Prídie Idus Ianuárii Luna septima decima Anno Domini 2020
January 12th 2020, the 17th day of the Moon, were born into the better life:
At Rome, the holy
martyr Tatiana, in the persecution under the Emperor Alexander. She was
lacerated with hooks and combs, thrown to wild beasts, and cast into the
fire, but as she remained unhurt, was at length beheaded, and so passed
away to heaven.
In the Peloponnesos,
the holy martyr Satyrus. As he was passing before a certain idol he
breathed upon it, and signed himself with the sign of the cross upon his
own forehead, whereupon the idol straightway fell down, and for this
cause Satyrus was beheaded, (in the year 267.)
Upon the same day, (in Morocco, in the year 259) the holy martyr Arcadius, eminent for his rank and his miracles.
In Africa, the holy martyrs Zoticus, Rogatus, Modestus, Castulus, and a crown of forty soldiers.
At Constantinople, the
holy martyrs Tigrius the Priest and Eutropius the Reader, who suffered
in the time of the Emperor Arcadius.
At Tivoli, (in the year 126,) the holy martyr Zoticus.
At Ephesus, forty-two
holy monks, who were most cruelly tortured and suffered martyrdom under
the Emperor Constantine Copronymus for the honouring of holy images.
At Ravenna, the holy Confessor John, Archbishop of that see, (about the year 489.)
At Verona, holy Probus, Bishop of that see, (about the year 236.)
In England, (in the
year 690,) the holy Confessor Benedict Biscop, founder, and Abbot of the
monastery of Jarrow-upon-Tyne, whose feast we keep upon the 12th day of
February.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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