Sexto Idus Octóbris Luna duodecima Anno Domini 2019
On
the morrow we keep the feast of holy Francis Borgia, General of the
Society of Jesus, of whom mention is made upon the last day of
September, and who is memorable for hardness of living, the gift of
prayer, renunciation of the world, and the refusal of high places in the
Church.
October 10th 2019, the 12th day of the Moon, were born into the better life:
At York, in England,
(in the year 644,) holy Paulinus, Archbishop of that see. A disciple of
the blessed Pope Gregory. Gregory sent him into England along with
others to preach the Gospel, and he brought King Edwin and all his
people to believe in Christ.
In the island of Crete,
blessed Pinytus, noble among Bishops. He flourished as Bishop of
Gnossus, under the Emperors Marcus Antoninus Verus and Lucius Aurelius
Commodus, and hath left us in his writings a living image of himself as
in a looking-glass.
At Cologne, the holy
martyr Gereon, with three hundred and eighteen others, who patiently
suffered beheading for true godliness' sake in the persecution under the
Emperor Maximian.
In the same country, the holy martyrs Victor and his Companions.
At Bonn, in Germany, (in the fourth century,) the holy martyrs Cassius and Florence, and many others.
At Nicomedia, (in the
year 303,) the holy martyrs Eulampius, and the Virgin Eulampia his
sister. When Eulampia heard her brother being tortured for Christ's sake
she sprang into the midst of the crowd, and embraced him, and joined
herself to him. Then they both were put together into a vessel of
boiling oil, but were nowise hurt thereby, by the which wonder two
hundred others were brought to believe in Christ, and these two hundred,
along with the brother and sister, were all beheaded together, and so
finished their testimony.
At Piombino, in
Tuscany, (at the end of the sixth century,) the holy Confessor
Cerbonius, Bishop (of that see,) who was famous for miracles, both in
life and in death, as witness holy Gregory.
At Verona also, holy Cerbonius, Bishop of Verona.
At Capua, (about the middle of the ninth century,) holy Paulinus, Bishop (of that see.)
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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