Oct. 5

Fronto, St., M Apr. 16

Fronto, St., B Oct. 25

Fructuosa, St., M Aug. 23

Fructuosois, St., B.. M.Jan. 21

Fructuosus, St., B Apr. 16

Frumentius, St.. Mer-
chant, M Mch. 23

Fruinentius, St., Mer-
chant, M ....Mch. 23

Frumentius, St., B Oct. 27

Fulgentius, St., B Jan. 1

Fulk, St., C May 22

Fnilk, St., B Oct. 26

Fursey, St., G Jan. 16

Fusca, St., V., M Feb. 13

Fuscian, St., M Dec. 11

Fusculus, St., B., M..Sept. 6

G.

Gabdelas, St., M Sept. 29

Gabinus, St., Pr., M..Feb. 19

Gabinus, St., M May 30

Gal, St., B July 1

Galatas, St., M Apr. 19

Galation, St., M Nov. 5

Galdini, St., Card, and

B Apr. 18

Galganus, St., Hermit. Dec. 3

Gall, St., A Oct. 16

Galla, St., Widow Oct. 5

Gallicamus, St., Ex-Con-
sul, M June 25

Gamaliel, St Aug. 3

Gangulphus, St., M...May 11
Gaudentia, St., V., M.,

and 3 others? Aug. 30

Gaudentius, St., B., C.Jan. 22
Gaudentius, St., B., C.Feb. 12
Gaudentras, St., B., M.June 19
Gaudentius, St., B., M.Oct. 14

Gaudentius, St., B Oct. 25

Gaudiosus, St., B., C..Mch. 7

Gaudiosus, St., B Oct. 26

Gaudiosus, St., B Oct. 28

Gaugericus, St., B. C.Aug. 11

Gedeon, St Sept. 1

Gelasius, St., P Nov. 21

Gelasius, St., M Dec. 23

INDEX.

427

Gemelliis, St., M Dec. 10

Geminian, St., B Jan. 31

Geminian, St., M Sept. 16

Geminus, St., M Jan. 4

Geminus, St., M Feb. 4

Generalis, St., M Sept. 14

Generoso, St., M July 17

Generosus, St., M July 17

Genesius, St., M Aug. 25

Genesius, St., M Aug. 25

Genesius, St., M Oct. 11

Genevieve, St., V Jan. 3

Gennadius, St., M May 16

Gentian, St., M Dec. 11

Genuinus, St., B Feb. 5

George, St., B Apr. 19

George, St., M Apr. 28

George, St., D., M July 27

George Limniota, St..

Monk, M Aug. 24

George, St., D., M Oct. 20

George, St., B Nov. 2

Georgia, St., V ..Feb. 15

Gerard, St., B Apr. 23

Gerard, St., B., M Sept. 24

Gerard, St., A Oct. 3

Gerard, St., B Oct. 30

Gerard Majilla, St., C.Oct. 16
Gerasinnus, St., Ancho-
ret Mch. 5

Gereon, St., M., and

318 others Oct. 10

Geremarus, St., A Sept. 24

Gerinus, St., M Oct. 2

Germana, St., M Jan. 19

Germana Cousin, V ... June 15

Germanicus, St., M Jan. 19

Germanus, St., M May 2

Germanus, St., B May 12

Germanus, St., B., C..May 28

Germanus, St., M July 7

Germanus, St., B July 31

Germanus, St., B., M.Sept. 6
Germanus, St., B., M..Oct. 11

Germanus, St., M Oct. 23

Germanus, St., B., C..Oct. 30

Germanus, St., M Nov. 3

Germanus, St., M Nov. 13

Gerontius, St., M Jan. 19

Gerontius, St., B., M..May 9

Gertrude, St., V Mch. 17

Gertrude, St., V., Nov. 15

Geruntius, St., B May 5

Genmtius, St., B., M..Aug. 25

Gervasius, St., M June 19

Getulius, St., M June 10

Gilbert, St., C Feb. 4

Gildard, St., B June 8

Giles, St., A., C Sept. 1

Gislenus, St., B., C Oct. 9

Glaphyra, St., V Jan. 13

Glyceria, St., M May 13

Glycerins, St., Pr Dec. 21

Goar, St., Pr., O July 6

Godard, St., B., C May 4

Godfrey, St., B Nov. 8

Gontram, St., King... Mch. 28

Gordian, St., M May 10

Gordian, St., M Sept. 17

Gordius, St., Centurion.Jan. 3

Gorgonia, St Dec. 9

Gorgonius, St Mch.ll

Gorgonius, St., M Sept. 9

Gracilian, St., M Aug. 12

Grata, St., Widow May 1

Gratian, St., B Dec. 18

Gratinian, St., Soldier,

M June I

Gratus, St., M., and 7

others Dec. 5

Gregory, St., B Jan. 4

Gregory II, St., P Feb. 13

Gregory X, St., P Feb. 16

Gregory, St., B Mch. 9

Gregory, St., the Great

P Mch. 12

Gregory, St., B., C Apr. 24

Gregory Nazianzen, St.,

B., the May 9

Gregory VII, St., P...May 25

Gregory, St., B A«ug. 25

Gregory, St., B Sept. 30

428

INDEX.

Gregory, St., B Nov. 17

Gregory, St., B Nov. 17

Gregory of Decapolis,

St Nov. 20

Gregory, St., B Nov. 23

Gregory III, St., P Nov. 28

Gregory, St., B., C Dec. 19

Gregory, St., Pr., M...Dec. 24

Griinoaldus, St., Pr.,C . Sept. 29
Guardian Angels, Holy,

feast of Oct. 2

Guarinus, St.,B., Card. Feb. 6

Gudelia, St., M Sept. 29

Guido, St., G Sept. 12

Gumesindus, St., Pr.,

M Jan. 13

Gummarus, St., C Oct. 11

Gundenes, St., V., M . . July 18

Gundulphus, St., B . . . Jmne 17

Gunifort, St., M Aug. 22

Gurias, St., M Nov. 15

H.

Habacuc, St., Prophet. Jan. 15
Habentius, St., Monk,

M June 7

Hedda, St., B July 7

Hedwiges, St., Widow,

Duchess, Oct. 17

Hegesippus, St Apr. 7

Helaniis, St., Pr Oct. 7

Helconides, St., M May 28

Helena, St., V May 22

Helena, St., M Aug. 13

Helena, St., mother

of Constantino the

Great Aug. 18

Helimenas, St., Pr., M.Apr. 22
Heliodorus, St., M., and

others May 6

Heliodorus, St., B July 3

Heliodorus, St., M Sept. 28

Heliodorus, St., M Nov. 21

Helladius, St., M Jan. 8

Helladius, St., B., C. . .Feb. 18

Helladins, St., B May 8

Helladius, St., M May 28

Henedina, St., M May 14

Henry I, St July 15

Heraclas, St., B July 14

Heracleas, St., M Sept 29

Heraclides, St., Catechu-
man, M June 28

Heraclius, St., M Mch. 2

Heraclius, St., M Mch. 11

Heraclius, St., M May 26

Heraclius, St., B June 8

Heraclius, St Sept. 1

Heraclius, St., Soldier,

M Oct. 22

Heradius, St., M., and

others May 17

Herculanus, St., B., M.Mch. 1
Herculanus, St., B....Aug. 12
Herculanus, St., M . . . Sept. 5
Herculanus, St., Soldier,

M Sept. 25

Hereulanus, St., B., M.Nov. 7

Herena, St., M Feb. 25

Herenia, St Mch. 8

Hermagoras, St., B.,

M July 12

Hermas, St., M May 9

Hermas, St., M Aug. 18

Hermas, St., Pr., M...NOV. 4
Hermelandus, St., A.. Mch. 25

Hermellus, St., M Aug. 3

Hermenegild, St., M. .Apr. 13
Hermengaudas, St., B.Nov. 3

Hermes, St., M Jan. 4

Hermes, St., M Mch. l

Hermes, St., M Aug. 28

Hermes, St., M Oct. 22

Hermes, St., M Nov. 2

Hermes, St., Exorcist. Dec. 31
Hermias, St., Soldier,

M May 31

Hermippus, St., M July 27

Hermiterius, St., M...Mch. 3
Hermocrates, St., M. . .July 27

INDEX.

429

Hermogenes, St., Ser-
vant, M Apr. 17

Hermogenes, St., M...Apr. 19
Hermogenes, St., M...Apr. 25
Hermogenes, St., M...Sept. 2
Hermogenes, St., M...Dec. 10
Hermogenes, St., M., and

others Dec. 12

Hermolaus, St., Pr July 27

Hermylus, St., M Jan. 13

Herodion, St Apr. 8

Heron, St., Neophyte,

M Joine 28

Heron, St., M Oct. 17

Heron, St., M Dec. 14

Heros, St., Sold'r, M..June 24

Herundines, St,. V July 23

Hesychius, St., B May 15

Hesychius, St., Soldier,

M June 15

Hesychius, St., M July 7

Hesychius, St., M Sept. 2

Hesychius, St., C Oct. 3

Hesychius, St., M Nov. 7

Hesychius, St., Soldier,

M Nov. 18

Hesychius, St., B., M.Nov. 26
Hieron, St., M., and

others Nov. 7

Hieronides, St., M....Sept. 12

Hierotheus, St Oct. 4

Hilaria, St., M Aug. 12

Hilaria, St., M Dec. 3

Hilaria, St., M Dec. 31

Hilarious, St., Monk,

M July 16

Hilarion, St., Monk... July 12

Hilarion, St., A Oct. 21

Hilary, St., B., C.,....Jan. 14

Hilary, St., M Apr. 9

Hilary, St., B May 5

Hilary, St., P., O Sept. 10

Hilary, St., M Sept. 27

Hilary, St., B Oct. 25

Hilary, St., D., M Nov. 3

Hildegardes, St., V...Sept 17

Hiltrude, St., V Sept. 27

Himerius, St., B June 17

Hippolytus, St., Pr., M.Jan. 30

Hippolytus, St., M Feb. 3

Hippolytus, St., M., and

others Aug. 13

Hippolytus, St., B., M.Aug. 22

Hippolytus, St., M Dec. 2

Hirenarchus, St., M., and

others Nov. 27

Holy Innocents Dec. 28

Homobonus, St., C Nov. 13

Honorata, St., V Jan. 11

Honoratus, St., A Jan. 16

Honoratus, St., B., C..Jan. 16
HonoratTus, St., B., C..Feb. 8

Honoratus, St., B May 16

Honoratus, St., B Oct. 28

Honoratus, St., M Dec. 22

Honoratus, St., M Dec. 29

Honorius, St., B Apr. 24

Honorius, St., B., C. . .Sept. 30

Honorius, St., M Nov. 21

Honorius, St., M Nov. 21

Honorius, St., M Dec. 30

Hope, St., V., M Aug. 1

Hormisdas, St., P., C. .Aug. 6

Hormisdas, St., M Aug. 8

Horres, St., M Mch. 13

Hortulanus, St., B Nov. 28

Hospitius, St., C May 21

Hubert, St., B Nov. 3

Hugh, St., B Apr. 1

Hugh, St., B., C Apr. 9

Hugh, St, A Apr. 29

Hugh, St., B Nov. 17

Hugolinus, St., M Oct. 13

Hyacinth, St., M July 17

Hyacinth, St., M July 26

Hyacinth, St., O Aug. 17

Hyacinth, St., M Sept 11

Hyaclntha de Maris-

cotti, St., V Jan. 30

Hyacinthus, St, M....Feb. 10

Hyacinthus, St., M July 3

Hyacinthus, St., M...Sept. 9

430

INDEX.

Hyacinthus, St., M Oct. 29

Hygimus, St., P., M Jan. 11

Hypatius, St., Boy, M.June 3

Hypatius, St., C June 17

Hypatius, St., Tribune,

M June 18

Hypatius, St., B., M..Aug. 29
Hypatius, St., B., M..Nov. 14

I.

la, M., and companions,

with 9,000 captives . .Aug. 4

Ignatius, St., B., M Feb. 1

Ignatius, St., M Feb. 1

Ignatius, St., M Feb. 3

Ignatius, St., C July 31

Ignatius, St., B Oct. 23

Ignatius, St., B., M...Dec. 17

Ildefonsus, St.. B Jan. 23

Illidius, St., B July 7

Illuminati, St., V Nov. 29

Illuminatus, St., C May 11

Immaculate Conception

oftheB.M.V Dec. 8

Impression of the Sa-
cred Wounds re-
ceived by St. Fran-
cis Sept. 17

Indaletius, St., B May 15

Indes, St., Eunuch. M.Dec. 28
Ingen, St., Soldier, M.Dec. 20

Innocent, St., B., C Apr. 17

Innocent, St., M June 17

Innocent V. St., P Jame 22

Innocent, St., M., and

others July 4

Innocent, St., P., C. . . .July 28

Innocent, St., M Sept. 22

Iphigenia, St., V Sept. 21

Irais, St.. M., and her

companions Sept. 22

Irenseus, St., M Feb. 10

Irenseus, St., B., M...Mch. 25
Irenseus, St., D., M...Mch. 26
Irenseus, St., M Apr. 1

Irenseus, St., M May 5

Irenseus, St., B., M...June 28
Irenseus, St., D., M. . . . July 3

Irenaeus, St., M Aug. 26

Irenseus, St., M., and

others Dec. 15

Irene, St., V., M Apr. 5

Irene, St., V., M Oct. 20

Irenes, St., M May 5

Irenes, St., M Sept. 18

Irenion, St., B Dec. 16

Irmina, St., V Dec. 24

Isaac, St., Monk, C Apr. 11

Isaac, St., Monk, M..Joine 3

Isacius, St., M Apr. 21

Isacius, St., B., M Sept. 21

Isaias, St., M Feb. 16

Isaias, St., Prophet, M.July 6
Isaurus, St., D., M...June 17
Ischyrion, St., Officer,

M., and 5 others .... June 1

Ischyrion, St., M Dec. 22

Isidore, St., B., M Jan. 2

Isidore, St., B., C Jan. 2

Isidore, St Jan. 15

Isidore, St., Monk Feb. 4

Isidore, St., M Feb. 5

Isidore, St., B Apr. 4

Isidore, St., Monk, M..Apr. 17

Isidore, St., M May 10

Isidore, St., M May 15

Isidore, St., M Dec. 14

Ismael, St., M June 17

Ives, St., C May 19

J.

Jader, St., M Sept. 10

James, St., Hermit Jan. 28

James, St., Pr., M Apr. 22

James, St., D., M Apr. 30

James, St. (the Less),

Apostle, M May 1

James, St., B July 15

James, St (the Great),

Apostle, M July 25

INDEX.

431

James, St., Hermit Aug. 6

James, St., Pr., M Nov. 1

James Intercisus, St.,

M., and others Nov. 27

James of La Marca,

St., C Nov. 28

Jane Frances Fremiot

de Chantal, St Aoig. 21

Januaria, St., M Mch. 2

Januaria, St., M July 17

Januarius, St. M Jan. 7

Januarius, St.

Januarhis, St.

Januarius, St.

Januarius, St.

Januarius, St.

Januarius, St.

M Jan. 19

M Apr. 8

M July 10

M July 10

M July 11

M July 15

Januarius, St., Soib-

deacon, M Aug. 6

Januarius, St, B., M.Sept. 19

Januarius, St., M Oct. 13

Januarius, St., Pr., M.Oct. 24
Januarius, St., D., M..Oct. 25

Januarius, St., M Dec. 2

Januarius, St., M Dec. 15

Jason, St .Tilly 12

Jason, St., M Dec. 3

Jerome 2Emiliani, St.,

C., feast of July 20

Jerome, St., Pr., and

Doctor Sept. 30

Jeremias, St., M Feb. 16

Jeremias, St., Prophet. May 1
Jeremias, St., Monk,

M June 7

Jeremias, St., M June 17

Jeremias, St., M Sept. 15

Jesus, Child, bringing

back of from Egypt. Jan. 7
Joachim, St., father of

the Blessed Virgin

Mary Aug. 16

Joachim, St Apr. 16

Joanna, St May 24

Joannicius, St., A Nov. 4

Job, Holy, Prophet May 10

Joel, St., Prophet July 13

John the Good, St., B.,

C Jan. 10

John, St., B., C Jan. 12

John Calybita, St Jan. 15

John, St., Monk Jan. 17

John the Almoner, St.,

B Jan. 23

John Chrysostom, St.,

B Jan. 27

John, St., Pr Jan. 28

John, St., M Jan. 31

John of Matha, St., C.Feb. 8
John Joseph of the

Cross, St Mch. 5

John of God, St Mch. 8

John, St., Monk Mch. 19

John, St., Hermit Mch. 27

John Climacus, "St., A. Mch. 30

John, St. A Apr. 27

John, St., before the

Latin Gate May 6

John Damascene, St . . . May 6

John, St., B May 7

John the Silent, St.... May 13
John B. de la Salle,

St., C May 15

John Nepomucen, St.,

M May 16

John B. de Rossi, St.,

C May 23

John de Prado. St., M.May 24

John, St., P., M May 27

John, St., B June 6

John of St. Facundus,

St., C June 12

John Francis Regis, St.,

C June 16

John, St., B June 22

John, St., Pr., M Jiune 23

John the Baptist, St.,

Nativity of June 24

John, St., surnamed

Therestus June 24

John, St., M June 26

John, St., B., M July 11

432

INDEX.

John Gualbert, St., A.July 12

John, St., Monk July 21

John, St., Holy Sleeper,

M July 27

John Columbini, St.... July 31
John Berchmans, St.,

O Aug. 13

John, St., M Aug. 15

John, St., B Aug. 27

John, St., M Aug. 27

John, St., M Sept. 7

John, St., M Sept. 16

John, St., M Sept. 23

John, St., M Sept. 27

John Leonard!, St.,

C Oct. 10

John Cantius, St., Pr.,

C Oct. 20

John of Capistran, St.,

O Oct. 23

John, St., B., C Oct. 29

John, St., B., M Nov. 1

John, St., Hermit, M..Nov. 12

John Bonus, St Nov. 23

John of the Cross, St.,

C Nov. 24

John, St., M Dec. 3

John, St., B., surnamed

Thaumaturgus Dec. 5

John, St., M Dec. 21

John, St., Apostle and

Evangelist Dec. 27

Jonas, St., Monk Feb. 11

Jonas, St., M Mch. 29

Jonas, St., Prophet.. .Sept. 21

Jonas, St., Pr., M Sept. 22

Josaphat, St., Arch-
bishop, M Nov. 12

Josaphat, St Nov. 27

Joseph of Leonissa,

St., C Feb. 4

Joseph, St., Deacon... Feb. 15
Joseph of Arimathea,

St., Senator Mch. 17

Joseph, St., Spouse of

the M. B. V. Mary. Mch. 19

Joseph, St., a Samari-
tan, M Mch. 20

Joseph Oroil, St., C...Mch. 23

Joseph, St., Pr., M Apr. 22

Joseph, St., surnamed

the Just July 20

Joseph, St., Count July 22

Joseph, St., Confessor . Aug. 27
Joseph of Cupertino,

St., C Sept. 18

Josue, St Sept. 1

Jovinian, St., Lector,

M May 5

Jovinus, St., M Mch. 2

Jovinus, St., M Mch. 26

Jovita, St., M Feb. 15

Jucunda, St., M July 27

Jucunda, St., V Nov. 25

Jucundian, St., M July 4

Jucundinus, St., M . . . . July 21

Jucundus, St., M Jan. 9

Jucundus, St., B. C Nov. 14

Jude (Thaddeus), St.,
Apostle, M. birthday

of Oct. 28

Judocus, St., C Dec. 13

Julia, St., M Apr. 16

Julia, St., V., M May 22

Julia, St., M July 15

Julia, St., V., M July 21

Julia, St., M Jiuly 27

Julia, St., M Oct. 1

Julia, St., V., M Oct. 7

Julia, St., V., M Dec. 10

Julian, St., M Jan. 7

Julian, St., M Jan. 8

Julian, St., M Jan. 9

Julian Sabas, the El-
der, St Jan. 14

Julian, St., B Jan. 27

Julian, St., M Jan. 27

Julian, St., M Jan. 27

Julian, St., B Jan. 28

Julian, St., M Feb. 12

Julian, St., M Feb. 13

INDEX.

433

Julian, St., M., and

5,000 others Feb. 16

Joilian, St., M Feb. 17

Julian, St., M Feb. 1$

Julian, St., M Feb. 24

Julian, St., M Feb. 27

Julian, St., B., C Men. 8

Julian, St., M May 23

Julian, St., M June 5

Julian, St., Sold'r, M..May 27

Julian, St., M June 5

Julian, St., Monk June 9

Julian, St., M July 18

Julian, St., M July 20

Julian, St., M A>ug. 7

Julian, St., M. and

others Aug. 9

Julian, St., M Aug. 12

Julian, St., M Aug. 25

Julian, St., M Aug. 28

Julian, St., M Sept. 2

Julian, St., M Sept. 4

Julian, St., M Sept. 13

Julian, St., Hermit. . .Oct. 18

Julian, St., B Dec. 9

Juliana, St., Widow .. .Feb. 7

Juliana, St., V., M Feb. 16

Juliana, St., M Mch. 20

Juliana Falconieri, St.,

V June 19

Juliana, St., M Aug. 12

Juliana, St., M Aug. 17

Juliana, St., M Aug. 18

Juliana, St., M Nov. 1

Julitta, St., V., M May 18

Julitta, St., M June 16

Julitta, St., M July 30

Julius, St., M Jan. 19

Julius, St., Pr., C Jan. 31

Julius, St., P Apr. 12

Julius, St.. M July 1

Julius, St., Senator,

M Aug. 19

Julius, St., M Dec. 3

Julius, St., M Dec. 5

Julinis, St., M Dec. 20

Justa, St., M May 14

Justa, St., M July 15

Justa, St., V., M July 19

Justin, St., B Jan. 1

Justin, St., M Aug. 1

Justin, the Philoso-
pher, St., M Apr. 14

Justin, St., Pr., M Sept. 17

Justina, St., V., M May 14

Justina, St., M June 16

Justina, St., V., M....Sept. 26

Justina, St., V., M Oct. 7

Justina, St., V. M Nov. 30

Justinus, St., M July 18

Justinus, St., M Dec. 12

Justus, St., M Feb. 25

Justus, St., M Feb. 28

Justus, St., B May 28

Justus, St., M July 2

Justus, St., Soldrr, M.July 14

Justus, St., M July 21

Justus, St., Boy, M...Aug. 6

Justus, St., B., C Sept. 2

Justus, St., Boy, M...Oct. 18

Justus, St., M Nov. 2

Justus, St., B Nov. 10

Justus, St., M Dec. 14

Juvenal, St., B., C May 3

Juvenal, St., M May 7

Juventinus, St., M....Jan. 25

Juventius, St., M June 1

Juventius, St., B Sept. 12

K.

Kenny, St., A Oct. 13

Kieran, St., A Sept. 9

Kilian ,St, B., M July 8

L.

Ladislas, St., King. . .June 27

Lady of Ransom Sept. 24

Lady of Victory, Our.

Commemoration of. .Oct. 7
Lsetantius, St., M July 17

434

INDEX.

Laetrus, St., M Sept. 1

Lsetus, St., B., M Sept. 6

Lsetus, St., Pr., C Nov. 5

Lambert, St., B., O Apr. 14

Lambert, St., M Apr. 16

Lambert, St., B., M..Sept. 17

Landelin, St., A June 15

Landoaldus, St., Pr...Mch. 19

Largius, St., M Aug. 12

Largus, St., M Aug. 8

Latinus, St., B Men. 24

Laurentia, St., M Oct. 8

Laurentinus, St., M...Feb. 3
Laurentinus, St., M . . . June 3

Laoirian, St., B., M July 4

Laurus, St., Carver in

Stone, M Aug. 18

Lauto, St., B Sept. 22

Lawrence, St., B Feb. 2

Lawrence, St., Pr., M.,

and some boys Apr. 30

Lawrence of Brindisi,

St., C July 22

Lawrence, St., Arch-
deacon, M Aug. 10

Lawrence Justinian,

St., Patriarch, C.... Sept. 5

Lawrence, St., M Apr. 28

Lawrence, St., B Nov. 14

Lazarus, St., B Feb. 11

Lazarus, St., Monk,

M. .../ Feb. 23

Lazarus, St., M Mch. 27

Lazarus, St., B Dec. 17

Lea, St., Widow Mch. 22

Leander, St., B Feb. 27

Leo, St., B Feb. 20

Leo, St., M Mch. 1

Leo, St., P., C Apr. 11

Leo IX, St., P Apr. 19

Leo, St., B., C Apr. 22

Leo, St., O May 25

Leo III, St., P June 12

Leo, St., Subdeacon . . Joine 30

Leo II, St., P July 3

Leo IV, St., P July 17

Leo, St., M Aug. 18

Leo, St., M Oct. 13

Leo, St., C Nov. 10

Leobardus, St., Ancho-
ret Jan. 18

Leobinus, St., B Sept. 15

Leocadia, St., V., M. . .Dec. 9
Leocritia, St., V., M..Mch. 15
Leodegarius, St., B., M.Oct. 2

Leonard, St., G Nov. 6

Leonard of Port Maur-
ice, St., C Nov. 25

Leonides, St., M., and

his companions Jan. 28

Leonides, St., M June 15

Leonides, St., M Apr. 22

Leonides, St., M Aug. 8

Leonides, St., M Sept. 2

Leonilla, St., M Jan. 17

Leontia, St., C Dec. 6

Leontius, St., B Jan. 13

Leontius, St., B Mch. 19

Leontius, St., M Apr. 24

Leontius, St., Soldier,

M June 18

Leontiois, St., M., and

companions July 10

Leontius, St., M., and
six husbandmen . . . Aug. 1

Leontius, St., M Sept. 12

Leontius, St., M Sept 27

Leopardus, St., M Sept. 30

Leopold, St., Marquis. Nov. 15
Leovigildus, St., Monk,

M Aug. 20

Leucius, St., B., C Jan. 11

Leucius, St., M Jan. 11

Leoicius, St., M Jan. 28

Leutfrid, St., A June 21

Lewis, St., M Apr. 30

Liberata, St., V Jan. 18

Liberatus, St., A., M..Aug. 17

Liberatus, St., M Dec. 20

Liberius, St., B Dec. 30

Liborius, St., B., C July 23

Libya, St., M June 15

INDEX.

435

Licarion, St, M June 7

Licerius, St, B Aug. 27

Licinius, St., M Aug. 7

Ligorius, St., M Sept. 13

Liliosa, St., M July 27

Linus, St., P., M Sept. 28

Lioba, St., V Sept. 28

Liphardus, St., Pr., C.June 3

Litteus, St., M Sept. 10

Livinus, St., B., M Nov. 12

Longinus, St., Soldier,

M Mch. 15

Longinus, St., M., and

four others Apr. 24

Longinus, St., M June 24

Longinus, St., Soldier,

M July 21

Lorgius, St., M Mch. 2

Louis, St., B Aug. 19

Louis, St., King, O Aug. 25

Louis Bertrand, St Oct. 9

Louisa Albertonia, St_Jan. 31
Lourdes, Our Lady of .Feb. 11

Lucanus, St., M Oct. 30

Lucas, St., D., M Apr. 22

Lucia, St, M July (>

Lucia, St., M Sept. 1(1

Lucia, St., V., M Dec. 13

Lucian, St., Pr., M Jan. 7

Lucian, St., Pr., M Jan. s

Lucian, St., M May 28

Lucian, St., M June 13

Lucian, St., M July 7

Lucian, St., M., and

companions Oct. 26

Lucian, St., M Dec. 24

Lucidius, St., B Apr. 26

Lucilla, St., V., M July 29

ljucilla, St, V., M Oct. 31

Lucillian, St, M June 3

Lucina, St June 30

Lucinius, St, B Feb. 13

Luciolus, St, M Mch. 3

Lucius, St, M Feb. 8

companions Feb. 11

Lucius, St, M Feb. 15

Lucius, St, B., M., and

Lucinis, St., M Feb. 18

Lucius, St, M Feb. 24

Lucius, St, B., M Mch. 2

Lucius, St, P., M Mch. 4

Lucius, St Apr. 22

Lucius, St, B May 6

Lucius, St, Pr., M May 13

Lucius, St, M May 23

Lucius, St, Senator,

M Aug. 20

Lucius, St., M Sept. 10

Lucius, St., M Oct. 4

Lucius, St, M Oct. 19

Lucius, St., M Oct. 25

Lucius, St, M Oct. 29

; Lucius, St., M Dec. 1

Lucius, St., King Dec. 3

Ducius, St, M Dec. 15

Lucretia, St, V., M.-.Nov. 23
Lucy, St, V., M., and

22 others June 25

Ludger, St, B Mch. 2b*

Luke, St, M Sept 10

Luke, St, Evangelist. .Oct. 18

Lullus, St., B., G Oct. 16

Lupercus., M Apr. 16

Lupercus, St, M Oct. 30

Luperius, St, B., C. ..Nov. 15

Lupicimus, St., B Feb. 3

Lupicinus, St., A Mch. 21

Lupicinus, St., B May 31

Luppus, St., M Aug. 23

Lupus, St, B., C July 29

Lupus, St., B., C Sept 1

Lupus, St., Anchoret

and B Sept. 25

Dupus, St Oct. 14

Lupus, St, B., C Dec. 2

Lutgard, St., V June 1C

Luxorius, St., M Aug. 21

Lybosus, St, M Dec. 29

Lydia, St., M Mch. 27

Lydia, St, Purple Sel-
ler Aug. 3

436

INDEX.

M.

Macaria, St., M Apr. 8

Macarius, St., A Jan. 2

Macarius, St., B Jan. 15

Macarius, St., M Feb. 28

Macarius, St., B., C..Mch. 10

Macarius, St., O Apr. 1

Macarras, St., B Apr. 10

Macarius, St.,B June 20

Macarius, St., M Aug. 12

Macarius, St., Soldier,

M Sept. 5

Macarius, St., M Sept. 6

Macarius, St., M Dec. 8

Macarius, St., Pr., M . . Dec. 20

Macedon, St., M Mch. 27

Macedonius, St., M...Mch. 13
Macedonius, St., M...Sept. 12
Machabees, 7, SS., with

their mother, MM . . Aug. 1

Macra, St., V., M Jan. 6

Macrina, St Jan. 14

Macrina, St., V July 19

Macrinus, St., M Sept. 17

Macrobius, St., M July 20

Macrobiius, St., M Sept. 13

Magina, St., M Dec. 3

Maginus, St., M Aug. 25

Maglorius, St., B Oct. 24

Magnericus, St., B., C.July 25

Magnus, St., M Jan. 1

Magnus, St., M Feb. 4

Magnus, St., M Feb. 15

Magnus, St., Subdeacon,

M Aug. 6

Magivus, St., B. M Aug. 19

Magnus, St., M Sept 4

Magnus, St., B Oct. 6

Magnus, St., B., C Nov. 5

Mainiel, St., A May 11

Majoricus, St., M Dec. 6

Malachy, St., Prophet. Jan. 14

Malachy, St., B Nov. 3

Malchus, St., M Mch. 28

Malchus, St., Holy

Sleeper, M July 27

Malchus, St., Monk.... Oct. 21

Malo, St., B Nov. 15

Mamas, St., M Aug. 17

Mamelta, St., M Oct. 17

Mamertus, St., B May 11

Mamilian, St., M Mch. 12

Mamillus, St Mch. 8

Manahen, St May 24

Mancius, St., M May 15

Mandales, St., M June 10

Manetius, St., C Aug. 20

Mannea, St., M Aug. 27

Mansuetus, St., B., C . . Feb. 19
Mansuebus, St., B., C. .Sept. 3
Mansuetus, St., B., M.Sept. 6
Mansuetus, St, B., M.Nov. 28
Mansuetus, St., M., and

companions Dec. 30

Manuel, St., M June 17

Mappolicus, St., M Apr. 17

Maprilis, St., M Aug. 22

Marana, St Aug. 3

Marcella, St, Widow.. Jan. 31

Marcella, St., M June 28

Marcellian, St., M June 18

Marcellian, St., M Aug. 9

Marcellin, St., B Apr. 20

Marcellin, St., Pr., C..Jmly 14

Marcellinus, St., M Jan. 2

Marcellinus, St., B Jan. 9

Marcellinus, St, P., M.Apr. 26
Marcellinus, St., Pr.,M.June 2
Marcellinus, St., M...June 5
Marcellinus, St., Tribune,

M Aug. 27

Marcellinus, St.. B., C.Oct: 5
Marcellus, St., P., M...Jan. 16

Marcellus, St., M Feb. 19

Marcellus, St., B Apr. 9

Marcellus, St., M June 29

Marcellus, St, B., M..Aug. 14
Marcellus, St, B., M. .Sept. 4

Marcellus, St, M Sept 4

Marcellus, St, M Oct. 6

INDEX.

437

Marcellus, St., M Oct.

Marcellus, St., Centu-
rion, M Oct. 30

Marcellus, St., B Nov. 1

Marcellus, St., M Nov. 16

Marcellus, St., Pr., M.Nov. 26
Marcellus, St., D., M..Dec. 2

Marcellus, St., A Dec. 29

Marcellus, St., D., M..Dec. 30

Marcia, St., M Mch. 3

Marcia, St., M Jane 5

Marcia, St., M July 2

Marcian, St., M Jan. 4

Marcian, St., Pr Jan. 10

Marcian, St., B., M...Mch. 6

Marcian, St., M Apr. 17

Marcian, St., Pr Apr. 20

Marcian, St., B., C May 22

Marcian, St., M., and

others June 5

Marcian, St., B., M...June 14

Marcian, St., M June 17

Marcian, St., M July 11

Marcian, St., M Aug. 9

Marcian, St., M Sept. 16

Marcian, St., M Oct. 4

Marcian, St., Chanter,

M Oct. 25

Marcian, St., C Nov. 2

Ma.rciana, St., V., M. . .Jan. 9
Marciana, St., M., and

children May 24

Marciana, St., V., M..July 12

Marcionitta, St., M Jan. 9

Marcius, St., M Mch. 13

Marcus, St., M June 18

Mardarius, St., M Dec. 13

Mardonius, St., M Jan. 24

Mardonius, St., M Dec. 23

Mareas. St., B., M., and

bishops and clerics. .Apr. 22

Margaret, St Feb. 22

Margaret, St., Queen.. June 10
Margaret, St., V., M..J-uly 20
Margaret, St., Widow. Aug. 27
Maria, St., V., M Nov. 24

Marian, St., D., M Jan. 17

Marian, St., Lector, M.Apr. 30

Marian, St., C Aug. 19

Marian, St., M Oct. 17

Marian, St., D., M Dec. 1

Marina, St., V., M June 18

Marina, St., V., M July 18

Marinus, St., M Jan. 25

Marinus, St., Soldier,

M Mch. 3

Marinus, St., M July 5

Marinus, St., M July 10

Marinus, St., M Aug. 8

Marinus, St., D Sept. 4

Marinus, St., Senator.

M Dec. 26

Marius, St., M Jan. 19

Mark, St., M Mch. 19

Mark, St., M Mch. 24

Mark, St., Evangelist. Apr. 25

Mark, St., B., M Apr. 28

Mark, St., M J-uly 3

Mark, St., M Aug. 31

Mark, St Sept. 1

Mark, St., B., also called

John Sept. 27

Mark, St., Shepherd, M.,

and others Sept. 28

Mark, St., M Oct. 4

Mark, St., P., C Oct. 7

Mark, St., B., M Oct. 22

Mark, St., Solitary Oct. 24

Mark, St., M Oct. 25

Mark, St., M Nov. 16

Mark, St., M Nov. 22

Mark, St., M Dec. 15

Maro, St., M Apr. 15

Marolus, St., B., C Apr. 23

Marotas, St., M Mch. 27

Martana, St., M Dec. 2

Martha, St., M Jan. 19

Martha, St., V., M Feb. 23

Martha, St., V July 29

Martha, St., V., M., and

others Oct. 20

Martia, St., M June 21

438

INDEX.

Martial, St., M Apr. 16

Martial, St., B June 30

Martial, St., M July 10

Martial, St., M., and

companions Aug. 22

Martial, St., M., and

others Sept. 28

Martial, St., M Oct. 13

Martin, St., B June 21

Martin, St., B July 1

Martin, St., B., M July 19

Martin, St., A .Oct. 24

Martin, St., B., C Nov. 11

Martin, St., P., M Nov. 12

Martin, St.. A Dec. 7

Martina, St., V., M Jan. 30

Martinian, St., B Jan. 2

Martinian, St., M July 2

Martinian, St., Holy

Sleeper, M July 27

Martinian, St., M., and

brothers Oct. 16

Martyr, Holy — deacon

in Valeria Mch. 14

Martyr — deacon of St.

Anthimus Dec. 23

Martyrius, St., Monk.. Jan. 23

Martyr ius, St., M May 29

Martyrinis, St., Subdeacon,

M Oct. 25

Martyrs, Holy,at Rome.Jan. 2
Martyrs,Holy, in Egypt. Jan. 5
Martyrs, Holy, 40 Sol-
diers, at Rome Jan. 13

Martyrs, Holy, in Afri-
ca Jan. 6

Martyrs, Holy, 38 Monks,

on Mt. Sinai Jan. 14

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria Jan. 28

Martyrs, Holy, in Pon-

tus Feb. 5

Martyrs, Holy, 26, in

Japan Feb. 5

Martyrs, Holy, Monks,
at Constantinople... Feb. 8

Martyrs, Holy, in Per-
sia Feb. 8

Martyrs, Holy, 10 Sol-
diers, at Rome Feb. 10

Martyrs, Holy, in Nu-
midia Feb. 11

Martyrs, Holy, Monks
and others, in Pales-
tine Feb. 19

Martyrs, Holy, in Phoe-
nicia Feb. 20

Martyrs, Holy, 79, in

Sicily Feb. 21

Martyrs, Holy, in Ara-
bia Feb. 22

Martyrs, Holy, 72, at

Sirmium Feb. 23

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria Feb. 28

Martyrs, Holy, 260, at
Rome Mch. 1

Martyrs, Holy, 80, in
Campania Mch. 2

Martyrs, Holy, at
Rome Mch. 2

Martyrs, Holy, 900, at
Rome Mch. 4

Martyrs, Holy, 42, in

Syria Mch. 6

Martyrs, Holy, 42, in
Persia Mch. 10

Martyrs, Holy, 40 Sol-
diers, at Sebaste Mch. 10

Martyrs, Holy, at An-
tioch Mch. 11

Martyrs, Holy, 47, at
Rome Mch. 14

Martyrs, Holy, 2 Monks,
in Valeria Mch. 14

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria Mch. 17

Martyrs, Holy, 10,000,
at Nicodemia . .Mch. 18

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria Mch. 21

INDEX.

439

Martyrs, Holy, 262, at
Rome Mch. 25

Martyrs, Holy, at Con-
stantinople Mch. 30

Martyrs, Holy, in Af-
rica Apr. 5

Martyrs, Holy, 5, in Les-
bos Apr. 5

Martyrs, Holy, 122, in
Persia Apr. 6

Martyrs, Holy, 200, at

Sinope Apr. 7

Martyrs, Holy, 7 Vir-
gins, at Sirmium Apr. 9

Martyrs, Holy, at
Rome Apr. 10

Martyrs, Holy, in Per-
sia Apr. 22

Martyrs, Holy, 39, in
Palestine May 4

Martyrs, Holy, 310, in
Persia May 9

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria May 13

Martyrs, Holy, Monks,
in Palestine May 16

Martyrs, Holy, 6 Vir-
gins, at Nicodemia . . May 19

Martyrs, Holy, in Cap-
padocia May 23

Martyrs, Holy, in Meso-
potamia May 23

Martyrs, Holy, Monks,
in Palestine May 28

Martyrs, Holy, 1525, in
Umbria May 29

Martyrs, Holy, 20, at
Tarsus June 6

Martyrs, Holy, 262, at
Rome June 17

Martyrs, Holy, 10,000,
on Mt. Ararat June 22

Martyrs, Holy, 1480, at

Samaria June 22

Martyrs, Holy, at Nico-
media June 23

Martyrs, Holy, at
Rome June 24

Martyrs, Holy, 3 Sol-
diers, at Rome July 2

Martyrs, Holy, Monks,
at Constantinople. ..July 8

Martyrs, Holy, 50 Sol-
diers, at Porto Joily 8

Martyrs, Holy, 19, at
Gorcum July 9

Martyrs, Holy, in Bul-
garia July 23

Martyrs, Holy, 83 Sol-
diers, at Amiterno. .July 24

Martyrs, Holy, in
Arabia July 27

Martyrs, Holy, in The-
bais July 28

Martyrs, Holy, 350
Monks, in Syria July 31

Martyrs, Holy, Monks
and others, in East
India Aug. 3

Martyrs, Holy, 23, at
Rome Aug. 5

Martyrs, Holy, 200 Monks,
at Burgos Aug. 6

Martyrs, Holy, in Af-
rica Aug. 9

Martyrs, Holy, at Alex-
andria Aug. 10

Martyrs, Holy, 165 Sol-
diers, at Rome Aug. 10

Martyrs, Holy, 33 Aoig. 16

Martyrs, Holy, 300, at
Carthage Aug. 24

Martyrs, Holy, 37, in
Thracia Aug. 20

Martyrs, Holy, 60, in
Africa Aug. 30

Martyrs, Holy, 12 Brothers
at Benevento Sept. 1

Martyrs, Holy, 49, at
Chalcedon Sept. 24

Martyrs, Holy, at
Treves Oct. 6

440

INDEX.

Martyrs, Holy, 496G, in
Africa Oct. 12

Martyrs, Holy, 300, at
Cologne Oct. 15

Martyrs, Holy, 270, in
Africa Oct. 16

Martyrs, Holy, 46 Sol-
diers, at Rome Oct. 25

Martyrs, Holy, 13, at
Alexandria Oct. 30

Martyrs, Holy, 220, in

Africa Oct. 30

Martyrs, Holy, at Sara-
gossa Nov. 3

Martyrs, Holy, 10, at

Theopolis Nov. 6

Martyrs, Holy, at

Emesa Nov. 14

Martyrs, Holy, Virgins,

in Africa Dec. 16

Martyrs, Holy, 30, at

Rome Dec. 22

Martyrs, Holy, 20, at
Nicomedia Dec. 23

Martyrs, Holy, 40 Vir-
gins, at Antioch Dec. 24

Martyrs, Holy, Many
Thousand, at Nico-
media Dec. 25

Maruthas, St., B., M..Dec. 4

Mary of Egypt, St., ''the

Sinner" Apr. 2

Mary Cleophas, St Apr. 9

Mary of the Martyrs,
St., dedic. of Church
of, at Rome May 13

Mary, St., Mother of
James May 25

Mary Magdalen, St., V.May 27

Mary, St., Mother of John,
surnamed Mark June 29

Mary, B. V., of Mount

Carmel July 16

Mary Magdalen, St July 22

Mary ad Nives, St.,
dedic. of Church of,

at Rome Aug. 5

Mary, B. V., apparition

of in Spain Aug. 10

Mary de Cervellione,

St., V Sept. 19

Mary Frances, St.,V . . .Oct. 6

Mary Salome, St Oct. 22

Mary, St., Handmaid,

M Nov. 1

Mary, St., M Dec. 2

Mary, Mother of God,
transl. of holy house

of Dec. 10

Maseula, St., Stage-
player, C Mch. 29

Massylitan, St., M Apr. 9

Maternus, St., B July 18

Maternus, St., B Sept. 14

Matilda, St., Queen... Mch. 14
Matrona, St., Servant.

M, Mch. 15

Matrona, St., M Mch. 20

Matrona, St., V., M...May 18
Matronia, St., Hermit.Dec. 14
Matthew, St., Apostle

and Evan., M Sept. 21

Matthew, St, Hermit,

M Nov. 12

Matthias, St., B Jan. 30

Matthias, St., Apostle.

M Feb. 24

Maturin, St., C Nov. 1

Maturus, St., M June 2

Maur, St., A Jan. 15

Maur, St., A Jan. 27

Maura, St., M Feb. 13

Maura, St., M May 3

Maura, St., V., M Nov. 30

Maurice, St., Theban,
M., and companions . Sep. 22

Maurili'us, St., B Sept. 13

Maurinus, St., A., M..June 10

Mauritius, St., M July 10

Maurus, St., B Jan. 20

INDEX.

441

Maurus, St., Soldier,

M Jan. 29

Maurus, St., D., M July 27

Maurois, St., M Aug. 1

Maurus, St., M., and

companions Aug. 22

Maurus, St., B., C Nov. 8

Maurus, St., B., O Nov. 21

Maurus, St., M Nov. 22

Maurus, St., M Dec. 3

Mavilus, St., M Jan. 4

Maxentius, St., Pr., C.June 26
Maxenthis, St., M., and

companions Dec. 12

Maxima, St., M Men. 26

Maxima, St., M Apr. 3

Maxima, St., V May 16

Maxima, St., V., M....July 30

Maxima, St., M Sept. 2

Maxima, St., M Oct. 1

Maxima, St Oct. 16

Maximian, St., M Jan. 8

Maximian, St., B., C..Feb. 21

Maximian, St., B June 9

Maximian. St., Holy

Sleeper, M July 27

Maximian, St., M Aug. 21

Maximian, St., B. . . . . .Oct. 3

Maximilian, St., B Oct. 12

Maximilian, St., B., M.Oct. 29

Maximin, St., B June 8

Maximinus, St., B., C. .May 29

Maximinus, St., C Dec. 15

Maximus, St., B., C...Jan. 8

Maximus, St., B Jan. 15

Maximus, St., M Jan. 25

Maximus, St., M Feb. 18

Maximus, St., M Feb. 18

Maximus, St., M Apr. 13

Maximus, St., M Apr. 14

Maximus, St., M Apr. 15

Maximus, St., M Apr. 30

Maximus, St., B., C...May 5

Maximus, St., M May 11

Maximus, St., M May 15

Maximus, St., B May 29

Maximus, St., B., C..June 10
Maximus, St., B., O. . .June 25

Maximus, St., M July 20

Maximus, St., B Aug. 2

Maximus, St., Monk,

M Aug. 13

Maximus, St., Boy, M.Aiug. 17

Maximus, St., M Aug. 18

Maximus, St., C Aug. 20

Maximus, St., Pr., M. .Aug. 23

Maximus, St., M Sept. 4

Maximus, St., M Sept. 15

Maximus, St., M Sept. 25

Maximus, St., M Sept. 28

Maximus, St., D., M...Oct. 20

Maximus, St., M Oct. 30

Maximus, St., B., C...Nov. 18
Maximus, St., Pr., M..Nov. 19
Maxinnus, St., B., C...NOV. 27

Maximus, St., M Dec. 2

Maximus, St., B., C. . .Dec. 27

Medard, St., B June 8

Meinard, St., Hermit.. Jan. 21
Melania the Younger,

St Dec. 31

Melanius, St., B., C...Jan. 6

Melanius, St., B Oct. 22

Melas, St., B Jan. 16

Melasippus, St., M Nov. 7

Melchiades, St., P..... Dec. 10

Meletius, St., B Feb. 12

Meletius, St., Officer,
M., and 252 com-
panions May 24

Meletius, St., B., C...Sept. 21

Meletius, St., B., C Dec. 4

Meleusippus, St., M...Jan. 17

Melitina, St., M Sept. 15

Mellitus, St., B Apr. 24

Memmius, St., B A>ug. 5

Memnon, St., Centu-
rion, M Aug. 20

Menalippus, St., M...Sept. 2

Menander, St., M Apr. 28

Menander, St., M Aug. 1

Menedemus, St., M Sept. 5

442

INDEX.

Meneleus, St., A July 22

Meneus, St., M July 24

Menignus, St., a Dyer,

M Mch. 15

Mennas, St., B Aug. 25

Hennas, St., Soldier

M Nov. 11

Mennas, St., Solitary. Nov. 11

Mennas, St., M Dec. 10

Menodora, St., V., M. .Sept. 10

Mercuria, St., M Dec. 12

Mercurialis, St., B May 23

Mercury, St., Soldier,

M Nov. 25

Mercury, St., Soldier,

M., and companions. Dec. 10

Merry, St., Pr Aug. 29

Merulus, St., Monk Jan. 17

Metellus, St., M Jan. 24 j

Methodius, St., B Mch. 9

Methodius, St., B June 14 1

Methodius, St., B., M.Sept. 18

Metran, St., M Jan. 31

Metrobius, St., M Dec. 24

Metrodora, St., V., M.Sept. 10 1
Metrophanes, St.,B.,C.June 4]

Meuris, St., M Dec. 19 j

Michseas, St., Prophet. Jan. 15
Michael, St., Archangel,

apparition of May 8

Michael, St., B May 23

Michael of the Saints,

St Apr. 10

Michael, St., Archangel,

commem. of Sept. 29

Migdonius, St., M Dec. 23

Milburge, St., V Feb. 23

Miles, St., B., M Apr. 22

Minervinois, St., M Dec. 31

Minervus, St., M Aug. 23

Minias, St., Soldier, M.Oct. 25

Mirocles, St., B., C Dec. 3

Misael, St., Youth, M..Dec. 16

Mitrius, St., M Nov. 13

Modesta, St., M Mch. 13

Modesta, St., M Mch. 13

Modesta, St., V Nov. 4

Modestus, St., M Jan. 12

Modestus, St., D., M..Feb. 12

Modestus, St., M Feb. 12

Modestus, St., Holy In-
fant Feb. 12

Modestus, St., B., C...Feb. 24

Modestus, St., M June 15

Modestus, St., M Nov. 10

Modoalbus, St., B May 12

Monas, St., B Oct. 12

Monegundes, St Joily 2

Monica, St May 4

Monitor, St., B., C Nov. 10

Montanus, St., M., and

companions Feb. 24

Montanus, St., Pr., M.Mch. 26
Montanus, St., Soldier,

M. June 17

Moses, St., B Feb. 7

Moses, St., an Ethiopian,

Anchoret Aug. 28

Moses, St., Lawgiver

and Prophet Sept. 4

Moses, St., M Nov. 25

Moseus, St., M Jan. 18

Movable Feasts Page xi

Moysetes, St., M Dec. 18

Mucian, St., M July 3

Mucius, St., D., M Apr. 22

Muritta, St., C Joily 13

Musonius, St., M Jan. 24

Mustiola, St., Matron,

M July 3

Myron, St., B Aug. 8

Myron, St., Pr., M....Aug. 17
Myrops, St., M July 13

N.

Nabor, St., Sold'r, M..June 12

Nabor, St., M July 10

Nabor, St., M July 12

Nahum, St., Prophet. .Dec. 1
Name, Most, Holy, of
the B. V. Mary Sept. 12

INDEX.

443

Namphanion, St., M.,

and his companions. July 4

Narcissus, St., M Jan. 2

Narcissus, St., B., M..Mch. 18

Narcissus, St., M Sept. 17

Narcissus, St., B Oct. 29

Narcissus, St., M Oct. 31

Narnus, St., B Aug. 27

Narses, St., M Mch. 27

Narseus, St., M July 15

Narzales, St., M July 17

Natalia, St., M July 27

Natalia, St Dec. 1

Nativity of the B. V.

Mary Sept. 8

Nativity of Our Lord. Dec. 25

Navalis, St., M Dec. 16

Nazarius, St., Soldier,

M June 12

Nazarius, St., M. (at

Milan) July 28

Nemesius, St., M Feb. 20

Nemesian, St., B., M.,

and others Sept. 10

Nemesius, St., M July 18

Nemesius, St., C Aug. 1

Nemesius, St., D., M. . .Oct. 31

Nemesius, St., M Dec. 19

Nemorius, St., D., M.,

and companions . . . Sept. 7

Neomisia, St., V Sept. 25

Neon, St., M Apr. 24

Neon, St., M Aug. 23

Neon, St., M Sept. 28

Neon, St., M Dec. 2

Neophytus, St., M Jan. 20

Neopolus, St., M May 2

Neoterius, St., M Sept. 8

Nereois, St., M May 12

Nereus, St., M Oct. 16

Nersas, St., B., M., and

companions Nov. 20

Nestabus, St., M Sept. 8

Nestor, St., B., M Feb. 26

Nestor, St., B., M Mch. 4

Nestor, St., M Sept. 8

Nestor, St., M Oct. 8

Nicseas, St., B June 22

Nicseas, St., M Aug. 29

Nicander, St., M Mch. 15

Nicander, St., M June 17

Nicander, St., B., M. . .Nov. 4

Nicander, St., M Nov. 7

Nicanor, St., D., M Jan. 10

Nicanor, St., M June 5

Nicasius, St., B., M....Oct. 11
Nicasius, St., B., M..

and companions Dec. —

Nicephorus, St., M Feb. 9

Nicephorus, St., M Feb. 25

Nicephomis, St., M Mch. 1

Nicephorus, St., B., M.Mcb. 13

Niceras, St., V Dec. 27

Niceta, St., M July 24

Nicetas, St., B Jan. 7

Nicetas, St., B., M Mch. 20

Nicetas, St., A Apr. 3

Nicetas, St., M Sept. 15

Nicetius, St., B Dec. 5

Nicetus, St., B May 5

Nicholas, St., B., C.,

translation of May 9

Nicholas Albergati, St.,

B., Card. May 1U

Nicholas Peregrinus,

St., C !..June 2

Nicholas, St., P Nov. 13

Nicholas, St., B., C Dec. 6

Nicodemus, St Aug. 3

Nicolas, St., C Sept. 10

Nicolas, St., M Oct. 13

Nicomedes, St., Pr., M.Sept. 15
Nicon, St., M., and 99

others Mch. 23

Nicon, St., M Sept. 28

Nicon, St., Monk Nov. 26

Nicostratus, St., Tri-
bune, M., and others. May 21

Nicostratus, St., M July 5

Nicostratus, St., Assyt

Prefect, M July 7

Nicostratus, St., M Nov. 8

444

INDEX.

Nilainmon, St., Ancho-
ret Jan. 6

Nilnis. St., B., M Feb. 20

Nilus, St., B., M Sept. 19

Nilus, St., A Sept. 26

Nilus, St., A Nov. 12

Nimmia, St., M Aug. 12

Nimphodora, St., M...Mch. 13

Ninian, St., B., C Sept. 16

Nizier, St., B Apr. 2

Nominanda, St., M Dec. 31

Nonna, St .Aug. 5

Nonnus, St., B Dec. 2

Nonnosus, St., A Sept. 2

Norbert, St., B June 6

Novatus. St June 20

Numerian, St., B., C..July 5
Numidicus, St., Pr....Aug. 9

N'unilo, St., V., M Oct. 22

Nympha, St., V., M....Nov. 10
Nymphodora, St., V.,

M Sept. 10

O.

Obdulia, St., V Sept. 5

Oceanus, St., M Sept. 4

Octavian, St., Arch-D..

M., and many others. Mch. 22
Octavius, St., Soldier.

M. .: Nov. 20

Odilo. St., A Jan. 1

Odo, St., B July 7

Odo. St.. A Nov. 18

Olaff, St., King, M July 29

Oliva, St., V June 3

Ollegarius, St., Arch-
bishop Mch. 6

Olyinpiades, St., M Apr. 15

Olympiades, St.,

Widow Dec. 17

Olympias, St., Ex-con-
sul, M Dec. 1

Olympius, St., B., C...June 12
Olympius, St., M July 26

Olympius, St., Tribune.

M Oct. 31

Oiner, St., B Sept. 9

Onesimus, St., B., M...Feb. 16
Onesiphorus, St., M. . .Sept. 6
Onuphrius, St., Ancho-
ret June 12

Optatian, St., B July 14

Optatus, St., M Apr. 16

Optatus, St., B June 4

Optatus, St., B., C Aug. 31

Orentius, St., M May 1

Orentius, St., Soldier,

M June 24

Orestes, St., M Nov. 9

Orestes, St., M Dec. 13

Orioulus, St., M., and

companions Nov. 18

Orientius, St., B May 1

Orontius, St., M Jan. 22

Osee, St., Prophet July 4

Osmund, St., B., C Dec. 4

Ostian, St., Pr., C June 30

Oswald, St., King Aug. 5

Othilia, St., Abbess ... Dec. 13

Othmar, St., A Nov. 16

Otho, St., B July 2

Otto, St., M Jan. 16

Our Lady of Lourdes. . Feb. 11
Owen, St., B., C Aug. 24

P.

Pachomius, St., A May 14

Pachomius, St., B., M.Nov. 26

Pacian, St., B Mch. 9

Pacificus of St. Sever-
in, St., C Sept. 25

Palaemon, St., A Jan. 11

Palatias, St., M Oct. 8

Palatinus, St., M May 30

Palladia, St., M., and

children May 24

Palmatius, St., Consul,
M., with wife, sons,

and 42 of household. May 10

INDEX.

445

Palmatius, St., M., and
his companions Oct

Pammachius, St., Pr. .Aug.

Pamphilus, St., B Apr.

Pamphilus, St., Pr., M.,
and others June

Pamphilus, St., B Sept.

Pamphilus, St., M Sept.

Pancharius, St., M...Mch.

Pancratius, St., B., M.Apr.

Pancratius, St., M May

Pantsenus, St July

Pantagapes, St., M . . . Sept.

Pantagathus, St., B...Apr.

Pantaleemon. St., M . . July

Pantaleon, St., Physi-
cian, M July

Paphnutius, St., M Apr.

Paphnutius, St., B Sept.

Paphnutius, St., M..
and companions Sept.

Papias, St., Sold'r, M..Jan.

Papias, St., B Feb.

Papias, St., M Feb.

Papias, St., M Feb.

Papias, St., M Nov.

Papinian, St., B., M...NOV.

Papius, St., M June

Papius, St., M July

Papylus, St., D., M....Apr.

Paramon, St., M., and
375 companions Nov.

Parasceres, St., M Mch.

Paris, St., B Aug.

Parisius, St., Monk,
C June

Parmenas, St., D., M..Jan.

Parmenius, St., Pr., M.Apr.

Parthnius, St, M May

Pascal, St May

Paschal, St., P May

Paschasius, St., B Feb.

Paschasius, St., D., C.May

Paschasius, St., M Nov.

Pasicrates, St., M., and
others May

Pastor, St., M., and
5 companions Mch. 29

30 Pastor, St., B Mch. 30

28 Pastor, St., Pr July 26

Pastor, St., Boy, M...Aug. 6

1 Patapius, St., Solitary.Dec. 8
7 Paterius, St., B Feb. 21

21 Patermuthius, St., M . . July 9
19 Paternian, St., B July 12

3 Paternus, St., B Apr. 16

12 j Paternus, St., M Aug. 21

7 Paternus, St., B., M..Sept 23

2 Paternus, St., M Nov. 12

17 Patience, St., M May 1

27 Patiens, St., B Jan. 8

Patiens, St., B Sept. 11

27 Patricia, St., V Aug. 25

19 Patrick, St., B., C Mch. 17

11 Patrick, St., A Aug. 24

Patritia, St., M Mch. 13

24 Patritius, St., B., M...Apr. 28

29 Patrobas, St Nov. 4

22 Patroclus, St., M Jan. 21

25 Paul, St., First Her-

26 mit Jan. 15

2 Paul, St., M ....Jan. 19

28 Paul, St, Apostle, M..

28 conversion of Jan. 25

7 Paul, St., B Feb. 1

13 Paul, St., M Feb. 8

Paul, St., B Feb. 8

21) Paul, St., M Mch. 2

20 Paul, St., B Mch. 7

5 Paul, St., surnamed the

Simpl Mch. 7

11 'Paul, St, M Mch. 10

23! Paul, St., M Mch. 17

22 j Paul, St., M., and

19 others Mch. 20

17 Paul, St., B Mch. 22

14 Paul, St, Monk, M...Apr. 17
22 ! Paul of the Cross, St,

31 C Apr. 28

13 Paul, St., M May 15

l Paul, St., M May 17

25 Pa<ul, St., M May 28

446

INDEX.

Paul, St., M June 1

Paul, St., Pr., M June 1

Paul, St., Boy, M June 3

Paul, St., B., M June 7

Paul, St., M June 20

Paul, St., M .June 26

Paul, St., P., C June 28

Paul, $t, Apostle, M..J«une 29
Paul, St., Apostle, M.,

commemoration of.. June 30
Paul, St., M., and a

boy July 3

Paul, St., D., M July 20

Paul, St., M July 25

Paul, St., M Aug. 17

Paul, St., M Aug. 29

Paul, St., M Sept. 25

Paul, St., M Oct. 3

Paml, St., M Dec. 19

Paula, St., Widow, M.Jan. 26

Paula, St., V., M June 3

Paula, St., V., M June 18

Paula, St., M July 20

Paula, St., V., M Aug. 10

Paulillus, St., Boy, M.Nov. 13

Paulillus, St., M Dec. 19

Paulina, St., M June 6

Paulina, St., M Dec. 2

Paulina, St., M Dec. 31

Panlinus, St., B., C...Apr. 29

Paulinus, St., M May 4

Paulinus, St., M May 26

Paulinus, St., B., C...June 22
Paulinus, St., B., M.,

and companions July 12

Paulinus, St., B., M...A"ug. 31

Paulinus, St., B Oct. 10

Paulinus, St., B Oct. 10

Paulus, St., M Dec. 24

Pausides, St., M Mch. 24

Pausilippus, St., M...Apr. 15

Pegasius, St., M Nov. 2

Pelagia, St., M Mch. 23

Pelagia, St., V., M. . . .June 9
Pelagia, St., M July 11

Pelagia, St., surnamed

the Penitent Oct. 8

Pelagia, St., V., M Oct. 19

Pelagian, St., V., M May 4

Pelaginis, St., B Mch. 25

Pelagius, St., a Youth,

M June 26

Pelagius, St., M Aug. 28

Peleus, St., B., M Feb. 20

Peleus, St., B., M., and
others of the cler-
gy Sept. 19

Peleusius, St., Pr., M..Apr. 7

Pelinus, St., B., M Dec. 5

Peregrinus, St May 1

Peregrinus, St., M May 5

Peregrinus, St., B., M.May 16
Peregrinus, St., B., M.June 13

Peregrinois, St., M June 17

Peregrinus, St., M July 7

Peregrinus, St., Pr July 28

Peregrinus, St., M Aug. 25

Perfect, St., Pr., M...Apr. 18
Pergentinus, St., M...June 3
Perpetua, St., M..Mch. 6 & 7

Perpetua, St Aug. 4

Perpetuus, St., B Apr. 8

Perseveranda, St., V . . June 26

Peter, St., M Jan. 3

Peter, St., B Jan. 9

Peter Urseolus (Orsini),

St., Monk, C Jan. 10

Peter, St., M Jan. 11

Peter, St., M Jan. 16

Peter, St., Apostle,

Chair of, at Rome.. Jan. 18
Peter, Nolasco, St. C..Jan. 31
Peter, St., B., Card. . . .Feb. 8
Peter Mavimenois, St.,

M Feb. 21

Peter, St., Apostle,

Chair of, at Antioch.Feb. 22
Peter, St, B., Card... Feb. 23

Peter, St., C Mch. 11

Peter, St, M Mch. 12

Peter, St, M Mch. 14

INDEX.

447

Peter, St., M Mch. 26

Peter, St., D., M Apr. 17

Peter, St., B., M Apr. 26

Peter Armengaudius,

St Apr. 27

Peter, St., M Apr. 29

Peter, St., Monk, M...Apr. 30

Peter, St., B May 7

Peter, St., B May 8

Peter Regalati, St., C.May 13

Peter, St., M May 15

Peter of Moroni, St.
(Pope Celestin V.),

Anchoret May 19

Peter, St., Exorcist, M.June 2

Peter, St., B., M June 7

Peter, St., Apostle, M.June 29
Peter Fourier, St., Regu-
lar Canon July 7

Peter, St., M Aug. 1

Peter, St., B Aug. 3

Peter ad Vincula, St.,

dedic. of Church of. Aug. 1
Peter, St., M., and

others Aug. 7

Peter, St, M Aug. 27

Peter, St., C Anig. 30

Peter Claver, St., C..Sept. 9

Peter, St, B Sept. 10

Peter of Arbues, St.,

M Sept 17

Peter, St, M Sept. 23

Peter, St, M Oct. 3

Peter, St, B., M Oct. 4

Peter, St, M Oct. 8

Peter of Alcantara, St.,

C Oct. 19

Peter Paschasius, St.,

B., M., festival of. ..Oct. 23

Peter, St, M Oct. 25

Peter and Paul, SS.,
dedication of Basili-
cas of Nov. 18

Peter, St., B.. M Nov. 26

Peter, St., Monk, M..Nov. 28

Peter, St., B., surnamed
Chrysologus, festival

of ..Dec. 4

Peter, St., M., and

others Dec. 9

Petronilla, St, V., M..May 31
Petronius, St., B., C..Sept. 6
Petronius, St., B., C...Oct 4
Pharnacius, St., Sol-
dier, M Jnme 24

Philadelphus, St, M..May 10
Philadelphus, St., M..Sept. 2
Philseas, St., B., M.,

and others Feb. 4

Philappian, St, M., and

others Jan. 30

Philastrius, St, B July 18

Phileas, St, B., M Nov. 26

Philemon, St., M Mch. 8

Philemon, St., M Mch. 21

Philemon, St., M Nov. 22

Philetus, St., Senator,

M Mch. 27

Philibert, St, A Aug. 20

Philibert, St, M Aug. 22

Philip, St, B Apr. 11

Philip, St., Apostle, M.May 1

Philip Argyrio, St May 12

Philip Neri, St May 26

Philip, St, D June 6

Philip, St, M June 10

Philip, St, M., and

others July 15

Philip, St., M Aug. 17

Philip Beniti, St, C..Aug. 2-H

Philip, St, M Sept. 2

Philip, St., M Sept. 13

Philip, St, B., M Oct. 22

Philip, St., B., M Oct. 22

Philippa, St., M Sept 20

Philo, St, D Apr. 25

Philogonius, St., Law-
yer, B Dec. 20

Philologus, St Nov. 4

Philomena, St., V July 5

Philomenus, St, M...NOV. 14

448

INDEX.

Philomenus, St., M...Nov. 29

Philonilla, St Oct. 11

Fhiloromus, St., Tri-
bune, M Feb. 4

Philoterus, St., M May 19

Philotheus, St., M Nov. 5

Phlegon, St Apr. 8

Phocas, St., M Mch. 5

Phocas, St., B., M.....July 14

Phoebe, St Sept. 7

Photides, St., M Mch. 20

Photina, St., Samaritan,

M Mch. 20

Photmiis, St., B., M.,

and others June 2

Photinus, St., M......Aug. 12

Photius, St., M Mch. 4

Photius, St., M Mch. 20

Pia, St., M Jan. 19

Piaton, St., Pr., M Oct. 1

Pienta, St., V., M Oct. 11

Pierius, St., Pr Nov. 4

Pigmenius, St., Pr., M.Mch. 24

Pinian, St., Monk Dec. 31

Pinytus, St., B Oct. 10

Pionius, St., Pr., M....Feb. 1

Piperion, St., M Mch. 11

Pirminus, St., B Nov. 3

Pius V., St., P May 5

Pius, St., P., M July 11

Placidia, St., V Oct. 11

Placidus, St., M July 11

Placidois, St., Monk, M.Oct. 5

Placidus, St., M Oct. 11

Plato, St., Monk Apr. 4

Plato, St., M July 22

Platonides, St., M., and

20 others Apr. 6

Plautilla, St May 20

Plautus, St., M Sept. 29

Plutarch, St., Catechu-
men, M June 28

Podius, St., B., C May 28

Premon, St., Anchoret . Aug. 27

Polieuctus, St., M May 21

Polius, St., D., M May 21

Pollio, St., M Apr. 28

Polyseuus, St., M Aug. 18

Polyan, St., M Sept. 10

Polycarp, St., B., M.,

and 12 others Jan. 26

Polycarp, St., Pr., M..Feb. 23

Polycarp, St., M Dec. 7

Polychronius, St., B.,

M Feb. 17

Polychronius, St., Pr.,

M Dec. 6

Polyenus, St., M Apr. 28

Polyeuctus, St., M Feb. 13

Polyxena, St Sept. 23

Pompeius, St., M July 7

Pompey, St., M Apr. 10

Pompey, St., B Dec. 14

Pomponius, St., B May 14

Pomposa, St., V., M . . Sept. 19

Pons, St., M May 14

Pontian, St., M Jan. 19

Pontian, St., M Aug. 25

Pontian, St., P., M Nov. 19

Pontian, St., M., and 4

others Dec. 2

Pontian, St., M + ..Dec. 11

Pontian, St., M Dec. 31

Ponticus, St., M June 2

Pontius, St., D Mch. 8

Poppo, St., A Jan. 25

Porcarius, St., A., M.,

and 500 monks A«ug. 12

Porphyrius, St., Come-
dian, M Sept. 15

Porphyry, St., Servant.

M Feb. 16

Porphy, St., B Feb. 26

Porphyry, St., M May 4

Porphyry, St Aug. 20

Porphyry, St., M Nov. 4

Portian, St., A Nov. 24

Possidius, St., B May 16

Potamia, St., M Dec. 5

Potamicena, St., V.. M.June 28
Potamon, St., B., M. . .May 18
Potentian, St., M Dec. 31

INDEX.

449

Pothamius, St., M.... Feb. 20

Potitus, St., M Jan. 13

Prsepedigna, St., M.'. ..Feb. 18

Prsesidius, St., B., M.Sept. 6
Frsetextatus, St., B.,

M Feb. 24

Praetextatus, St., M...Dec. 11

Pragmatius, St., B., C.Nov. 22

Praxedes, St., V July 21

Presentation of the B.
V. Mary in the Tem-
ple Nov. 21

Priamus, St., M May 28

Philidian, St., M Jan. 24

Primian, St., M Dec. 29

Primitiva, St,. M Feb. 24

Primitiva, St., V., M..July 23

Primitivus, St., M Apr. 16

Primitivus, St., M Jome 10

Primitivus, St., M....' July 18

Frimitivus, St., M Nov. 27

Primitivus, St., M Dec. 9

Primus, St., M Jan. 3

Primus, St., M Feb. 9

Primus, St., M June 9

Primus, St., M Oct. 2

Principius, St., B Sept. 25

Prisca, St., V., M Jan. 18

Priscian, St., M Oct. 12

Priscian, St., M Oct. 14

Priscilla, St Jan. 16

Priscilla, St July 8

Priscus, St., Fr., M Jan. 4

Priscus, St., M Men. 28

Priscus, St., M., and

others May 26

Prisous, St., M Sept. 1

Priscus, St., B Sept. 1

Priscus, St., M Sept. 20

Priscus, St., M Oct. 1

Privatus, St., B., M...Aug. 21

Privatus, St., M Sept. 20

Privatus, St., M Sept. 28

Probus, St., B Jan. 12

+ Probus, St., B Men. 15

Probus, St., M Oct. 11

Probus, St., B Nov. 10

Probus, St., M Nov. 13

Processus, St., M July 2

Prochorus, St., D., M..Apr. 9

Prockis, St., M July 12

Proclus, St., B Oct. 24

Procopius, St., C Feb. 27

Procopius, St., M July 8

Proculus, St., M Feb. 14

Proculus, St., B., M...Apr. 14

Proculus, St., M June 1

Proculus, St., M Aug. 18

Frocuhis, St., M Nov. 4

Proculus, St., B., M...Dec. 1

Proculus, St., B Dec. 9

Projectus, St., M Jan. 24

Projectus, St., B., M..Jan. 25
Prosdocimus, St., B...Nov. 6
Prosper of Aquitaine,

St., B June 25

Prosper, St., B July 29

Protasius, St., M June 19

Protasius, St., M Aug. 4

Protasiois, St., B Nov. 24

Protogenes, St., B May 6

Protolicus, St., M Feb. 14

Frotus, St., M Sept. 11

Protus, St., Pr., M....Oct. 25
Prudentius, St., B., M.Apr. 28
Ptolemy, St., B., M...AUg. 24

Ptolemy, St., M Oct. 19

Ptolemy, St., Sol'r, M.Dec. 20

Publia, St., Abbess Oct. 9

Publius, St., B., M Jan. 21

Publius, St., M., and

others Feb. 19

Publius, St., M Apr. 16

Publius, St., M Nov. 2

Publius, St., B., M Nov. 12

Fudens, St., Senator.. May 19

Pudentiana, St., V May 19

Pulcheria, St., Empress,

V Sept. 10

Pupulus, St., M Feb. 28

Purification of the B.

V. Mary Feb. 2

450

INDEX.

Pusicius, Chief of Ar-
tificers, M.,and daugh-
ter Apr. 21

Q.

Quadragesimus, St.,

Subdeacon Oct. 26

Quadrafcus, St., M., and

others Men. 26

Quadratus, St., M May 7

Quadratus, St May 26

Quadratus, St., M May 26

Quadratus, St., B Aug. 21

Quartilla, St., M Mch. 19

Quartus, St., M May 10

Quartus, St., M Aoig. 6

Quartus, St Nov. 3

Quartus, St., M Dec. 18

Quinctian, St., M Apr. 1

Quinctian, St., B June 14

Quinctian, St., B Nov. 13

Quinctian, St., M Dec. 31

Quinctilian, St., M Apr. 13

Quinctilian, St., M Apr. 16

Quinctilis, St., B., M. .Mch. 8

Quinctilla, St., M Mch. 19

Qminctinus, St., Sena-
tor, M Oct. 31

Quinctius, St., M Sept. 5

Quinctus, St., M Jan. 4

Quinctus, St., M., and

others Mch. 19

Quinctus, St., M May 10

Quinctus, St., M Oct. 29

Quinctus, St., M., and

others Dec. 18

Quinidius, St., B Feb. 15

Quintian, St., M May 23

Quiriacus, St., M., and

others Aug. 12

Quiriacus, St., B., M.,

and companions Aug. 23

Quiriacus, St., Ancho-
ret Sept. 29

Quiricus, St., M June 16

Quirinus, St., M Mch. 25

Quirinus, St., Tribune,

M Mch. 30

Quirimis, St., M June 4

Quirinus, St., B., M. . .June 4
Quirinus, St., Pr., M..Oct. 11
Quiteria, St., V., M...May 22
Quodvultdeus, St., B..Oct. 26

R.

Radegundes, St.,

Queen Aug. 13

Raineldes, St.. V., M

and companions. . . .July 16

Rainerius, St., C J'une 17

Rainerius, St., B Dec. 30

Ranulph, St., M May 27

Rasyphus, St., M July 23

Raymond of Pennafort,

St., C Feb. 13

Raymond Nonnatus,

St., Card., C Aug. 31

Reatrus, St., M Jan. 23

Redempta, St., V July 23

Redeniptus, St., B....Apr. 8

Regina, St., V., M Sept. 7

Regulus, St., B Mch. 30

Regulus, St., M Sept. 1

Rembert, St., B Feb. 4

Remedius, St., B Feb. 3

Remegras, St., B., C.,

translation of Oct. 1

Reparata, St., V., M...Oct. 8

Respicius, St., M Nov. 10

Restituta, St., V., M..May 17
Restituta, St., V., M..May 27

Restitutus, St., M May 29

Restitutus, St., M June 10

Restitutus, St., M., and

others Aug. 23

Restitutus, St., B., M.Dec. 9
Reverian, St., B., M.,

and others June 1

Revocata, St., M Feb. 6

Revocatus, St., M Jan. 9

INDEX.

451

Revocafeus, St, M . . . . Mcb. 7
Rhais, St, Catechu-
men, M June 28

Richard, St., King Feb. 7

Richard, St., B Apr. 3

Richard, St., B June 9

Richarius, St., Pr., C.Apr. 26
Rigobertus, St., B., C..Jan. 4
Ripsimis, St., V., M.,

and companions — Sept. 29
Rita, St., Widow, Nun.May 22
Robbers, Holy, Seven,

M. M Apr. 20

Robert, St., C Apr. 17

Robert, St., A Apr. 29

Robert, St., A June 7

Robustian, St., M May 24

Robustian, St., M.....Aug. 31

Roch, St., C Aug. 16

Rodopian, St., M May 3

Rogation, St., M May 24

Rogation, St., Pr., M . . Oct. 26

Rogation, St., M Dec. 28

Rogatus, St., M Jan. 12

Rogatus, St Mch. 8

Rogatus, St Mch. 8

Rogatus, St., M., and

others Mch. 28

Rogatus, St., M June 10

Rogatus, St., Monk, M.Aug. 17

Rogatus, St., M Dec. 1

Rogellus, St., M Sept 16

Romana, St., V Feb. 23

Romanus, St., A Feb. 28

Romanus, St., A May 22

Romanus, St., Soldier,

M Aug. 9

Romanus, St., B., M..Aug. 24
Romanus, St., B., M...Oct. 6

Romanus, St., B Oct. 23

Romanus, St., M Nov. 18

Romanus, St., Pr Nov. 24

Romaricus, St., A Dec. 8

Rom-uald, St., A Feb. 7

Romula, St., V July 23

Romulus, St., M Feb. 17

Romulus, St., M Mch. 24

Romulus, St., M Mch. 24

Romulus, St., B., M..

and others July 6

Romulus, St., Prefect,

M Sept. 5

Rosalia, St., V., finding

body of July 15

Rosalia, St., V., birth-
day of Sept. 4

Rosary, Most Holy.... Oct. 7
Rose of St. Mary, St.,

V Aug. 30

Rose, St., V Sept. 4

Rosras, St Sept. 1

Rosula, St., M Sept. 14

Rudericus, St, Pr Mch. 13

Rufflllus, St., B July 18

Rufina. St, V., M July 10

Rufina, St., V., M July 19

Rufina, St Aug. 31

Rufinian, St, M Sept 9

Rufinus, St., M Feb. 28

Rufinus, St., M Apr. 7

Rufinus, St., M June 14

Rufinus, St, M June 21

Rufinus, St, M July 30

Rufinus, St., B., M., and

companions Aug. 11

Rufinus, St, C Aug. 19

Riufinus, St., B., C Aug. 26

Rufinus, St., Boy, M . . Sept. 4

Rufinus, St, M Sept 9

Rufinus, St., M., and

companions Nov. 16

Rufus, St, M Apr. 19

Rufus, St., M Aug. 1

Rufus, St, M Aug. 27

Rufus, St, B., M Aug. 27

Rufus, St, M Sept 25

Rufus, St., B., C Nov. 7

Rufus, St, B Nov. 12

Rufus, St Nov. 21

Rufus, St, M., and

family Nov. 28

Rufus, St, M Dec. 18

452

INDEX.

Rumold, St., B., M July 1

Rupert, St., B., O Men. 27

Rustica, St., M Dec. 31

Rusticus, St., M Aug. 9

Rusticus, St., Subdea-

con, M Aug. 17

Rusticus, St., B., G...Sept. 24
Rusticus, St., Fr., M..Oct. 9

Rusticus, St., B Oct. 14

Rustious, St., B., C Oct. 26

Rutilius, St., M Aug. 2

Rutilius, St., M., and

companions June 4

Rutulus, St., M Feb. 18

S.

Sabas, St., M., and

others Apr. 12

Sabas, St., Military Of-
ficer, M Apr. 24

Sabas, St., A Dec. 5

Sabbatius, St., M Sept. 19

Sabel, St., M June 17

Sabina, St., M Aug. 29

Sabina, St., V ...Aug. 29

Sabina, St., M Oct. 27

Sabinian, St., M Jan. 29

Sabinian, St.,Monk, M.June 7

Sabinian, St., M Sept. 25

Sabinian, St., B., M...Dec. 31

Sabinois, St., M Jan. 25

Sabinus, St., B., C....Feb. 9

Sabinus, St., M Men. 13

Sabinus, St., C July 11

Sabinus, St., M., and

others July 20

Sabinus, St., B Dec. tl

Sabinus, St., B., M Dec. 30

Sacerdos, St., B May 4

Sacerdos, St., B May 5

Sacerdos, St., B Sept. 12

Sadoth, St., B., M., and

128 others Feb. 20

Sagar, St., B., M Oct. 6

Salaberga, St., Abbess. Sept. 22

Sallustia, St., M Sept. 14

Sallustian, St., C June 8

Salomon, St., B., C . . . Sept. 28
Salutaris, St., Arch-
deacon, C July 13

Salvinus, St., B Oct. 12

Salvius, St., M Jan. 11

Salvius, St., B., M Jan. 11

Salvius, St., B., M....June 26

Salvius, St., B., C Sept. 10

Samonas, St., M Nov. 15

Sampson, St., Pr June 27

Sampson, St., B., C...July 28

Samuel, St., M Feb. 16

Samuel, St., Prophet. Aug. 20

Samuel, St., M Oct. 13

Sancius, St., Youth, M.June 5

Sanctinus, St., B Sept. 22

Sanctus, St., D., M...June 2

Sandalus, St., M Sept. 3

Sarbelius, St., M Jan. 29

Sarmata, St., M Oct. 11

Saturian, St., M Oct. 16

Saturnina, St., V., M. .June 4

Saturninus, St., M Jan. 19

Saturninus, St., M Jan. 31

Saturninus, St., M Feb. 6

Saturninus, St., Pr.,M.Feb. 11

Saturninus, St., M Feb. 15

Saturninus, St., M Mch. 7

Saturninus, St., M., and

9 others Mch. 22

Saturninus, St., B., C.Apr. 7
Saturninus, St., M (4

of this name) Apr. 16

Saturninus, St., M May 2

Saturninus, St., M July 7

Saturninus, St., M Aug. 22

Saturnimis, St., M Oct. 6

Saturninus, St Oct. 14

Saturninus, St., M., and

others Oct. 16

Saturninus, St., M Oct. 30

Saturninus, St., M Nov. 27

Saturninus, St., M Nov. 29

Saturninus, St., B., M.Nov. 29

INDEX.

453

Saturninus, St., M Dec. 15

Sat'urninus, St., M Dec. 23

Saturninus, St., M Dec. 29

Saturus, St., Steward,

C Men. 29

Satyrus, St., M Jan. 12

Satyrus, St., C Sept. 17

Saula, St., V., M., and

others Oct. 20

Savina, St Jan. 30

Savinus, St., M July 11

Saviour, Our, dedic. of

the Basilica of at

Rome Nov. 9

Savious, Our, commem.

of the Image of Nov. 9

Scholastica, St., V Feb. 10

Scubiculms,, St., D., M.Oct. 11

Sebastia, St., M July 4

Sebastian, St., M Jan. 20

Sebastian, St., M.,....Feb. 8
Sebastian, St., Military

Officer, M Men. 20

Sebastiana, St., M Sept. 10

Sebbi, St., King Aug. 29

Secunda, St., V., M...July 10

Secunda, St., M July 17

Secunda, St., V., M...July 30
Secundarius, St., M...Oct. 2

Socundian, St., M Feb. 17 I

Secundian, St., M Aug. 9

Seeundilla, St., M Mch. 2

Secundina, St., V., M..Jan. 15

Secundinus, St., M Feb. 18

Secundinus, St., M Feb. 21

Secundinus, St., B., M.Apr. 29
Secundinus, St., M... May 21
Secundinus, St., B., M.July 1

Secundinus, St Sept. 1

Secundimis, St., M Mch. 7

Secundus, St., M Jan. 9

Secundus, St., M Mch. 24

Secundus, St., M Mch. 29

Secundus, St., B May 15

Secundus, St., Pr., M.,

and others May 21

Secundus, St., M June 1

Secundois, St., M July 31

Secundus, St., M Aug. 7

Secundus, St., M Aug. 26

Secundus, St., M Nov. 15

Secundus, St., M Dec. 19

Secundus, St., M Dec. 19

Secundus, St., M Dec. 29

Securus, St., M Dec. 2

Sedopha, St., M July 5

Selesius, St., M Sept. 12

Seleucus, St., M Feb. 16

Seleucus, St., C Mch. 24

Senator, St., B May 28

Senator, St Sept. 26

Sennen, St., M July 30

Septimus, St., Monk,

M Aug. 17

Septimus, St., Lector,

M Oct. 24

Sequanus, St., Pr., C.Sept. 19

Seraphina, St July 29

Seraphinus, St., O Oct. 12

Serapia, St., V., M Sept. 3

Serapion, St., M Feb. 25

Serapion, St., M Feb. 28

Serapion, St., Anchoret,

B Mch. 21

Serapion, St., Lector,

M Mch. 26

Serapion, St., M July 13

Serapion, St., Holy

Sleeper, M. July 27

Serapion, St., M Aug. 18

Serapion, St., M Aug. 27

Serapion, St., M Sept. 12

Serapion, St., B Oct. 30

Serapion, St., M Nov. 14

Serapion, St., M Nov. 14

Serena, St Aug. 16

Serenus, St., Catechu-
men, M June 28

Serenus, St., Catechu-
men, M June 28

Sergius, St., M Feb. 24

Sergius, St., M July 27

454

INDEX.

Sergius, St., P., C Sept. 9

Sergius, St., M Oct. 7

Serotina, St., M Dec. 31

Servandus, St., M Oct. 23

Servati'us, St., B May 13

Servideus, St., Monk,

M Jan. 13

Servideus, St., M Sept. 16

Servilian, St., M Apr. 20

Servilius, St., M May 24

S«?rvulus, St., M Feb. 21

Servulus, St Dec. 23

Servus, St., M Dec. 7

Servus, St., Subdeacon,

M Aug. 17

Seven Founders of Ser-

vites of B. V. M Feb. 12

Severa, St., V July 20

Severian, St., M Jan. 23

Severian, St., B., M...Feb. 21

Severian, St., M Apr. 20

Severian, St., Sol'r, M.Sept 9

Severian, St., M Nov. 8

Severin, St., A Jan. 8

Severin, St., B Jan. 8

Severin, St., A Feb. 11

Severin, St., B June 8

Severin, St., B., C Oct. 23

Severin, St., Monk. . . .Nov. 1
Severin, St., Monk, and

Solitary Nov. 27

Severin, St., B., C Dec. 21

Severinus, St., M July 6

Severinus, St., M Aug. 7

Severinus, St., M Nov. 19

Severus, St., M Jan. 11

Severus, St., B Feb. 1

Severus, St., Pr Feb. 15

Severus, St., B Apr. 30

Severus, St., Pr., C Aug. 8

Severus, St., M Aug. 20

Severus, St., Pr., C Oct. 1

Severus, St., B., C Oct. 15

Severus, St., Pr., M...Oct. 22
Severus, St., B., M...NOV. 6
Severus, St., M Nov. 8

Severus, St., M Dec. 2

Severus, St., M Dec. 30

| Sextus, St., M Dec. 31

Sidonius, St., B Aug. 23

Sidronius, St., M July 11

Sigisbert, St., C July 11

Sigismund, St., King.. May 1

Silas, St July 13

Silvanus, St., B., M...Feb. 6
Silvanus, St., B., C....Feb. 10

Silvanus, St., M Feb. 18

Silvanus, St., M Feb. 20

Silvanus, St., B., M., and

many clerics May 4

Silvanus, St., M May 24

Silvanus, St., M July 10

Silvanus, St., Boy, M.Sept. 4

Silvanus, St, M Nov. 5

Silvanus, St., B Dec. 2

Silverius, St., P., M...June 20

Silvester, St., B Nov. 20

Silvester, St., A Nov. 26

Silvester, St., P Dec. 31

Silvinus, St., B Feb. 17

Silvinus, St., B Sept. 12

Silvinus, St., B Sept. 28

Silvius, St., M Apr. 21

Simeon, St., Monk,

called Stylites Jan. 5

Simeon, St., B., M Feb. 18

Simeon, St., Child, M..Mch. 24
Simeon, St., B., M., and

companions Apr. 21

Simeon, St., Monk June 1

Simeon, St., surnamed

Salus, C July 1

Simeon, St., Monk and

Hermit July 26

Simeon Stylites, the

Younger, St Sept. 3

Simeon, Old, St Oct. 8

Similian, St., B., C...June 16
Simitrius, St., Pr., M.,

and 22 others May 26

INDEX.

455

Simon the Cananean, St.,
Apostle, M., birthday

of Oct. 28

Slmplician, St., B Aug. 16

Siraplician, St., M Dec. 31

Simplicius, St., P., C. .Mch. 2
Simplicius, St., Senator,
M., and wife and 68

of family May 10

Simplicius, St., B., M.May 15
Simplicius, St., B., C..June 24

Simplicius, St., M July 29

Simplicius, St., M Aug. 26

Simplicius, St., M Nov. 8

Simplicius, St., B., C. .Nov. 20

Simplicius, St., M Dec. 18

Sindimius, St., M Dec. 19

Sindulphus, St., C Oct. 20 j

Sindulphus, St., B., C.Dec. 10 j
Sirenus, St., Monk, M.Feb. 23 |

Siricius, St., B., C Nov. 26 !

Siridion. St., B Jan. 2j

Sisenandus, St., D., M.July 16
Sisinius, St., D., M....May 11

Sisinius, St., M May 29 !

Sisinius, St., M Nov. 23

Sisinius, St., D., M.-.Nov. 2& j

Siviard, St., A Mch. ]

Sixtus, St., P., M Apr. 6

Smaragdois, St., M Aug. 8 |

Sobel. St., M Aug. 5|

Socrates, St., M Apr. 19

Socrates, St., M Sept. 17 j

Solemnius, St., B Sept. 25

Solochanus, St., SoldTr,
M., and companions . May 17

Solomon, St., M Mch. 13

Solutor, St., M Nov. 13

Solntor, St., Sold'r, M.Nov. 20

Sopatra, St., V Nov. 9

Sophia, St., V., M Apr. 30

Sophia, St., M Sept. 18

Sophia. St.. Widow. .. Sept. 30
Sophonias. St., Prophet.Dec 3

Sophronius, St., B Mch. 11

Sophronius. St.. B Dec. 8

Sosipater, St June 25

Sosius, St., D., M Sept. 19

Sosius, St., D., M Sept. 23

Sostenseus, St., C May 8

Sosthenes, St., M Sept. 10

Sosthenes, St., M Nov. 28

Soter, St., Prophet, M.Apr. 22

Soteres, St., V., M Feb. 10

Sozon, St., M Sept. <

Speciosus, St., Monk.. Mch. 15

Speratus, St., M July 17

Speus, St., A Mch. 28

Spenisippus, St., M Jan. 17

Spiridion, St., B., C...Dec. 14

Stachis, St., B Oct. 31

Stacteus, St., M July 18

Stacteus, St., M Sept. 28

Stanislas, St., B., M..May 7
Stanislas Kostka, St.,

C Aug. 15

Stephen, St., A Feb. 8

Stephen, St., A Feb. 13

Stephen, St., B., C Feb. 13

Stephen, St., M Apr. 1

Stephen, St., A Apr. 17

Stephen, St., B., M Apr. 25

Stephen, St., M Apr. 27

Stephen, St., P., M Aug. 2

Stephen, St., A., M Aug. 6

Stephen, St., Subdea-

con, M Aug. 6

Stephen, St., King Sept. 2

Stephen, St., M Sept. 17

Stephen, St., M Nov. 21

Stephen, St., M Nov. 22

Stephen, the Younger,
St., Monk, M., and

companions Nov. 28

Stephen, St., M Dec. 3

Stephen, St., First Mar-
tyr, birthday of Dec. 26

Stephen, St., M Dec. 31

Stercatius, St., M July 24

Straton, St., M Aug. 17

Straton, St., M Sept. 9

Straton, St., M Sept. 12

456

INDEX.

Stratonicus, St., M Jan. 13

Sturmius, St., A Dec. 17

Stylian, St., Anchoret . Nov. 26

Stryiaous, St., M Nov. 2

Successus, St., M Jan. 19

Successus, St., M Mch. 28

Successus, St., M Apr. 16

Successus, St., M Dec. 9

Sulpicius, St., surnamed

Pius Jan. 17

Sulpicius, Severus, St.,

B Jan. 29

S-ulpicius, St., M Apr. 20

Superius, St., M June 26

Suranus, St., A., Jan. 24

Susanna, St., M., and

children May 24

Susanna, St., V., M...Aug. 11

Susanna, St., M Sept. 20

Swidbert, St., B Mch. 1

Swithin, St., B July 2

Syagrous, St., B., C...Aug. 27

Sycus, St., M May 30

Sylvanus, St Mch. 8

Sylvanus, St., M May 5

Sylvanois, St., M July 10

Sylvanus, St., C Sept. 22

Sylvia, St -..Nov. 3

Symmachus, St., P July 19

Symphorian, St, M...July 7
Symphorian, St., M...Aug. 22
Symphorian, St., M...NOV. 8
Symphorosa, St., M . . . July 2
Symphorosa, St., M . . . July 18
Symphronius, St., M..Feb. 8
Symphronius, St., M..July 26
Symphronius, St., M..Oct. 31

Syncletica, St Jan. 5

Synesius, St., M May 21

Synesius, St., Lector,

M Dec. 12

Syntyche, St July 22

Syricius, St., M Feb. 21

Syrus, St., B June 29

Syrus, St., B Dec. 9

T.

Tammarus, St Sept. 1

Tarbula, St., V., M., and

her maid-servant... Apr. 22

Tatian, St., M Sept. 12

Tatiana, St., M Jan. 12

Tatio, St., M . Aug. 24

Tatta, St., M .-; Sept. 25

Taurinus, St., B Aug. 11

Taurio, St., M Nov. 7

Telesphorus, St., P., M.Jan. 5

Terence, St., M Sept 27

Terentian, St., B., M..Sept 1
Terentius, St., M., and

companions Apr. 10

Terentius, St, B., M..June 21

Teresa, St., V Oct. 15

Tertius, St., C Dec. 6

Tertulla, St, V., M.... Apr. 29
Tertullian, St., B., C..Apr. 27
Tertullinus, St., Pr.,M.Aug. 4
Thaddeus, St., also called

Jude, Apostle, M.,

birthday of Oct. 28

Thalalseus, St., M., and

companions May 20

Thalus, St., M Mch. 11

Thamales, St., M., and

companions Sept. 4

Tharacus, St., M Oct. 11

Tharasius, St., B Feb. 25

Tharsicius, St, M Jan. 31

Tharsicius, St.. Acolyte,

M Aug. 15

Tharsilla, St., V Dec. 24

Thea, St., M Dec. 19

Thecla, St., M Mch. 26

Thecla, St, M Aug. 19

Thecla, St Aug. 30

Thecla, St., V., M Sept 3

Thecla, St., V., M Sept 23

Thecla. St., Abbess Oct. 15

Thecusa, St., V., M...May 18

Themistocles, St Dec. 21

Theobold, St, Hermit. July 1

INDEX.

457

Theoctistes, St., V Nov.

Theodard, St., B., M..Sept.

Theodora, St., M Mch.

Theoderminis, St.,

Monk, M July

Theodora, St., M Apr.

Theodora, St., V., M..Apr.
Theodora, St., V., M..May

Theodora, St Sept.

Theodora, St., Matron.Sept.
Theodore, St., Monk.. Jan,

Theodore, St., M Feb.

Theodore, St., M Mch.

Theodore, St., B., M..Mch.

Theodore, St., C Apr.

Theodore, St., B Apr.

Theodore, St., B May

Theodore, St., B May

Theodore, St., B., C...July

Theodore, St., M Jiily

Theodore, St., M Sept.

Theodore, St., M. ...Sept.

10 1 Theodosius, St., A Jan. 11

10 Theodosius, St., M...Mch. 26

13

Theodore, St., M.
Theodore, St., M.
Theodore, St., B.
Theodore, St., M.

. . Sept. 5

..Sept. 15

..Sept. 19
and

companions ....... Sept. 20

Theodore, St., Pr Oct. 23

Theodore, St., A Oct. 29

Theodore, St., Sol'r, M.Nov. 9
Theodore, Studita, St.. Nov. 12
Theodore, St., B., M..Nov. 26

Theodore, St., M Dec. 7

Theodore, S., M Dec. 14

Theodore, St., M Dec. 15

Theodore, St., Mansion-

ary Dec. 26

Theodore, St., G Dec. 27

Theodore, St., Monk.. Dec. 28

Theodric, St., Pr July 1

Theodorus, St., M Apr. 15

Theodosia, St., M Mch. 20

Theodosia, St., M Mch. 23

Theodosia, St., V., M..Apr. 2
Theodosia, St., M., and

12 others May 29

Theodosius, St., B July 17

Theodosius, St., M Oct. 25

Theodota, St., M July 17

Theodota, St., M., and

her 3 sons Aug. 2

Theodotus, St., M Jan. 4

Theodotus, St., B May 6

Theodotus, St., M May 18

Theodotus, St., M July 5

Theodotus, St Aug. 31

Theodotus, St., B Nov. 2

Theodotus, St., M Nov. 14

Theodulphus, St., B . . June 24

Theodolus, St., M Feb. 17

Theodolus, St., Pr....Mch. 23
Theodolus, St., M., and

companions Mch. 31

Theodolus, St., Lector,

.Apr. 4

M.

Theodolus, St., M May 2

Theodolus, St., Pr., M.May 3

Theodolus, St., M June 18

Theodolus, St., M July 26

Theodolnis, St., M Sept. 12

Theodolus, St., M Oct. 31

Theodolus, St., M Dec. 23

Theogenes, St., M Jan. 3

Theogenes, St., B., M.,

and 36 others Jan. 26

Theogonius, St., M Aug. 21

Theonas, St., M Jan. 3

Theonas, St., M Apr. 20

Theonas, St., B., C...Aug. 23
Theonestus, St., B., M.Oct. 30

Theonilla, St., M Aug. 23

Theopemptus, St., M..Jan. 3
Theophanes, St., Monk,

M Mch. 12

Theophanes, St., M., and

companions Dec. 4

Theophanes, St., B., C.Dec. 27
Theophila, St., V., M..Dec. 28
Theophilus, St., D., M.Jan. 8
Theophilus, St., M Feb. 6

458

INDEX.

Theophilus, St., M....Feb. 28

Theophilus, St., B Mch. 5

Theophilus, St., B Mch. 7

Theophilus, St., B Apr. 27

Theophilus, St., Pretor,

M July 22

Theophilus, St., M July 23

Theophilus, St., M...Sept. 8
Theophilus, St.,Monk,M.Oct. 2

Theophilus, St., B Oct. 13

Theophilus, St., M Nov. 3

Theophilus, St., Soldier,

M Dec. 20

Theopistes, St., M Sept. 20

Theopistus, St., M...Sept. 20
Theopumpus, S., M...May 21
Theoprepides, St., M.Mch. 27
Theoticus, St., M., and

others Mch. 8

Theotimos, St., M Nov. 5

Theotimus, St., B.... .Apr. 20

Theotimus, St., M Dec. 18

Theotimus, St., M Dec. 24

Thespesius, St., M Joine 1

Thespesius, St., M Nov. 20

Thessalonica, St., M..Nov. 7

Theuseta, St., M Mch. 13

Thief, Good, on the Cross,

commem. of Mch. 25

Thomaides, St., M Apr. 14

Thomas of Aquino, St.,

C. and Doctor Mch. 7

Thomas of Villanova,

St., Archbishop, C..Sept. 22

Thomas, St., B., C Oct. 2

Thomas, St., Monk... Nov. 18
Thomas, St., Apostle, M.,

birthday of Dec. 21

Thomas, St., B., M Dec. 29

Thraseas, St., B., M...Oct. 5

Thrason, St., M. Dec. 11

Thryphosa, St Nov. 10

Thrysus, St., M Jan. 24

Thyrsus, St., M Jan. 28

Thyrsus, St., M Jan. 31

Thyrsus, St., D., M...Sept. 24

Tiberius, St., M Nov. 10

Tiburtius, St., M Apr. 14

Tiburtius, St., M May 25

Tiburtius, St., M Aug. 11

Tiburtius, St., M Sept. 9

Tiburtius, St., M Nov. 22

Tigides, St., B Feb. 3

Timolaus, St., M Mch. 24

Timon, St., D., M Apr. 19

Timothy, St., B., M...Jan. 24

Timothy, St., M Mch. 24

Timothy, St., M Apr. 6

Timothy, St., M May 3

Timothy, St., D., M...May 21

Timothy, St., M May 22

Timothy, St., B., M..June 10

Timothy, St., M Aug. 19

Timothy, St., M Aug. 22

Timothy, St., M Aug. 23

Timothy, St., M Sept. 8

Timothy, St., D., M...Dec. 19

Titian, St., B., C Jan. 16

Titian, St., B., C Mch. 3

Titus, St., B Jan. 4

Titus, St., B., C Feb. 6

Titus, St., D., M Aug. 16

Tobias, St., M Nov. 2

Torpes, St., M May 17

Torqoiatus, St., B May 15

Totnan, St., D., M July 8

Tranquillinus, St., M..July 6
Transfiguration of Our

Lord Aug. 6

Triphenes, St., M Jan. 31

Triphina, St., M July 5

Triphyllius, St., B....June 13

Tripos, St., M June 10

Troadius, St., M Dec. 28

Trojanus, St., B Nov. 30

Tron, St., B., C Nov. 23

Trophimus, St., M Mch. 11

Trophimus, St., M Mch. 18

Trophimius, St., M July 23

Trophimus, St., M....Sept. 19

Trophimus, St., B Dec. 29

Tryphenna, St Nov. 10

INDEX.

459

Tryphon, St., M Jan. 4

Tryphon, St., M., and

12 others July 3

Tryphon, St., M Nov. 10

Tryphonia, St Oct. 18

Turian, St., B., C July 13

Turibius, St., Arch-
bishop Mch. 23

Turibius, St., B Apr. 16

Tychicus, St Apr. 29

Tychon, St., B June 16

Tygrius, St., Pr., M...Jan. 12
Tyrannic, St., B., M.,

and many others — Feb. 20

U.

Ubaldus, St., B May 16

Uguccia, St., C May 3

Uldaric, St., B July 4

Urban, St., B Apr. 2

Urban, St., P., M May 25

Urban, St., B Nov. 28

Urban, St., B., C Dec. 7

Urban II, St., P Aug. 19

Urban V., St., P Dec. 19

Urbanus, St., M Jan. 24

Urbanus, St. .- Mch. 8

Urbanus, St., M Apr. 16

Urbanus, St., M July 2

Urbanus, St., M., and

companions Sept. 5

Urbanus, St., M Oct. 31

Urciscenus, St., B., C.June 21

Ursicinus, St., M June 19

Ursicinus, St., B., C. . .July 24

Ursicius, St., M Aug. 14

Ursinus, St., O Nov. 9

Ursmar, St., B Apr. 19

Ursula, St., V., M., and

companions Oct. 21

Ursus, St., B., O Apr. 13

Ursus, St., B., C July 30

Ursus, St., Sold'r, M.Sept. 30
Usthazanes, St., King's

tutor, M Apr. 21

V.

Valens, St., B., M., and

3 boys May 21

Valens, St., D., M June 1

Valens, St., B., C July 26

Valentina, St., V., M.,

and companions July 25

Valentine, St., B., M..Feb. 14
Valentine, St., Pr., M.Feb. 14
Valentine, St., B., M..July 16
Valentine, St., B., C...Oct. 29
Valentine, St., Pr., M. .Nov. 3

Valentine, St., M Nov. 11

Valentine, St., M Nov. 13

Valentine, St., Military

Officer, M Dec. 16

Valentio, St., M May 25

Valeria, St., M Apr. 28

Valeria, St., M June 5

Valeria, St., V., M....Dec. 9

Valerian, St., M Apr. 14

Valerian, St., M May 25

Valerian, St., M Aug. 23

Valerian, St., M Sept. 12

Valerian, St., M Sept. 15

Valerian, St., M Sept. 17

Valerian, St., M Nov. 22

Valerian, St., B Nov. 27

Valerian, St., B Nov. 28

Valerian, St., B., M...Dec. 15

Valerius, St., B Jan. 28

Valerias, St., B Jan. 29

Valerius, St., M June 14

Valerius, St., M., and

companions Nov. 16

Valery, St., A Apr. 1

Vandrille, St., A July 22

Varicus, St., M Nov. 15

Varus, St., Soldier, M.Oct. 19

Vedastus, St., M Feb. 6

Venantius, St., M., and

10 others May 18

Venantius, St., A., C..Oct. 13
Venatius, St., B., M...Apr. 1
Veneranda, St., V., M.Nov. 14

460

INDEX.

Venerandus, St., M...NOV. 14

Venerius, St., B May 4

Venerius, St., C Sept. 13

Venustian, St., M., and

wife and sons Dec. 30

Venustus, St., M May 6 1

Venustus, St., M May 22 j

Veranus, St., B Oct. 19

Veranus, St., B Nov. 11

Verecundus, St., B., C.Oct. 22

Verena, St., V Sept. 1

Verian, St., M Aug. 9

Veridiana, St., V Feb. 1

Verissimus., St., M....Oct. 1
Veronica of Binasco,

St., V Jan. 13

Veronica Giuliani, St.,

Abbess, V July 9

Verulus, St., M., and

others Feb. 21

Verus, St., B Aug. 1

Verus, St., B Oct. 23

Vestina, St., M July 17

Vetuis, St., M June 2

Veturius, St., M July 17

Viator, St., Lector Sept. 2

Viator, St., D Oct. 21

Viator, St., B., C Dec. 14

Victor, St. M Jan. 22

Victor, St., M Jan. 31

Victor, St., M Feb. 25

Victor, St., C Feb. 26

Victor, St., M Men. 6

Victor, St., M Men. 10

Victor, St., a Samari-
tan, M Mch. 20

Victor, St., M Mch. 30

Victor, St., M Apr. 1

Victor, St., M Apr. 12

Victor, St., M Apr. 20

Victor, St., M May 8

Victor, St., M May 14

Victor, St., M May 17

Victor, St., Soldier,

M July 21

Victor, St., Military

Man, M July 24

Victor, St., P., M July 28

Victor, St., B Aug. 23

Victor, St., M Aug. 26

Victor, St., M Sept. 10

Victor, St., M Sept. 10

Victor, St., M Sept. 14

Victor, St., M Sept. 22

Victor, St., Sold'r, M.Sept. 30
Victor, St., M., and his

companions Oct. 10

Victor III, St., P Oct. 16

Victor, St., M Oct. 17

Victor, St., B Oct. 17

Victor, St., M Nov. 2

Victor, St., M Nov. 13

Victor, St., M Dec. 3

Victor, St., M Dec. 15

Victor, St., M Dec. 18

Victor, St., M Dec. 28

Victor, St., M Dec. 29

Victoria, St., M Nov. 37

Victoria, St., V., M...Dec. 23
Victorian, Pro-Counsul.

M., and 2 brothers) Mch. 23

Victorian, St., M May 15

Victorian, St., M Aug. 26

Victoricus, St., M Dec. 11

Victorinus, St., M Jan. 8

Victorinus, St., M Feb. 25

Victorinus, St., M Mch. 6

Victorinus, St., M....Mch. 29

Victorinus, St., M Apr. 15

Victorinus, St., M May 15

Victorinus, St., C June 8

Victorinus, St., M....July 7
Victorinus, St., B., M.Sept. 5

Victorinus, St., M Oct. 5

Victorinus, St., B., M.Nov. 2

Victorinus, St., M Nov. 8

Victorinus, St., M....Nov. 11
Victorinus, St., M....Dec. 2

Victorinus, St., M Dec. 18

Victorius, St., M Feb. 24

Victorius, St., M May 21

INDEX.

461

Victorius, St., B Sept. 1

Victricius, St., Soldier,

B., C Aug. 7

Victorius, St., M Oct. 30

Victurus, St., M., and

others Dec. 18

Vigilius, St., B., M....June 26

Vigilius, St., B Sept. 26

Vigor, St., B Nov. 1

Vincent, St., D., M Jan. 22

Vincent, St., M Jan. 22

Vincent, St., M Jan. 27

Vincent Ferrer, St., C.Apr. 5

Vincent, St., M Apr. 19

Vincent, St., M May 24

Vincent, St., Pr May 24

Vincent, St., D., M...June 9
Vincent de Paul, St.,

Pr., C., festival of.. July 19

Vincent, St., M July 24

Vincent, St., Subdeacon,

M Aug. 6

Vincent, St., M Aug. 25

Vincent, St., M Sept. 1

Vincent, St., A., M...Sept. 11
Vincent de Paoil, St.,

Pr., C Sept. 27

Vincent, St., M Oct. 27

Vindemial, St., B., M. .May 2

Vindonius, St Sept. 1

Virgilius, St., B Nov. 27

Visitation of the B. V.

Mary to Elizabeth. .July 2

Visia, St., V., M Apr. 12

VStalian, St., P Jan. 27

Vitalicus, St., Boy, M.Sept. 4

Vitalis, St, M Jan. 9

Vitalis, St., M Jan. 9

Vitalis, St., M Feb. 14

Vitalis, St., M Apr. 21

Vitalis, St., M Apr. 28

Vitalis, St., M July 2

Vitalis, St., M July 10

Vitalis, St., M Sept. 22

Vitalis, St., M Nov. 3

Vitalis, St., M Nov. 4

Vitus, St., M June 15

Viventiolus. St., B July 12

Viventius. St., C Jan. 13

Vivian, St., B., C Ang. 28

Vivina, St., V Dec. 17

Volusian, St., B Jan. 18

Vulpian, St., M Apr. 3

W.

Walburge, St., V May 1

Wallabonsus, St., D.,

M June 7

Waltrude, St Apr. 9

Wenceslas, St., Duke,

M Sept. 28

Wigbert, St., Pr., C...Aug. 13

Wilfrid, St., B., C Oct. 12

Wilgefortes, St., V., M.July 20

Willehad, St., B Nov. 8

William, St., Arch-
bishop, C Jan. 10

William, St., Hermit. Feb. 10

William, St., A Apr. 6

William, St., Arch-
bishop, C June 8

William, St., C June 25

William, St., B., C July 29

Willibald, St., B July 7

Willibrod, St., B Nov. 7

Winefride, St., V., M..Nov. 3

Winoc, St., A Nov. 6

Wiro, St., B May 8

Wistremundus, St.,

Monk, M June 7

Wolfgang, St., B Oct. 31

W-ulfran, St., B Mch. 20

Wulmar, St., A July 20

Wulstan, St., B., O Jan. 19

Xantippa, St Sept. 23

Xystus III, St., P., O.Mch. 28
Xystus II, St., P., M. .Aug. 6
Xystus, St., M Sept. 1

46!

INDEX.

Z.

Zacchseus, St., M Nov. 17

Zachseus, St., B Aug. 23

Zachary, St., P Mch. 15

Zachary, St., B., M...May 26

Zachary, St., M June 10

Zachary, St., Prophet . Sept. 6
Zachaory, St., Pr., and

Prophet Nov. 5

Zamas, St., B Jan. 24

Zambdas, St., B Feb. 19

Zanitas, St., M., and

others Mch. 27

Zebina, St., M Nov. 13

Zenaides, St., M June 5

Zenaides, St Oct. 11

Zenas, St.,Servant,M. . June 23

Zeno, St., M Feb. 14

,Zeno, St., M Apr. 5

Zeno, St., B., M Apr. 12

Zeno, St., M Apr. 20

Zeus, St., M June 23

Zeno, St., M., and 10,203

others July 9

Zeno, St., M July 15

Zeno, St., M Sept. 2

Zeno, St., M Sept. 3

Zeno, St., Soldier, M . . Sept. 5

Zeno, St, M Sept. 8

Zeno, St., B Dec. 8

Zeno, St., Soldier, M..Dec. 20
Zeno, St., Soldier, M..Dec. 22
Zeno, St., B Dec. 26

Zenobia, St., M Oct. 30

Zenobius, St., Pr., M..Feb. 20

Zenobius, St., B May 25

Zenobius, St., Pr., M..Oct. 29
Zenobius. St., B., M...Oct. 30

Zenobius, St., M Dec. 24

Zephirinus, St., P., M.Aug. 26

Zeticus, St., M Dec. 23

Zita, St., V Apr. 27

Zoa, St., M July 5

Zoe, St., M May 2

Zoellus, St., M May 24

Zoilus, St., M., and 19

others June 27

Zosima, St., M July 15

Zosimois, St., M Mch. 11

Zosimus, St., B., C Mch. 30

Zosimus, St., Anchoret.Apr. 4

Zosimus, St., M June 19

Zosimus, St., M Sept. 28

Zosimus, St., C Nov. 30

Zosimus, St., M Dec. 14

Zosimus, St., M Dec. 18

Zosimus, St., M Dec. 19

Zosimus, St., Pi, C Dec. 26

Zoticus, St., M Jan. 12

Zoticus, St., M Jan. 12

Zoticus, St., M Jan. 31

Zoticus, St., M Feb. 10

Zoticus, St., M Apr. 20

Zotious, St., B., M July 21

Zoticus, St., M Aug. 22

Zoticus, St., Sold'r, M.Oct. 21

Zoticus, St., Pr Dec. 31

Zozimus, St., M Jan. 3

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