Eustorgius the Presbyter

ON SAINTS EUSTORGIUS THE PRESBYTER, NESTOR, FILO, CEREMONIUS,

Martyrs at Nicomedia.

Eustorgius the Presbyter, Martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)

Nestor, Martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)

Filonus, Martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)

Ceremonius, Martyr at Nicomedia in Bithynia (Saint)

G. H.

At Nicomedia, Saint Eustorgius the Presbyter, all editions of Usuard both printed and manuscript enroll, as well as the tables of the modern Roman Martyrology, Saint Eustorgius the Presbyter and with these Bellinus, Maurolyco, Felici, Greven, Molanus, Canisius, and Galesini. The title of Martyr is added by the Florarium MS and the Martyrology printed at Cologne and Lübeck in the year 1490. But with the place omitted, Saint Eustorgius is referred to in the Aachen MS. In the Reichenau, Augsburg, and Paris MSS his companion Nestor or Nestorius is added. In three apographs of the ancient Martyrology of Saint Jerome, four Martyrs are named, suffering at Nicomedia: Eustorgius the Presbyter (who is also written Eastorgius, Eostorgius, and Eustoius), three companions Nestor, Filonus (or Filon or Filontius), and Ceremonius (or Ceremonia). In the Blumianus apograph of the same Saint Jerome, Nestor is lacking, and the other three are referenced. Masini, in his Bologna Described, celebrates Saint Eustorgius on this day, because certain relics under this name are preserved in the church of Saint Dominic: but who by divination will affirm those to be of this holy Martyr of Nicomedia? Nor is there greater certainty in defining the time of the martyrdom. In the notes to the Roman Martyrology is read in the margin: "around the year 410." We should rather think that they suffered in the persecution of Diocletian, when they suffered of which we shall treat on the following day. In the Tamlacht MS the memory is celebrated of Saints Eustorgius, Nestor, Filonus, and 244 others, but these last belong to the preceding company.