Tértio Idus Februárii Luna septima decima Anno Domini 2020
On
the morrow we keep the feast of the holy Confessor Gilbert, founder of
the Order of Sempringham, of whom mention hath been made upon the 4th
day of this present month of February. Likewise on the morrow we keep
the feast of the Seven holy Founders of the Order of Servants of the
Blessed Virgin Mary, who after great hardship of life, famous for works
and wonders, died a death precious in the sight of the Lord, upon Monte
Senario, in Tuscany. The same spirit of brotherhood had made them one in
life, the veneration of the people had not divided them in death, and
Leo XIII enrolled their names together among those of the Saints.
February 11th 2020, the 17th day of the Moon, were born into the better life:
In Africa, [in the year
304,] the holy martyrs the Priest Saturninus, Dativus, Felix, Ampelius,
and their Companions, who were taken by the soldiers in the persecution
under the Emperor Diocletian when they came together in one, as the use
is, to hold the Lord's Supper, and suffered under the proconsul
Anolinus.
In Numidia are
commemorated many holy martyrs who were arrested, [in the year 303 or
304,] in the persecution aforesaid, and for as much as they would not
obey the edict of the Emperor to give up the Scriptures of God, they
were put to grievous torments and slain.
At Adrianople, the holy
martyrs Lucius, Bishop [of Adrianople,] and his Companions. He suffered
much from the Arians under the Emperor Constantius, and finished his
testimony in chains, [in the year 348.] The others were some of the
nobler of the citizens who were condemned to death by Count Philagrius
because they refused to receive the Arians who had been then condemned
in the Council of Sardica.
At Lyon, [in the year 608,] the holy martyr Desiderius, Bishop of Vienne, [in Gaul.]
At Ravenna, [about the year 170,] the holy Confessor Calocerus, Bishop of that see.
At Milan, [in the year 449,] the holy Lazarus, Bishop of that see.
At Capua, [in the year 450,] holy Castrensis, Bishop of that see.
At the village of
Landon, [in the year 507,] holy Severinus, Abbot of the monastery of St
Maurice, at whose prayers the servant of God, King Clovis, was healed of
a long malady.
In Egypt, [about the middle of the fourth century,] the holy monk Jonah, renowned for his graces.
V. And elsewhere many other holy martyrs, confessors, and holy virgins.
R. Thanks be to God.
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