Décimo Kaléndas Novémbris Luna vicesima quinta Anno Domini 2019
On
the morrow we keep the solemn feast of Our Most Holy Redeemer, whose
venerable image was taken by barbarians and carried off into Africa,
where it was treated with mocking and insults, and then was cast away
into a lion's den. It was bought back for money by the bare-footed
Friars of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity, and brought to Spain,
where it is distinguished everywhere for signs and wonders, and is
worshipped and honoured with great earnestness by the people under the
Most Holy Name of Jesus of Nazareth.
October 23rd 2019, the 25th day of the Moon, were born into the better life:
At Osuna, near Cadiz,
in Spain, the holy martyrs Servandus and Germanus. Under the Imperial
Vicar Viator, in the persecution under the Emperor Diocletian, they
suffered stripes, a foul imprisonment, hunger and thirst, and a long and
toilsome journey, which they were forced to make loaded with irons, and
in the end finished the course of their martyrdom by being beheaded.
Germanus is buried at Merida and Servandus at Seville.
At Antioch, in Syria,
the holy Priest Theodore. In the persecution under the Emperor Julian,
the impious apostate, he was arrested and racked, and after many and
terrible sufferings, wherein he was partly burnt by the putting of lamps
to his sides, he was beheaded, and so finished his martyrdom, still
steadfast in the confession of Christ.
At Granada, in Spain,
is commemorated the blessed martyr Peter Paschal, Bishop of Jaen, of the
Order of the Blessed Mary of Ransom for the Redemption of Captives, who
suffered upon the 6th day of December, (in the year 1300.)
At Constantinople, (in
the year 878,) the holy Archbishop Ignatius, who suffered much at the
hands of the Caesar Bardas, because he rebuked him for having put away
his wife, and was sent into exile, but was restored by Nicholas I., Pope
of Rome, and in the end fell asleep in peace.
At Bordeaux, (in the fifth century,) the holy Confessor Severinus, Bishop of Cologne, (and afterward of Bordeaux.)
At Rouen, (in the seventh century,) holy Romanus, Bishop (of that see.)
At Salerno, (in the fifth century,) holy Verus, Bishop (of that see.)
In the country of Amiens, (in the eighth century,) the holy Priest Domitius.
At Poitiers, the holy Confessor Benedict.
At Willach, in
Pannonia, the holy Confessor John of Capistrano, of the Order of Friars
Minor, illustrious for the holiness of his life and for his zeal for the
propagation of the Catholic faith, who by his prayers and miracles
procured the defeat of a vast army of Turks, and delivered the fortress
of Belgrade from beleaguerment. We keep his feast upon the 28th day of
March.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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