Sexto Idus Ianuárii Luna tertia decima Anno Domini 2020
January 8th 2020, the 13th day of the Moon, were born into the better life:
At Beauvais, in Gaul,
the holy martyrs Lucian the Priest (first Bishop of that see,) Maximian,
and Julian. Maximian and Julian were slain by the persecutors with the
sword, but the blessed Lucian, who had come into Gaul with holy Denis,
did not receive the like treatment until after great suffering, the
which notwithstanding, he feared not to confess aloud the name of
Christ. (He died in the year 312.)
Likewise the holy martyr Eugenian (Bishop of Autun.)
In Libya, the holy
martyrs Theophilus the Deacon, and Helladius, who were first torn and
mangled with sharp potsherds, and then cast into the fire, and so gave
up their souls to God.
At Venice, (in the year
1455,) the blessed Confessor Lawrence de' Giustiniani, the first
Patriarch of that city he was filled very abundantly with learning and
gifts of divine wisdom from on high, and Alexander VIII. enrolled his
name among those of the saints. We keep his festival upon the fifth day
of September.
At Hierapolis, in Asia,
holy Apollinaris, Bishop (of that see,) who was eminent for holiness
and learning, in the time of the Emperor Marcus Antoninus Verus.
At Naples, in Campania,
holy Severinus, Bishop (of that see,) brother of the blessed martyr
Victorinus he wrought many good works, and fell asleep full of holiness,
(in the year 540.)
At Pavia, the holy
Confessor Maximus, Bishop (of that see, successor to St Epiphanius. He
took part in the 4th and 6th Councils of Rome, held by Pope Symmachus
against the Antipope Lawrence at the beginning of the sixth century.)
At Regensburg in Bavaria, holy Bishop Erhard.
At Metz, holy Patient, Bishop (of that see, in the second century.)
On the same day, (in
the year 482,) in Bavaria, the holy Abbot Severinus, who spread the
Gospel among that people, and is called the Apostle of the (Austrians
and) Bavarians. His body was, by the will of God, brought to
Montefeltro, near Naples, and thence it hath been since taken to the
monastery of St. Severino.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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